Istanbul

On Monday morning, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks struck southern Turkey and Syria. 

The Basilica Cistern had just opened for the first time in five years, and I could feel it beckoning me from below.

It’s not only my family I miss. It’s everything about home. I miss the places. I miss Istanbul, the city that never sleeps.

Though the city’s beauty has become a tourist attraction in recent years, I would say the true beauty emerges only if one surrenders to the city.

The ASUC External Affairs Vice President condemned actions taken by the Turkish government against the student body of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.

Dogs share our world, and in “Stray” — and Istanbul — it’s as much theirs as ours. Lo leaves us with a final question: How come they have it better than people?

While language may seem to change rather quickly, toponyms, or place names, tend to last. People often care deeply about them, making them so entrenched in the culture of a place that they can outlive whole civilizations.