Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
Orhan PamukWhat is love?โ โI donโt know.โ โLove is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Fรผsun whenever they travel along highways or sidewalks; visit houses, gardens, or rooms; or whenever he watches her sitting in tea gardens and restaurants, and at dinner tables.โ โHmmm โฆ thatโs a lovely answer,~ But isnโt love what you feel when you canโt see me?โ โUnder those circumstances, it becomes a terrible obsession, an illness.
Orhan Pamuk