Istanbul

geography

is melancholy because she is an imperial capital without an empire.

Istanbul is melancholy because she is an imperial capital without an empire, an older London, perhaps, or a less bouyant Vienna.

is the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West.

is melancholy because she is an imperial capital without an empire, an older London, perhaps, or a less buoyant Vienna.

Istanbul is melancholy because she is an im perial cap it a l without an empire, an older London, perhaps, or a less buoyant Vienna . Ibid.