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Istanbul, my birthplace, what are /trv/'s opinions on the city?
>> Anonymous
My lovely horse, running through the field
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing in the wind?

I want to shower you with sugar lumps, and ride you over fences
Polish your hooves every single day, and bring you to the horse dentist

My lovely horse, you're a pony no more
Running around with a man on your back, like a train in the night...
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>>74998
LIKE A TRAAAIN IN THE NIIIIIIIIIGHT.
>> Anonymous
Constantinople would be great if it wasn't for all those dirty muslims.
>> Anonymous
Pretty fucking cool. Transit is shit though (as far as I know, Istanbul has the world's only disjointed metro system).

In b4 Germans.
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NZfag here. Only been to Istanbul briefly, but is a seriously brilliant city. The people, the architecture, the food, the geography, the culture, the music - a city with true soul... Be proud of your birthplace, OP.

<3 Turkey
>> Anonymous
My friend went there and said it was rather expensive. Then, i talked to actual Turks in the US. A few years ago, one guy told me Turkey was in deep shit with the IMF because they borrowed a lot of money or something. The other guy told me that Istanbul is not really that expensive to live in, so i'll probably go with his opinion, being he's a native. I'd like to go there. That $20 for a three month visa on arrival can suck a cock though.
>> Anonymous
it is the 23. most expensive city to live for expats after jew york according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_cities_for_expatriate_employees
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>>75008
Dirty? Certainly in parts (I once went to a state hospital, the fucking walls themselves smelled of stale body odour; the poor fail at hygiene),
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>>75188
just cuz he ripped on those fuckers doesnt mean he's butthurt
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>>75188
>>75196

same butthurtedfag!
>> Anonymous
Ah instambul (or as we greekfags call it constantinupoli)is a beautiful city that is trully the definition of the merging of cultures from turkish/ottoman to byzantane, greek and armenian. Loved ayia sophia (greek orthodox heritage and shit),bosporus, top kapi and the fatih mosque(if i remember the name corectly)...
>> Anonymous
>>75391
Greekfag!
I WORSHIP YOU.

Are videogames still banned there?
>> Anonymous
>>75168
That's bullshit. Istanbul is in no fucking way more expensive than Amsterdam. Most expats live in the poshest parts of town here, maybe they only took such standards into account, but even the Dutch minimum wage can afford you a rather nice living here.

Also, what's the difference between simply "expensive" and "expensive for expats"?

>>75025
>That $20 for a three month visa on arrival can suck a cock though.
If you knew how many hoops we Turks have to go through to get a tourist visa to your country, you would be grateful, you spoiled brat. Application fee alone is $131, plus you need to present quite a pile of documents and then wait 6 to 8 weeks for your application to be processed.
>> Anonymous
>>74997

As a Jordanian I'm still pretty butthurt over the whole few centuries of Turkish occupation, but as far as Istanbul is concerned I think it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The mosques there look like things out of fairy tales.

Funnily enough my grandfather was drafted into the Turkish navy back in WW1, and when the war was over he almost stayed in Turkey because he liked it so much. Luckily for me he decided against it...
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>>77467
>Also, what's the difference between simply "expensive" and "expensive for expats"?
Ask Mercer.

>If you knew how many hoops we Turks have to go through to get a tourist visa to your country, you would be grateful, you spoiled brat.
baww. Yeah, i know. I still don't care. I'm from a developed nation, going to spend my tourist dollars in a country, and they want to charge me to get in? ghey!

>>77481
>he almost stayed in Turkey because he liked it so much. Luckily for me he decided against it...
ffffffffff more like unlucky for you. Turkish passport is way better.
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>>77490
>ffffffffff more like unlucky for you. Turkish passport is way better.

Yeah, but I wouldn't have been around to enjoy it, seeing how he, who btw was actually my great grandfather and not my grandfather, I forgot to type in the "great", wouldn't have bonked my great grandmother to begin with...

Took him four years by foot to return to his village; working summers and springs in the random villages and towns he came across, and moving all through winter and autumn. Its ironic the shit he found after all the shit he went through to get back there.

Although, he did leave me with some awesome WW1 memorabilia, specially German stuff...
>> Anonymous
>>77490

Wait-a-second, we can go to Malaysia without a visa?

FUCK YEAH
>> Anonymous
Has anyone else noticed how damn awesome Turkish girls' boobs are?
>> Anonymous
1- a very retarded traffic system (i remember having to park the car, go to an office on the side of the road and buy a ticket in order to pay for a bridge toll)
2- the blue mosque was more impressive than agia sophia, despite being less publicised.
3- the city was a bit dirty (but i was expecting that already)
4- i felt safer walking arond there at night than many european cities (even though i dont know if thats true)

overall a good place, definately worth it.
>> Anonymous
>>78344
>a very retarded traffic system (i remember having to park the car, go to an office on the side of the road and buy a ticket in order to pay for a bridge toll)
That's because they abolished toll booths on the bridges to ease traffic by forcing people to use prepaid cards (KGS) or RFID devices (OGS).

>the blue mosque was more impressive than agia sophia, despite being less publicised.
I believe it's more the history than the structure itself.

>the city was a bit dirty (but i was expecting that already)
Just a bit? Really?

>i felt safer walking arond there at night than many european cities (even though i dont know if thats true)
For its size, that is most probably true, but on an absolute scale I really don't think so. Of course, this is considering all parts of the city, not just mainstream/touristy parts.
>> Anonymous
I visited...Very Cool place IMO.
You see the European and Middle Eastern influence without the fear a car bomb will go off.