The Guide Istanbul - March/April 2018

Sometimes you have to do something simple. In the age of constant challenges, our drive for improvement often makes us forget the important of the basics. While we travel the world, we often do not know what is happening in our own backyard. We attempt to take advanced classes, even if we never mastered the course for beginners.

In this issue we rediscover the simple pleasures of the city. We revisit classic restaurants (something that has been giving us great pleasure recently), rest in hidden gardens, and take a deep breath while crossing Istanbul’s waterways on a ferry. With Aydan Çelik, a devoted cyclist for more than two decades, we explore the difficult paths of the city without getting discouraged. We listen to renowned film critic Atilla Dorsay discuss the roots of Turkish cinema in order to help us understand modern influences in time for this year’s edition of the Istanbul Film Festival.

Although the spring is generally the time to reach out for the new, we hope you will find our “back to basics” theme no less than inspiring. A step back can help us all appreciate what we already know and find the depth within it.