If you don't know Mishon in Balat,
\nUnless you know Taki in Kurtulus,
\nIf you say K\u00f6r Agop in Kumkapi and you get a blank look on your face,
\nIf Hamit in Fatih is foreign to you...
\nI'm sorry, brother, you're not from Istanbul.<\/p>\n
If you've never heard of Vedat the Dater, that's the end of it.
\nYou didn't drink milk with honey at Pando's in the morning, and you didn't eat cream and honey;
\nYou didn't bury the dry beans and rice at Fahri's in S\u0131raodalar at noon;
\nYou didn't have two glasses of polish at Madame Despina in Kurtulu\u015f in the evening...
\nand then you say, \u201cI know Istanbul.\u201d Get out of here.<\/p>\n
No bespoke pants from Natik,
\nNo costumes from Ilhan Sharif,
\nYou didn't buy shoes from Feyzi...
\nSo? Why did you live, man, are you shorts?<\/p>\n
Unless you saw a movie at Fita\u015f,
\nUnless you've been on a bender in the Foliberjer,
\nUnless you had a groom's orgy at the Galatasaray Hamam,
\nIf you didn't hang out with your date at Ni\u015fanta\u015f\u0131 Merhaba...
\nWhere are you from?<\/p>\n
If you don't know luxury on an island ferry,
\nUnless you've been to the Karak\u00f6y brothel,
\nIf you didn't cut a girl on Haylayf Beach...
\nYou're a real shorts.<\/p>\n
Istanbul is not Turkey.
\nIstanbul in Turkey is not as much as it is thought to be.<\/p>\n
If you don't have a single black-and-white photo in your archive,
\nWhatever Ara Guler says to you is right.<\/p>\n
If you didn't walk in Beyoglu on your girlfriend's arm...
\nwoe is me.<\/p>\n
You cannot describe Istanbul; you either live it or shake it from afar for the rest of your life.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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