Styles and epochs, traditions and destinies, the past, present and future are intricately and unpredictably intertwined in this city, like the pattern on the carpets of its mosques. Like several centuries ago, people here drink tea from glass cups and roast mackerel on the piers. Merchants carrying wooden trays of goods on their heads are maneuvering in the traffic flow.People are mixed into a motley and many-sided stream, spreading through the streets like blood through the veins. This is the noisy breath of Istanbul, its unevenly beating pulse, its ragged rhythm and unquenchable inner fire - lively and hot. If his stones could speak, they would tell hundreds of legends about love and hate, friendship and betrayal, glory and shame. In this mighty bustling city, seething like a cauldron with chorba - Turkish soup, you want to enjoy every minute, squint from the Bosphorus wind - and believe that all roads lead ... to Istanbul.Maria Kicha - Ph.D., teacher, author of the book “Mecca. Biography of the mysterious city. Fluent in Turkish, Armenian, English, Italian, Arabic and Hebrew. For many years he travels around the Middle East and neighboring regions, studying local history and culture. She has repeatedly visited Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Azerbaijan and Iran. She runs a public page on the culture and history of the Middle East, "The First Middle East", which has over 35,000 subscribers.The book's publishing layout has been saved in PDF A4 format.