Contents

7 Editor¡¯s Corner
Istanbul as a City of the ¡°Ancient Future¡±
or ¡°Intercrossing Space¡±
Lee Kyung-jae | ROK

Story Map 1
Islam vs. Turks

20 Istanbul Astray
Oh Eun-kyung | ROK

43 Istanbul Food: A Chaos of Taste and
Diversity that Reflects the Immensity of the
Empire
Lee Hee-soo | ROK

60 Istanbul Architecture: City of Mosques
Lee Hee-soo | ROK

70 The State, Women, and Their Bodies
Oh Eun-kyung | ROK

Story Map 2
Reading Istanbul

96 Losing Myself in Istanbul
Son Hong-gyu | ROK

106 Günter Wallraff, Ganz unten—The Bottom of
the Heap
Lee Sang-bok | ROK

114 Two Spirits of Flexibility: Han Seol-ya¡¯s
¡°Hyangbiaesa¡±
Lee Kyung-jae | ROK

Story Map 3
Literature in Istanbul

120 Istanbul in Myths
Metin Turan | Turkey

132 K uzguncuk Story
Gülsüm Cengiz | Turkey

147 Tales Told by a Contemporary Storyteller
Cemal Şakar | Turkey

154 Dolapdere
Sait Faik Abas©¥yan©¥k | Turkey

160 Listening to Istanbul
Orhan Veli Kan©¥k | Turkey

163 Another Istanbul
Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan | Turkey

164 Istanbul Fever
Attilâ İlhan | Turkey

another Stories

194 My Clint Eastwood
Oh Han-ki | ROK

229 Writer¡¯s Note: ¡°My Clint Eastwood¡±
Oh Han-ki | ROK

236 A Love Song for the Western
Jung Eun-kyoung | ROK

241 C ollapse of Reason and the Impossibility of
Settling
Ko In-hwan | ROK

249 Tall Building and more
Kim Ki-taek | ROK

256 Lake Baikal and more
Kwak Hyo-hwan | ROK

280 Decolonized Roots and Postcolonial Wings:
The Minoritarian Theatrescape of
Rabindranath Tagore
Syed Jamil Ahmed | Bangladesh

308 ABOUT THE TRANSLATORS