Country: Turkey

Turkey is where the map folds. Istanbul stands on two continents at the same time, a city I have only ever crossed in imagination.

  • Charcoal sketch of the Istanbul skyline across the water, a great domed mosque and minarets on the hill, ferries on the strait - never been abroad

    Istanbul

    A man who has never crossed a border, dreaming of the one city that is itself a crossing — where you change continents in the time it takes a tea to cool.

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