The Famous Istanbul Love Tape
<p>My father had met my mother in Turkish Cyprus. I was born in Cyprus, but when I was just a few months old, we moved back to my father’s hometown, Istanbul.</p>
<p>My mother, until then, had lived in a shack. Dolapdere was a step up for her. The height of that step is much debated.</p>
<p>Dolapdere is in the district of <em>Beyoğlu. </em>In the early nineties, it was rough. Poverty-stricken. Dangerous. No self-respecting <em>Istanbullu </em>would find themselves there. Legend has it that we were rabid. Cholera stricken. Partially true.</p>
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