It’s 09:45 a.m. Going from Lüleci Hendek to Lüleciler. On the street; sleepy cats, Parisians with their coffees, Genovese with their cameras around their necks, people going to light up wood-burning ovens, and people on their way to have their first cup of morning tea at Tayfun Sports Club. And me, walking to the office, daydreaming.It's 15:55 p.m. Ground zero from Meclis-i Mebusan Street and the Bosphorus. Cafes and restaurants are crammed side by side, and they don’t look very happy about being packed like sardines either. The people inside are only here today, tomorrow they will leave. How are they enjoying themselves? They are in the chairs they paid for to be close to the Bosphorus. In fact, we should be able to enjoy the sea as far as the eye can see. But we can only see what Princess Cruise allows for. I'm going to the ferry without seeing the sea for a long time.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/9/4/1666878065371.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.67" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h4 fr-original-style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">The slopes descending to Tophane&nbsp;</h4><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">It's 18:15 p.m. The journey is from Boğazkesen to Italian Hospital. Towards Defterdar Slope. Children are playing in the park in Lüleci. Cızbız köfte (meatballs) is smoky, with three or five tourists and Mr. Adnan. The gallery seems to be preparing for the opening. In front of it, a melon seller is stealing the scene with his tarp. Meanwhile, there's a flurry up in the sky. The sun has almost set. If you turn your back to Boğazkesen and climb the slope upside down, the orange colour of 6:00 p.m. and the Galata Tower make an appearance, if you go straight up, Tophane-i Amire is waiting for the neighbourhood on your right, and a few trees are on guard. I am on my way home, looking up at the sky.It's 21:03 p.m. Tophane continues to live. Greetings from the 15th century to those who are trapped in the costs of living in the 21st century. It asks what it means to be ‘from here’, to be ‘from there’, to separate, to unite, to be displaced, to displace. Some memories are not as fresh as they used to be. They are forgotten. They are being forgotten. Some answers are obvious; some are hidden behind questions. I'm curious.The year is 2022. Tophane continues to live with multiple different realities. Together, apart and in between.Follow us,Elif

<h1 fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 2em; margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://bit.ly/3Dzet0f?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Koç Holding</a>&nbsp;welcomes art enthusiasts to the&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://bit.ly/3Ss28zx?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">17th Istanbul Biennial</a></h1> Organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) since 1987 and sponsored by Koç Holding since 2007, the 17th edition of the Istanbul Biennial continues.The Biennial, which will be open to public visit until 20 November, is prepared with a different approach in this edition due to the pandemic precautions as well as its one-year delay.The 17th Istanbul Biennial meets its viewers in various <a fr-original-style="" href="https://bienal.iksv.org/tr/17-istanbul-bienali/mekanlar?utm_source=aposto" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">spots</a> of the city such as bookstores, hospitals, nursing homes, cafes, metro stations, and Açık Radyo.&nbsp;An avid supporter of culture and arts, Koç Holding is happy to sponsor the Istanbul Biennial by 2036. To find the short film focusing on the healing and transformative qualities of art, you may visit <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQsmVol36bI&ab_channel=Ko%C3%A7Holding&utm_source=aposto" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">this link.</a>&nbsp;

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HOOD: Luca (Orlandi) takes the floor: ‘Surprisingly, Tophane is not one of the 45 neighbourhoods that make up Beyoğlu. Frankeştayn Bookstore, where we are having coffee now, is located in the Kılıç Ali Paşa neighbourhood. Right next to it is Pürtelaş, then Tomtom and Cihangir. From here, they are all part of Galata,’ he begins to explain.

But where is actually Tophane, does it exist on the paper?

Fictitious or palpable, does Tophane exist on paper?

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<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/9/4/1666880156431.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.67" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h4 fr-original-style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">We guess someone from the neighbourhood was upset again&nbsp;</h4><h4 fr-original-style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Photo: Elif Bayram</h4><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">This time, we stopped on the pavements we had walked many times and talked about Tophane's past, present and future we dream of. With Luca, a Genoese architect, we wandered around the neighbourhood - or the place that has become a neighbourhood for us. As we took one step forward and one step back, we commemorated its former owners.If you are wondering where and with whom we are bending and twisting borders next week, we are waiting for you at the same place and time with a cup of Turkish coffee with plenty of foam in our hands.&nbsp;

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