The main purpose of my trip to Istanbul was to see the neighborhoods that Orhan Pamuk so often refers to in his book, Kara Kitap (The Black Book). Istanbul figures so prominently in this novel, it is hard to place much of the story without a good knowledge of where these neighborhoods are that are mentioned so often...Nisantasi, Cihangir, Beyoglu, Harbiye, Karakoy, Tunel. So, here are a few places....the Pamuk family's apartment building in Nisantasi
a side street in Beyoglu heading towards Cihangir
a view of Galata Tower from Cihangir
stairs leading to up to Taksim from Cihangir
spilling off the hill and into Karakoy; turning right at the bottom will take you towards the Galata Bridge
the street in Nisantasi where the Pamuk Apartments are located
Alaaddin's shop in Nisantasi, which is much like it is described in the novel
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you have to tell me on which streets the pamuk home and aladdin's where located!! I'm going to istanbul in two weeks and right now I'm trying to find these places :P
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