Istanbul. The intersection of eras, religions and cultures. Kich M.V.

Styles and era, traditions and fate, past, present and future intricately and unpredictably intertwined in this city, like a pattern on the carpets of its mosques. Like several centuries ago, here they drink tea from glass cups and fried mackerel on the pier. In the automobile stream, merchants who carry on their heads wooden trays with goods maneuver. People mix in a motley and multi -sided stream spreading along the streets, like blood through the veins. This is the noisy breath of Istanbul, its unevenly beating pulse, its ragged rhythm and the oversized inner fire - live and hot.

If his stones could speak, they would tell hundreds of legends about love and hatred, friendship and betrayal, glory and shame. In this mighty bustal city, seething, like a boiler with Chorbo - Turkish soup - I want to enjoy every minute, squinting from the Bosphorus wind - and believe that all roads lead... to Istanbul.

Maria Kich - candidate Sciences, teacher, author of the book “Mecca. Biography of the mysterious city. " He owns Turkish, Armenian, English, Italian, Arabic and Hebrew. For many years he travels to the Middle East and neighboring regions, studying local history and culture. I have been in Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Azerbaijan and Iran. He leads public about the culture and history of the Middle East “The First Middle Eastern”, to which more than 35,000 people are signed.