Status Updates From Istanbul

“But what I am trying to describe now is not the melancholy of Istanbul but the hüzün -حُزن- in which we see ourselves reflected, the hüzün we absorb with pride and share as a community. To feel this hüzün is to see the scenes, evoke the memories, in which the city itself becomes the very illustration, the very essence, of hüzün.”

哥哥和祖母住Nişantaşı，作者住Cihangir姑妈家，我看了下两个区就距离2.2km啊，有那么夸张吗😨