Showing posts with label turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label turkey. Show all posts

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Istanbul

It's Sunday morning. Time for a religious image. These dervishes are performing for tourists, so I have no clue whether they consider this part of their practice, or whether they are even Sufi. I was surprised that they allowed photos during the performance.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Istanbul

This is a little cafe at a ferry stop on the Asian side of Istanbul. This is how I think of the city: relaxed, urbane, not so full of itself that it recoils at a little scruffiness. As unreconstructed country people come into the city it is changing, but I hope there will always be unpretentious places where an woman with no headscarf and no chaperone can meet a friend for a drink with no one taking any particular notice.