“[In Istanbul Noir] you get blown along the shore of the Bosporus in the wealthy enclave of Bebek (Feryal Tilmac’s “Hitching in the Lodosâ€), hustled through the shadowy past in the bustling Aksaray (Mustafa Ziyalan’s “Black Palaceâ€), have your mind read in the “haven for lowlifes†that is Siskinbakkal (Algan Sezginturedi’s “Around Here, Somewhereâ€) and thrown behind bars in Sagmacilar (Yasemin Aydinoglu’s “One Among Usâ€).-- The Lead Miami Beach
A city at once ancient and modern, Istanbul is the quintessentially postcard-perfect metropolis. But don’t let the alluring vistas fool you. For beneath its veneer as the meeting place of cultures, religions, and ethnicities lies a heart of darkness, seething with suppressed desire, boiling with frustration, and burning with a fervor for vengeance.
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