Istanbul: city+SCAPES

city+SCAPES: from the grimy waterfronts of the Golden Horn to the polished perspectives of Turkish television drama, Istanbul reveals unexpected dimension.

Guest curators: Links in art, architecture, design and urban planning by Gökhan Karakuş, a Turk raised in New York. Cuisine and music links by Rose Deniz, an American settled in Turkey.

This expat+HAREM series covered by Hürriyet Daily News

BUILT HERITAGE
sea+SHELL
+GAD of New York, Istanbul and Bodrum
The ultramodern Beşiktaş Fish Market revitalizes a busy neighborhood with a symbolic structure in stainless steel and concrete.

GRAPHIC NOVEL
clan+RIVALRY
+The Cats of Istanbul
In The Secret Lives of the Cats of Istanbul, photojournalists David Gross and Claire Berlinski descend into the bowels of Istanbul — “No translator. No fixer. Just guts.” — to tell a gritty tale of two cities: The City of Turks, and The City of Cats.

MOVING IMAGES
soap+OPERA
+Monocle
Fans of a racy Turkish television series arrive in Istanbul from all over the Arab world.

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+Travel Channel
Irreverent chef Anthony Bourdain is surprised Istanbul’s cuisine is more than “meat on a stick”. He samples the varied cuisine of an empire — from the risky stuffed mussels on the waterfront to a village breakfast staple of buffalo clotted cream and honey, to fancy-pants meat-and-fruit dishes of the palace. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5.

TUNES
swing+TIME
+Turkish Images
Lyrics to the swing number “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” and uses of the catchy song and its cover by They Might Be Giants on television (The Simpsons!), films, and video games.

URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY
new+DIMENSION
+An Englishman in Istanbul
High Dynamic Range (HDR) images of the city by photographer Brian Underdown reveal new depths in daily scenes.

EXPLORATION
window+SHOPPING
+Crossroads Istanbul
A mechanical engineer spends a Sunday walking through her old ‘hood, the revitalized Akaretler Row Houses of Maçka built in 1875 at the behest of Sultan Abdülaziz. This chic urban renewal development won an award for excellence from the Urban Land Institute in 2009.

visual+DATA
+Archinect
In this interview with architecture studio Superpool discusses Mapping Istanbul as part-art project, part-glossary to a city of 14 million.

FASHION
legacy+THREADS
+Behind the Bazaar
From Ottoman caftans displayed in America to Istanbul Fashion Week, Tara Lutman Ağaçayak and Figen Çakır take a look at how today’s Turkish fashion designers are influenced by the Ottoman empire.

HISTORY BOOKS
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+The Fall of Constantinople by Sir Edwin Pears
This 1886 survey calls the Fourth Crusade — 1204′s Latin conquest of the Greek imperial capital — among the most important events in the history of Europe…because it drew the Turks into Europe, and onto the doorstep of Constantinople itself.

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OTHER ISTANBUL LINKS from expat+HAREM
city+CONNECTIONS // city+CONJURING// city+TREASURES // city+ARTS // city+STREETS // city+INTELLIGENCE
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