Neriman KALYONCUO\u011eLU<\/p>\n
\u0130stanbul\u2019da, Asya\u2019yla Avrupa\u2019y\u0131 birle\u015ftiren o b\u00fcy\u00fcl\u00fc k\u00f6pr\u00fclerin eteklerinde ba\u015flar bir masal. Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i K\u00f6pr\u00fcs\u00fc\u2019n\u00fcn Anadolu yakas\u0131ndaki ayaklar\u0131n\u0131n hemen dibinden sahile uzand\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131zda, mavinin ve ye\u015filin birbirine kavu\u015ftu\u011fu bir d\u00fcnyada bulursunuz kendinizi. G\u00fcnd\u00fcz ba\u015fka, gece bamba\u015fka b\u00fcy\u00fclerle doludur bu manzara; her \u00fc\u00e7 k\u00f6pr\u00fcy\u00fc bir arada g\u00f6rebilece\u011finiz bir noktadan \u0130stanbul\u2019un kalbine bakars\u0131n\u0131z.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n G\u00fcnd\u00fczleri Bo\u011faz, g\u00f6ky\u00fcz\u00fcn\u00fcn mavisini kucaklar. G\u00fcne\u015f \u0131\u015f\u0131klar\u0131, suyun \u00fczerine alt\u0131n bir \u00f6rt\u00fc serer. Mart\u0131lar bu sahneyi tamamlayan kahramanlard\u0131r; dalgalar\u0131n \u00fczerinde s\u00fcz\u00fcl\u00fcr, k\u00f6pr\u00fclerden ge\u00e7en ara\u00e7lar\u0131n olu\u015fturdu\u011fu ritimle ahenk i\u00e7inde \u015fark\u0131lar s\u00f6ylerler. Sahil boyunca y\u00fcr\u00fcrken, hafif esen r\u00fczgar y\u00fcz\u00fcn\u00fcz\u00fc ok\u015far, denizden gelen iyot kokusu ruhunuza i\u015fler. Buras\u0131, hayat\u0131n karma\u015fas\u0131 i\u00e7inde bir mola gibidir; zihninizi bo\u015falt\u0131r, kalbinizi hafifletir.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ama as\u0131l sihir gece ba\u015flar. \u0130stanbul, \u0131\u015f\u0131klar\u0131n dans etti\u011fi bir tabloya d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015f\u00fcr. K\u00f6pr\u00fclerin zarif \u00e7izgileri, renkli \u0131\u015f\u0131klarla boyan\u0131r ve Bo\u011faz\u2019\u0131n serin sular\u0131nda yans\u0131malar\u0131n\u0131 b\u0131rak\u0131r. \u015eehrin sokak lambalar\u0131, tepelere kadar y\u00fckselen yemye\u015fil a\u011fa\u00e7lar\u0131n aras\u0131ndan par\u0131ldar. Anadolu yakas\u0131n\u0131n huzurlu mahalleri, gece \u0131\u015f\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131n b\u00fcy\u00fcs\u00fcyle sessiz bir \u015fiir gibi kar\u015f\u0131n\u0131zda durur. Gecenin bu sessiz ahenginde, deniz daha derin, k\u00f6pr\u00fcler daha anlaml\u0131 g\u00f6r\u00fcn\u00fcr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Bo\u011faz\u2019\u0131n her iki yakas\u0131, adeta bir a\u015fk hikayesini anlat\u0131r. Asya ve Avrupa\u2019n\u0131n birle\u015fti\u011fi bu nokta, sadece bir ge\u00e7i\u015f de\u011fil, ayn\u0131 zamanda iki farkl\u0131 d\u00fcnyan\u0131n bir arada nas\u0131l var olabilece\u011fini g\u00f6steren bir metafordur. Deniz, bu a\u015fk\u0131n \u015fahididir; onun serin sular\u0131 gece g\u00fcnd\u00fcz hi\u00e7 durmadan bu hikayeyi ta\u015f\u0131r.<\/span><\/span><\/p>