Inside Out In Istanbul: Making Sense of the City

Author(s): Lisa Morrow

Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)

Genre(s): Nonfiction

Era(s): Modern

For most people, Istanbul is synonymous with its world famous sights, the Haghia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and Dolmabahçe Palace. Few tourists manage to go beyond the beauty of the historical district of Sultanahmet to visit the other face of Istanbul. Yet a short ferry ride from the Bosphorus to the Sea of Marmara brings you to the shores of Asia, to an Istanbul that is vibrantly alive with the sounds of street vendors, wedding parties, dog walkers and more. The stories in Inside Out In Istanbul take the reader beyond the tourist façades deep into this sometimes chaotic, often schizophrenic but always charming city.

Lisa Morrow first went to Istanbul in 1990, and has travelled back and forth between Turkey and Australia many times. She tried living and working in Göreme and then Kayseri in Central Turkey for a while before finally settling on Istanbul. This collection of essays is a wonderful companion to her travel novel Waiting for the Tulips to Bloom: Adrift in Istanbul. She has also released a second collection of essays called Exploring Turkish Landscapes: Crossing Inner Boundaries.

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