Video: The charm of day and night: collages of famous views of Istanbul
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The first impressions of a new city often determine the entire time spent in this place. However, Turkish photographer Bektas Musa clearly shows in his series of photographs that the same city can be completely different. And it's not even about people who can meet, not about institutions and not about holidays - even the buildings themselves, many of which have stood for several centuries, are perceived completely differently, depending on whether it is day or night.
During the day, Istanbul opens its arms to numerous tourists, beckons to noisy bazaars, shops with bright goods, and cafes beckon with their unusually delicious cuisine. At night, the city acquires a fabulously solemn mood, revealing its centuries-old history, and palaces, castles, numerous towers seem to transport a person several hundred years ago, when this place was still called Constantinople and was one of the largest and most important cities in Europe.
Despite its greatness, the territory of modern Turkey also keeps its "dark" secrets, a heavy burden of the terrible events that took place on this land. Read about it in our article " 10 "dark" secrets of the Ottoman Empire, which Turks do not like to remember."
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