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](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/kadikoy-2011/IMG_4091-001.jpg)
![Bahariye Caddesi](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/kadikoy-2011/bahariye_2_p.jpg)
![Spor Salonu](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/kadikoy-2011/IMG_3775-001.jpg)
![Lahmacun masters](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/kadikoy-2011/DSC03992-001.jpg)
![Haydarpasa Terminus, before](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/kadikoy-2011/IMG_3813-001.jpg)
![Haydarpasa Terminus, during](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/turkey-2010/tv_1_p.jpg)
![Haydarpasa Terminus, after](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/turkey-2010/haydarpasa_clock_p.jpg)
![Fish market](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/turkey-2010/hamsi_p.jpg)
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![Hayko](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/kadikoy-2011/IMG_4094-001.jpg)
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