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Lisa Morrow

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Cruising into inspiration… “Inside one of the elegant pavilions known in Istanbul as a kasir, the clamor and chaos of big city life recedes. The noise of car horns and shouting vendors is replaced by near silence. Listen carefully for the imagined whisper of silk rustling in the breeze or the echo of a once vital conversation abruptly curtailed. In these discreet and sophisticated structures and summer palaces, built only for the sultans, time stands still. Ostensibly intended as private retreats away from the formality of the courts at Topkapı and Dolmabahçe palaces, in reality kasir were places to scheme and plot. Each is a snapshot of a particular moment in history and an intimate and enticing slice of Ottoman life.” (Excerpt from In Istanbul’s Private Retreats of the Sultans, Time Stands Still published in The New York Times). Want to learn to write like this? Join me in my 2026 Writing Retreat Turkey where you’ll get to disconnect from the chaos of daily life, engage with ancient ruins and the mindful rituals of traditional Turkish culture then dive into the aquamarine waters from the teak deck of a handcrafted wooden sailing boat. You’ll find all the details in this post or via link in bio. Feel free to DM if you have any other questions. https://www.insideoutinistanbul.com/writing-retreat-turkey/ #writingretreatturkey #writingskills #writingretreat #writersofinstagram #guletcruise #writersretreat #writingretreatmediterranean #writingretreatguletcruise #guletcruiseturkey #writingretreats #improveyourwritingskills 2025-10-01 19:30:05 Cruising in.. 5 -64% 0 -
I love the night, expecially in Istanbul, when all the tiny details you miss during the day come alive. #istanbul #istanbulturkey #istanbulnights #istanbulatnight #istanbulsights 2025-09-30 23:30:22 I love the night, expecia.. 23 +66% 1 +100%
Visitors to Istanbul love the iconic tram that trundles along Istiklal Street from Taksim Square down to Tunel. However some of the most interesting parts of Taksim are in the backstreets, brimming with history, colour and life. Read all about it here. https://www.insideoutinistanbul.com/taksim/ #taksim #taksimistanbul #taksimhistory #istiklalstreet #istiklalcaddesi #multiculturalistanbul #istanbulhistory 2025-09-29 23:30:09 Visitors to Istanbul love.. 8 -42% 0 -
A Love Letter to Istanbul 2025-09-28 22:30:19 A Love Letter to.. 24 +73% 1 +100%
For the record, Terminal in Kadıköy, Istanbul was NOT built on derelict lot. There was a park there open to all. Yes it looks prettier now but as pedestrian and public transport user I wish they'd widened pavement rather than leased public land to private companies for valet parking. #Kadıköy #kadikoyistanbul #istanbul #publictransport #livinginistanbul #publicspace #publicspacedesign #istanbullife #kadikoylife 2025-09-27 00:31:33 For the record, Termi.. 5 -64% 0 -
Think you know Istanbul? Think again. #travelwriting #armchairtravel #travelessays #armchairtraveller #authorsoninstagram #booksofinstagram #armchairtraveler #indieauthorsofinstagram #armchairtravellers #istanbullife #travelwriter #booksonistanbul #indieauthors 2025-09-25 22:30:56 Think you know Istanbul? .. 4 -71% 0 -
On this day in 1996 the great, wonderfully flamboyant Zeki Muren with a voice like melting honey, left this mortal coil. Find out why Turks across the country still miss him to this day in this post - https://www.insideoutinistanbul.com/zeki-muren/ #zekimuren #zekimüren #turkishmusic #zekimürenmüzesi #turkishsingers #famousturkishsingers #turkishculture #zekimürenpaşa 2025-09-24 13:31:33 On this day in 1996 .. 13 -6% 0 -
Imagine writing here … caressed by lapping waves, wooed by gentle breezes, only pine trees and calm all around. Turn your dreams into reality with my 2026 Writing Retreat Turkey. You’ll find all the details via link in bio. https://www.insideoutinistanbul.com/writing-retreat-turkey/ #writingretreatturkey #writingskills #writingretreat #writersofinstagram #guletcruise #writersretreat #writingretreatmediterranean #writingretreatguletcruise #guletcruiseturkey #themedguletcruise #improveyourwritingskills #writingretreats 2025-09-24 00:30:04 Imagine writing here .. 7 -50% 0 -
I went to Depo Istanbul last night with writer Re'al Bakhit for the Palestine Films screening program. Two stand outs short films were It Could Have Been Me by Egyptian director Lina Abdulkarim and Gaza Bride 17 by Palestinian director Waseem Khair. I was too engrossed in watching them to take many photos, but the ones I've shared are from Abdulkarim's short. I'll leave you with her message; 2025-09-22 18:30:20 I went to Depo Istanbul.. 5 -64% 0 -
Children know how to have fun, wherever they are. #IOIIgoesto #diyarbakir #travelturkey #diyarbakirturkey #southeastturkey #roundabout #kidsrides 2025-09-21 18:40:30 Children know how to have.. 11 -21% 0 -
I first went to Diyarbakır over 20 years ago, and it was a very different place to the way it is now. Since the civil war ended, the city and surrounds have opened up to tourism bringing more people and hopefully more opportunities for locals to share their histories and improve their future. Diyarbakir is rich in culture and welcoming people. Wherever I went they were happy to help and keen to share stories of their lives, offer me food and make sure I experienced the best their traditions and hospitality have to offer. If you've enjoyed my photos and words about Diyarbakir don't forget to follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Bluesky for more updates and news from Istanbul and Turkey. I'll be writing a full 'what to see and do' post about Diyarbakir on my Inside Out In Istanbul website (link in bio) later this year. #IOIIgoesto #diyarbakir #travelturkey #diyarbakirturkey #UNESCOsites #southeastturkey #kurdishculture #kurdishculture #ameda #GoDiyarbakır #historyandculture 2025-09-21 18:30:12 I first went to Diyarba.. 8 -42% 0 -
Once upon a time Diyarbakir was home to fierce Kurdish tribesmen and around 1.5 million Armenians lived in the province. After 1915 the Armenian population counted at less than 100,000. In this now Muslim majority area, churches, schools, monasteries, cemeteries and other monuments, many of them abandoned, are a reminder of this once vibrant Armenian community. A few of the Armenian churches and those of other Christian demoniminations are still in operation alongside the majestic Ulu Camii, and if you know where to look, you can see a minaret and two church spires on the same patch of skyline. #IOIIgoesto #diyarbakir #travelturkey #diyarbakirturkey #southeastturkey #mosquesinturkey #churchesinturkey #ameda #GoDiyarbakır #historyandculture #UNESCOsites 2025-09-20 19:30:04 Once upon a time Diyarba.. 12 -14% 0 -
Hasan Paşa Han is most popular spot for Turkish breakfasts in Diyarbakir, but it also contains a number of lovely antique shops upstairs. I bought some lovely ruby earrings from Hüseyin Diril on the first floor. #IOIIgoesto #diyarbakir #Turkishbreakfast #diyarbakirturkey #turkishhistory #ameda #historyandculture 2025-09-19 18:40:25 Hasan Paşa Han is most .. 18 +30% 1 +100%
It’s a little bit of chaos and a whole lot of liver in Diyarbakir. They cook, serve and eat it 24/7. Unfortunately I hate liver. However I do like food and it was brilliant that every time I said “I know a restaurant/café/lokanta where we should try X …”, Safi, Stephen and Cyrus put their trust in me and walked however far it was without complaint. Like when we went to eat Kaburga dolmasi, beef ribs with spiced rice. I knew it’d be filling but didn't factor in their generous ikram, free food offerings, which included bulgur mixed with thin yoghurt, tomato roka salad, and tomato cucumber salad. Ikram in Diyarbakir is extremely generous. Sometimes we had more complimentary dishes on the table than those we ordered. Not that I'm complaining. Beros Restoran in the new part of town served up some of the best perfect with their succulent steaks. The wraps at Welat Doner opposite Mardin Gate were particularly tasty. We initially stopped because the man at the helm is a dead ringer for Safi and Stephen’s butcher in Fethiye apparently. He’s a very friendly man, and lunch, taken from the huge round of döner studded with slices of capsicum, is a local speciality. There are mobile tea carts, barrows of Diyarbakir muz, reddish bubby textured thin green stalks, bunches of yeşil nohut, immature chickpea in furry almond shaped pods and yağlı/yayla (spelling?), thin simits, everywhere. We ate something new every day, usually healthy, but we couldn’t pass on a slice (each) of Lübnan Künefe. Thinner than Turkish künefe, made with different cheese and heavenly with a scoop of the Maraş ice cream, it’s all the rage. Diyarbakir is open to food innovation, best seen at Ameditan. The brainchild of chef Serdil Demir, a world traveller who came home and fused international cuisine with the Diyarbakir table. The result is a tasting menu that features tacos. The beef cheeks are to die for. If you want to try some of Serdil’s food yourself, check out this special event coming up later this month https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ4luObIlc4/?igsh=YnUxYjM1M3Y2ZW03 #IOIIgoesto #diyarbakir #diyarbakirturkey #turkishfood #kurdishculture #kurdishfood #ameda #GoDiyarbakır #armeditan 2025-09-19 18:30:13 .. 14 +1% 0 -
This week #IOIIgoesto #diyarbakir #diyarbakirturkey. Also known as #ameda the city is rich in #historyandculture and #UNESCOsites. 2025-09-19 00:30:29 This week #IOIIgoesto #di.. 11 -21% 0 -
Over the centuries Diyarbakır has seen Greeks, Romans, Sassanids, Arabs, Byzantines and Ottomans. The Mervani, a Kurdish Sunni Muslim dynasty of Upper Mesopotamia and Armenia lived here between 978 and 1085 AD. There’s still a large Kurdish population. Diyarbakır was once the seat of Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and it had a large Armenian population too, numbering around 150,000 by the late 19th century. The city's multicultural heritage is everywhere in the architecture, language and food. We started at Surlar, the massive 5.8 km-long black basalt defensive walls in the historic heart of Diyarbakır. İçkale, the Inner Castle, was a local neighbourhood until the early 21st century. Now it's the Diyarbakir Archaeological Museum, consisting of Amida Mound, a Byzantine church, 14 former military buildings used as museums, exhibition spaces and administration offices, and the walls themselves. Originally built by the Hurris in the 3rd millennium BC, the present walls are from the Byzantine era, and include towers, 82 bastions, gates and 63 inscriptions, left by Yezidi, Romans and others. At the top of this imposing UNESCO World Heritage site the view of the Hevsel Gardens, believed to date back 8,000 years, is incredible. Fields of impossibly velvety green and feathery poplars, fed by the water from the Tigris River, stretch as far as the eye can see. We learnt a lot about the different peoples who'd lived in Diyarbakır at Cemil Pasa Konagi, the Dikarbakir City Museum. Set in what was once a private home, the rooms are filled with regional clothing, photos of schools, sports days, women and babies, musical instruments and newspapers. I liked the Dengbeji room best. You can listen to historical recordings of this Kurdish music genre, playing the ney and singing, even a woman. Later on we joined dozens of locals down at the On Gözlu Kopru, the 10 arched bridge south of the city, outside the Mardin Gate. It was a lovely cool reward after a hot 3 km walk down from the city, sipping tea and trying to work out which parts of the bridge were built in 1065. #IOIIgoesto #diyarbakir #diyarbakirturkey #ameda #GoDiyarbakır #historyandculture #UNESCOsites 2025-09-19 00:30:29 Over the centur.. 15 +8% 0 -
Death is challenging at any time, especially when you experience it in a different language and culture to your own ... Learn more about Turkish culture and traditions in Exploring Turkish Landscapes: Crossing Inner Boundaries. Available direct from me, at Mephisto, Minoa & Homer bookshops in Istanbul (if you don’t see it on the shelf, ask), the bookshop in the Four Seasons Hotel Sultanahmet or online here https://amzn.to/4g9o9zG. Death is challenging at any time, especially when you experience it in a different language and culture to your own ... Hikayenin geri kalanını Türkiye'yi Keşfederek Sınırlarımı Aşarken kitabında okuyabilirsiniz. Doğrudan benden, İstanbul'daki Mephisto, Minoa ve Homer kitapçılarından (rafta bulamazsanız sorun), Four Seasons Hotel Sultanahmet'teki kitapçıdan veya buradan online olarak https://amzn.to/4g9o9zG adresinden temin edebilirsiniz. #travelwriting #travelessays #lisamorrowwriter #booksaboutturkey #indieauthorsoninstagram #yabanciyazar #turkiyedeyabancilar #expatlife #expatwriting 2025-09-15 23:31:56 Death.. 30 +116% 1 +100%
Life for people in Kadikoy, Istanbul in Turkey is much like life anywhere. We eat, we sleep, we watch men dancing in the streets, in a tradition that goes back centuries. Want to know more? Take a look. You can read the full story and more in Inside Out In Istanbul: Making Sense of the City, available direct from me, at Mephisto, Minoa & Homer bookshops in Istanbul (if you don’t see it on the shelf, ask), at the bookshop in the Four Seasons Hotel Sultanahmet or online here https://amzn.to/3Vx3v33 #köçek #kocek #kocekdance #mendancing #mendancingwithmen #turkishmen #insideoutinistanbul #turkishculture #turkishdance 2025-09-14 22:32:07 Life for people in Ka.. 6 -57% 1 +100%
When people think about the Princes’ Islands, the largest of them, Buyukada, is almost always the one that comes to mind. However Heybeliada, smaller and closer to Istanbul, packs just as much of a punch, if not more. Here’s my guide on what to see and do on Heybeliada. Iyi geziler! Don’t forget to follow me to get the latest in Istanbul and Turkey tips, info and discoveries! #whattoseeanddoinistanbul #lesserknownplacesistanbul #princesislands #princesislandsistanbul #heybeliada #heybeliadaistanbul #istanbuldaytrips 2025-09-13 18:30:17 When people think a.. 16 +15% 0 -
Bodrum is known as the playground of the rich and famous, but it has a lot to offer families too. Fascinating history, local markets and good food all make for a great holiday together. Find out all about it in my article forBritish Airways High Life. https://bahighlife.com/destinations/the-original-guide-to-bodrum #bodrum #ilovebodrum #visitbodrum #travelturkey #turkishholidays #britishairway #britishairwaysholidays #bodrumturkey #bodrumhistory #bodrumpeninsula 2025-09-11 22:35:03 Bodrum is known as the pl.. 10 -28% 0 -
It seems everyone’s in love with Istanbul these days, an Istanbul full of tea glasses, cats, Galata Tower and San Sebastian cheesecake. However that’s not my Istanbul. My Istanbul is a crazy mix of tradition and modernity, laughter and tears, and exercise and politics. Like when you go swimming. Here’s an excerpt from Inside Out In Istanbul to give you an idea of what I mean. “There are old men who are happy to show their limbs, wearing short-legged trunks that sit high up over their navels. Strange as it might sound, this willingness to expose their legs is a sign they grew up holding the values of Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish republic, close to their hearts. They are the portlier Turkish versions of young Italian boys from daring movies of the 1950s. Each time I touch the wall before turning to start the next lap I see them lined up at the edge of the pool, solemnly bending at the knees, before stretching out their arms at the completion of each squat. Only after they’ve finished at least twenty minutes of stretches accompanied by strenuous breathing do they enter the pool. Once they’ve taken careful measure of the space available to them and considered the temperature they plod along using a stroke that looks like a distant relation to dog paddle.” You can read the rest of the story in Inside Out In Istanbul: Making Sense of the City, available direct from me, at Mephisto, Minoa & Homer bookshops in Istanbul (if you don’t see it on the shelf, ask), at the bookshop in the Four Seasons Hotel Sultanahmet, online here https://amzn.to/3Vx3v33 or link in bio. #booksoninistagram #travelwriting #travelmemoirs #armchairtraveller #booksaboutturkey #travelessays #livinginturkey #armchairtraveler #expatlife #indieauthorsofinstagram #armchairtravel 2025-09-10 19:30:06 It seems.. 32 +131% 0 -
I’m a winter baby but do appreciate the warmth of the sun. If you’re like me, add Mersin to your autumn/winter itinerary. Get planning with this guest post by long term Meresin resident and famous chick lit author Jane Gundogan. https://www.insideoutinistanbul.com/mersin-what-to-see/ #winterescapes #mersin #visitmersin #mersinturkey #winterinturkey #sunshineinwinter #janegundoganauthor jane_gundogan_author #eastmediterranean #visitturkey #mersinturkiye 2025-09-09 22:30:11 I’m a winter baby but.. 28 +102% 0 -
Istanbul has a great public transport system that's safe, reliable and affordable. It's perfect for exploring lesser known sites with my guidebook Istanbul 50 Unsung Places. It has all the info you’ll need, including history, anecdotes and what to look out for so you don't get lost. Available direct from me, at Mephisto, Minoa & Homer bookshops in Istanbul (if you don’t see it on the shelf, ask), the bookshop in the Four Seasons Hotel Sultanahmet, via link in bio or online here https://amzn.to/4g9o9zG. #publictransport #lesserknown #istanbul #guidebook #istanbul50unsungplaces #selfguidedsightseeing 2025-09-07 18:35:28 Istanbul has a great .. 5 -64% 0 -
Are you planning to visit Turkey and are worried about finding an esim that works now that so many brands have been banned? Then I recommend a Truely esim. I’ve used them myself and found their esim easy to use with customer service, real people not bots, available 24/7 via Whatsapp. Best of all, you can buy an esim for one day or as many days as you like so none of this being limited to 7, 15 or 30 days. Get a 5% discount from the website using my code: insideoutinistanbul https://truely.com/?ref=aff_insideoutinistanbul truely_esim #truely #esim #internet #traveltips #travelinternational 2025-09-07 18:30:07 Are you planning to vis.. 28 +102% 0 -
It's a little but late but here's my latest piece for Turkiye Today. https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/turkiye-in-movies-adrenaline-melancholy-history-and-shocks-3205295 turkiyetodaycom #turkiyetoday #turkiyetodaycom #turkeyinmovies #moviesinturkey #cinema #cinematravel 2025-09-06 22:34:04 It's a little but late bu.. 9 -35% 0 -

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