Urban Life in Istanbul

[Manitopiaaa]

Istanbul is such a gorgeous city. It would fit in the EU. Most architecture is European in taste and the citizens look educated and classy. Its history is enthraled in Europe so why does the EU not admit Turkey? I would really like to know.

[www.sercan.de]

Actually there are also poor parts und very uneducated people
Mostly migrants from the poor south-east (kurds, arabs)
Actually 1/12 is real Istanbulian...the rest has got roots in anatolia or somewhere else in the wolrd

EU is a different thing

[Urban Girl]

Originally Posted by UrbanSophist

Istanbul also reminds me a little of San Francisco (geographically)

Question for those who live in Istanbul: Do Christians, Jews, and Muslims live in harmony in this city?

Just curious. It looks like a city with a deeply religious past.

many people from differnt backgrounds and religions live in Istanbul, but probably more than 95% are muslims...

[emreprlk]

some activities from istanbul.
istanbul is really enjoyable city.

[emreprlk]

[emreprlk]

[www.sercan.de]

usta
kusura bakma, ama bu son resimler topice yakismadi
hic insan yok, sadece bina
ve mümkünse sana attigim pmdekilerinide yap
son sayfa cok resim oldu

[Jakob]

[neorion]

EDIT:

[Galatia]

Originally Posted by neorion

Much of Istanbul's European style architecture was designed and built by Greeks and Armenians. Pera or Beyoglu (the historic European commercial heart of Istanbul) as it is known today, including Istikal Cadessi, the main street, is largely the work of Greeks, Armenians and other Europeans. Greeks were the most prominent.

Pera Museum by Greek architect Achille Manoussos.

Well don't forget to mention that this guy has nothing to do with Greece. He's an Ottoman-Greek. So there's nothing here to be proud for you?

[erci79]

Originally Posted by neorion

Much of Istanbul's European style architecture was designed and built by Greeks

cut the crap already crybaby

[neorion]

Greeks are not confined to the 'nation-identity' they are an ethnic group that can be found all over the world. Please don't pretend you don't know that...

[Galatia]

Originally Posted by neorion

Greeks are not confined to the 'nation-identity' they are an ethnic group that can be found all over the world. Please don't pretend you don't know that...

I really wonder, what are you trying to prove? Ottomans were a mixed population of Turks, Greeks, Armenians, Persians, Serbians, Arabs. It was an empire. Of course there're some buildings in Istanbul that was built by Ottoman Greeks (actually called as Rum that means Romans.) or others. However all of these buildings except Hagia Sophia (thanks to East Roma) was built by Ottomans. Istanbul became Istanbul under Ottoman rule. Like it or not...

It's so obvious that you are jealous about Istanbul when you're poping all the time like "Did you see that apartment, the architecture was Greek". Lol, it's great but why don't you start to build these kinda buildings in Athens too. Since it's really lacking this kinda stylish buildings. So if Greeks are so great architects why didn't they build such buildings in Athens after they've got their independence from Ottomans (consider the curent situation of Athens, an ugly sea of unclassy white concrete buildings)?

Lol, we call this as Istanbul envy syndorme. It's a psychological anamoly that is generally observed in some Greeks like you.

[neorion]

EDIT: Galatia, you came into another thread and started an off-topic thread.

[sun&sun]

Don`t answer to him! Will anything change if you do so? Whole world knows how Athens looks like and no one thinks of a Greek city when talking about Istanbul. This loser tries simply who make some forumers believe that Istanbul is built by Greeks because he doesn`t show any single city from his own country in expection of some street shot of Athens and Theseloniki. Yes neorion, Istanbul is built by Greeks, thank you your buildings us such a great city, all buildings are so greek in Istanbul (compare to Athens) I hope you had built your own cities in the same way as Istanbul, they wouldn`t look like shanty towns yet!

[sun&sun]

Guys, this was the lost response for this looooooser, ok?!

[Istanbullu]

The funny thing is that he also knows VERY WELL that he is just a LYING LOSER... He is LYING about the facts of OUR city because he is so jealous and desperately wants to associate himself with OUR city... Poor chap...

What happened to you again neorion? Got angry to the pics which Urban Girl posted, you sad person?..

yeah, just leave him alone...

[Istanbullu]

Originally Posted by Galatia

Well don't forget to mention that this guy has nothing to do with Greece. He's an Ottoman-Greek. So there's nothing here to be proud for you?

and that's the ONLY architect he can show to us! and pera museum is the ONLY building that he can brag about along with a couple of misarable looking Greek schools and churches...

Cicek Pasaji - Cite Pera is not built by a Greek anyway...

His source is a site called turkeytravellerplanner hahahahaaa You sad LIAR! this is the info from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87i...ek_Pasaj%C4%B1

Greeks were the LEAST, yes the LEAST prominent at creating streets like Istiklal. Those streets are created by the rule of Ottoman Turks and majority of them are owned by Ottoman TURKS(mayors, pashas, rich families etc) and built by Italian and French architects. and I challange Neorion the sad loser to prove me and other Turkish users wrong!

He is angry and jealous because their shit looking cities never get the hits and ratings at SSC...

They fucked up their cities with primitive white colored concrete buildings.. no parks, no plan whatsoever even though they've received BILLIONS worth EU FUNDS during the last 25 YEARS! to improve their miserable lookin cities and infrastructure... Ofcourse he will come here and try to associate himself with our city because he is ASHAMED of his own city!

[Urban Girl]

i remember old days in this forum. same greeks were always talked about opposite thesis. they alleged how greeks were live secretly under Ottoman rule. their thesis were; we lived in undergrond cities, Ottoman Empire didnt allow greeks to build anything, we always tortured, we kept our religion and language alive by living in caves blah bla bla... Now, this is interesting, they allege we built everything in Ottoman Empire, almost everything developed by greeks blah...

its funny to watch this irony, i wonder which one is accepted as true in your schools

[Istanbullu]

hahaha well said... according to this sad guy named neorion Greeks even ruled the empire.. they built the best buildings, lived at palaces and at the most beautiful locations of the city... Ottoman Turks were just bunch of idiots at their own empire...