Istanbul

The streets of Istanbul teem with humanity, pulsate with Heidegerrian Being. Once the capital of Christendom and, later, the capital of the Ottoman empire, the city has become a post-imperial republican marvel: a nexus of late ancient, medieval, and modern ways of being-in-the-world. It is a living organism in perpetual motion; a miracle of mad energy, industry, and poetry.

If Paris deserved a Balzac (and she did), how much moreso Istanbul!