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// The Texture of Istanbul

// Tuesdays with Ela

// Istanbul, Through Their Eyes

The Writings on the Walls of Istanbul

Kurtuluşa kadar savaş

Fight until liberation

Graffiti seen at the metro station

Telaş etme, kalıcı değiliz.

Don’t worry, we’re not permanent.

Graffiti on a wall

Biz size ne yaptık?

What did we ever do to you?

Spotted on a wall in Moda, Kadıköy

Sonumuz rengarenk olacak.

Our ending will be full of color.

Spotted on a wall in Moda, Kadıköy

İnat et, yarat!

Persist. Create.

Graffiti on a wall

Aşık olmadan duramıyorum

I can’t stop falling in love

Scrawled on a WG wall

Bazı insanlar matruşka

Some people are matryoshka dolls

Graffiti on a wall in Moda

There is no authority but yourself

Spotted on a wall in Moda

Cips paketi gibisin %70'in hava

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

Graffiti on a wall

Üzgünüm baba, istediğin gibi olamadım

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

Written on a wall

Genç ressamlar boya badana yapıyor

Young painter-artists are doing renovation work

Spotted on a wall in 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

İki kişiliyim, ikisi de canavar

I’m two people. Both are monsters

Scrawled onto a restaurant table