Was trying to find smth more about Elif Shafak and came cross with a marvellous description of Istanbul.
In the same essay written for Time Magazine Shafak says “East and West is no water and oil. They do mix. And in a city like Istanbul they mix intensely, incessantly, amazingly.In a piece she wrote for the BBC she says “Istanbul is like a huge, colourful Matrushka - you open it and find another doll inside.