My (Old) Apartment

This should have been one of my very first posts. But oh well, here it is now.

Before you scroll down and look at the beautiful pictures of where I am currently living, I just want to say that yes I know I am very spoiled and yes I am very happy about it and no I don't care that I am spoiled because I am happy :). 

Entrance to the Kitchen and Living Room

Kitchen (which has every useful appliance... except a microwave)

Alcohol

Seating Area

Bookshelf and other Pretty Things

Study Area

Desk

Outside

The Building

Tree House and Grass (that grew in one week, no joke)

Patio

So now that you have all gawked at and been terribly jealous of (and perhaps cried about?) the pictures of my apartment, let me explain why I am living here and why the title of this post says "old" in parentheses. 

My two other roommates, Ari and Shumita, and I rented this apartment for one month until we figured out other living arrangements. The apartment belongs to the Köprülü family, who are family friends of Ari's parents, and they did us a favor and let us stay here temporarily for just a fraction of the normal rent. 

The Köprülü family was a noble family in the Ottoman Empire and provided six Grand Viziers as well as a number of high-ranking officers to the state. Nina Köprülü and her husband Murat live in New York City but spend their summers on the Bosphorus in a beautiful house as well as in this apartment. 

I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to live in this quaint apartment in Bebek. The reason why the title of this post says "old" is because we are moving out of this apartment on Monday morning. Shumita found a sublet in Ortakoy, and Ari and I decided to stay in Bebek and move into another one of Ari's family friends' apartments. I have not seen it yet but I have heard it has a view of the Bosphorus... check back soon to see pictures of my "new" apartment.