Istanbul. Crossroads of eras, religions and cultures
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Istanbul. Crossroads of eras, religions and cultures
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Styles and eras, traditions and destinies, past, present and future are intricately and unpredictably intertwined in this city, like the patterns on the carpets of its mosques. As several centuries ago, here they drink tea from glass cups and fry mackerel on the wharves. Merchants maneuvering in the vehicular traffic carry wooden trays of merchandise on their heads. People mingle into a motley and diverse stream, flowing through the streets like blood through veins. This is the noisy breath of Istanbul, its unevenly beating pulse, its jagged rhythm and its unquenchable inner fire - alive and hot.
If its stones could speak, they would tell hundreds of legends of love and hate, friendship and betrayal, glory and shame. In this mighty hectic city, bubbling like a cauldron of chorba - Turkish soup - you want to savor every minute, squint against the Bosphorus wind - and believe that all roads lead.... to Istanbul. Maria Kicha - PhD, teacher, author of the book "Mecca. Biography of a Mysterious City". She speaks Turkish, Armenian, English, Italian, Arabic and Hebrew. For many years she has traveled throughout the Middle East and neighboring regions, studying local history and culture. She has traveled to Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Azerbaijan and Iran. Maintains a publick about Middle Eastern culture and history, "First Middle East", to which more than 35,000 people subscribe.
If its stones could speak, they would tell hundreds of legends of love and hate, friendship and betrayal, glory and shame. In this mighty hectic city, bubbling like a cauldron of chorba - Turkish soup - you want to savor every minute, squint against the Bosphorus wind - and believe that all roads lead.... to Istanbul. Maria Kicha - PhD, teacher, author of the book "Mecca. Biography of a Mysterious City". She speaks Turkish, Armenian, English, Italian, Arabic and Hebrew. For many years she has traveled throughout the Middle East and neighboring regions, studying local history and culture. She has traveled to Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Azerbaijan and Iran. Maintains a publick about Middle Eastern culture and history, "First Middle East", to which more than 35,000 people subscribe.
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