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The muse Journal

// The Texture of Istanbul

// Tuesdays with Ela

// Istanbul, Through Their Eyes

The Writings on the Walls of Istanbul

İki kişiliyim, ikisi de canavar

I’m two people. Both are monsters

Scrawled onto a restaurant table

There is no authority but yourself

Spotted on a wall in Moda

Üzgünüm baba, istediğin gibi olamadım

I’m sorry, Dad. I couldn’t be who you wanted me to be

Written on a wall

Cips paketi gibisin %70'in hava

You're like a bag of chips: 70% air

Graffiti on a wall

Kurtuluşa kadar savaş

Fight until liberation

Graffiti seen at the metro station

İnat et, yarat!

Persist. Create.

Graffiti on a wall

Bazı insanlar matruşka

Some people are matryoshka dolls

Graffiti on a wall in Moda

Genç ressamlar boya badana yapıyor

Young painter-artists are doing renovation work

Spotted on a wall in Kadıköy

Sonumuz rengarenk olacak.

Our ending will be full of color.

Spotted on a wall in Moda, Kadıköy

Biz size ne yaptık?

What did we ever do to you?

Spotted on a wall in Moda, Kadıköy

Örgütlen, yaşadım diyebilmen için.

Unite. So you can say you truly lived.

Found on a wall in Moda, Kadıköy

Sen dönmesen de olur sigaralar dönüyor.

You don’t have to come back. The joint is always turning back

Spotted on a wall

Aşık olmadan duramıyorum

I can’t stop falling in love

Scrawled on a WG wall

Telaş etme, kalıcı değiliz.

Don’t worry, we’re not permanent.

Graffiti on a wall