Top Istanbul Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of Istanbul quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Frederick Forsyth
He was one of the masters of the thriller and he really was one of the great signposts, because he took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets of Istanbul and where it all really happened, ... The Day of the Jackal.
- Frederick Forsyth
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Edmondo De Amicis
Istanbul owes its extraordinary situation to Golden Horn, Marmara Sea and The Bosphorus.
- Edmondo De Amicis
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Mehmed the Conqueror
Either I conquer Istanbul or Istanbul conquers me.
- Mehmed the Conqueror
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Sophie Calle
I went to Istanbul. I spoke to blind people, most of whom had lost their sight suddenly. I asked them to describe the last thing they saw.
- Sophie Calle
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Pierre Loti
Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.
- Pierre Loti
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Napoleon Bonaparte
If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Napoleon Bonaparte
The Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Orhan Pamuk
It was in Cihangir that i first learned Istanbul was not an anonymous multitude of walled-in lives - a jungle of apartments where no one knew who was dead or who was celebrating what - but an archipelago of neighbourhoods in which everyone knew each other.
- Orhan Pamuk
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Orhan Pamuk
To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must, first and foremost, be a stranger to them.
- Orhan Pamuk
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Martin Sorrell
Vodafone is building a digital stadium in Istanbul. It is really worth going to see that. The whole experience will change with the possibilities viewers will have.
- Martin Sorrell
Collection: Istanbul
Image of Alphonse de Lamartine
If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.
- Alphonse de Lamartine
Collection: Istanbul