Try To Discover Who I Am From

Let Everyone Know, I Lived A Very Happy Life.

It Was In Cihangir That I First Learned Istanbul Was Not An Anonymous Multitude Of Walled-in Lives - A Jungle Of Apartments Where No One Knew Who Was Dead Or Who Was Celebrating What - But An Archipelago Of Neighbourhoods In Which Everyone Knew Each Other.

East And West Are Coming Together. Whether In Peace Or Anarchy - They Are Coming Together. There Needn't Be A Clash Between East And West, Between Islam And Europe.

People Only Tell Lies When There Is Something They Are Terribly Frightened Of Losing.

There Are Two Kind Of Men,' Said Ka, In A Didatic Voice. 'the First Kind Does Not Fall In Love Until He's Seen How The Girls Eats A Sandwich, How She Combs Her Hair, What Sort Of Nonsense She Cares About, Why She's Angry At Her Father, And What Sort Of Stories People Tell About Her. The Second Type Of Man -- And I Am In This Category -- Can Fall In Love With A Woman Only If He Knows Next To Nothing About Her.