Between Ankara and İstanbul — cover photograph

Between Ankara and İstanbul · 2026

Between Ankara and İstanbul

Some mountains don't ask you to stop.

They let you pass, quietly watching through fog and steel.

This photograph was taken from a high-speed train somewhere between Ankara and İstanbul—motion beneath me, stillness towering ahead.

I didn't slow down for the frame. Life didn't either.

Yet for a few seconds, speed and silence shared the same window.

Some views aren't destinations. They are reminders that movement doesn't erase depth.