Simit vendor

Simit vendor

Bahariye Caddesi

Bahariye Caddesi

Spor Salonu

Spor Salonu

Lahmacun masters

Lahmacun masters

Haydarpasa Terminus, before

Haydarpasa Terminus, before

Haydarpasa Terminus, during

Haydarpasa Terminus, during

Haydarpasa Terminus, after

Haydarpasa Terminus, after

Fish market

Fish market

Hayko

Hayko

Turkey

Kadikoy

2010–12 • If Istanbul were New York, then Kadikoy would be Brooklyn circa 1990—a middle-class enclave located across the water from the sophisticates, a place where the bridge-and-ferry crowd lives. English isn't widely spoken here, and tourist attractions and amenities are in short supply. But Kadikoy is the place to be if you want a decent rent, unpretentious and friendly neighbors, lots of restaurants and bookstores and cafes and tattoo parlors, and a premier-league football team. The woman in the video is my downstairs neighbor, Ikbal. She doesn't often sing and dance like that, but I wish she did.

Simit vendor

Simit vendor

Bahariye Caddesi

Bahariye Caddesi

Spor Salonu

Spor Salonu

Lahmacun masters

Lahmacun masters

Haydarpasa Terminus, before

Haydarpasa Terminus, before

Haydarpasa Terminus, during

Haydarpasa Terminus, during

Haydarpasa Terminus, after

Haydarpasa Terminus, after

Fish market

Fish market

Hayko

Hayko

Hayko