Literary and Lewd BEYOĞLU A Bohemian Guide

This little guide isn't like the others, dear reader. Because Umur Talu, without ever leaving his city, leaves a piece of his soul in every street and walks along Cadde-i Kebir. Sometimes others accompany him; writers, poets, sometimes just books, often books… And films.

But this is not just a memoir. It's the story of how a neighborhood changes over time, how it evolves with people. A grand Beyoğlu archive. An elegant chaos bearing the traces of literature, mischief, and wandering travelers.

Among the lines of the book, you will encounter Sait Faik in Eftalikos and find Yahya Kemal at the Park Hotel. As Nâzım Hikmet writes his first poem, Cemal Süreya will hum another line. Yusuf Atılgan will make eye contact with The Idler while walking. While Bihter and Poor Necdet shop at the same store, Behlül will probably be looking for entertainment in a corner…

Between the lines, you will journey down the street with the flirtatious, melancholic, drunken, vagrant, intellectual, rebellious, dreamy, and bohemian faces of Beyoğlu—a place you may have walked countless times or perhaps never set foot in.