Metropolis on Two Continents

Blackk

Blackk

Dec 27, 2011

Blackk Istanbul is a Resto-Lounge style club with influences from New York and London. The place offers a special venue where you can eat your dinner and then continue the night in the club. A prevalence of angled lines as a reflection of modernism is seen in this Resto-Lounge section where gold and black colors dominate. Resto-Lounge, which combines her...

Elif Shafak loves istanbul

Elif Shafak loves istanbul

Oct 11, 2010

The award winning Turkish writer Elif Shafak shows CNN around her home city of Istanbul and talks about her inspiration as a writer. Her latest book “The 40 Rules of Love” focuses on the characters from ancient Turkey and sufism, a subject close to her heart, whose many symbols can be seen on the streets of Istanbul, many of her other books have the...