Istanbul

What kind of city is it?

Each day awakens with a new spring

Each moment renews hopes that keep turning green

It has countless passengers at its stops—those rushing, those waiting, those in a hurry

Some leave with their suitcases, while others greet a new beginning with excitement

Some chase the metrobus to make it to school

Others have someone waiting for them at home

This is a great city, as I said—Istanbul...

For example, the neighborhood called Üsküdar

It has benches along the shore

You can sit there for hours watching the waves

The ferries approaching the coast, the seagulls flying across the sky

The bewildered glances of tourists who have just set foot in Istanbul

And the people constantly eager to take photographs

This is Istanbul

Each neighborhood opens into a different story

And every person who comes to this city seems to carry within them a new beginning

I said it—Istanbul, Istanbul is different...