in support of the national team.
Red...
The colour of love and passion.
The colour of roses which a lover
gives to his beloved. For bookworms Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red, for children a fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood, and for poetry lovers a line by Cemal Süreya, ‘My breath is a red bird.
Red...
For Istanbul dwellers, particularly those living in Üsküdar, red is Muharrem Nuri Birgi's house overlooking the sea from the cliff at Salacak. At sunset this beautiful wooden house takes on an even brighter hue. Once the strains of a violin used to echo within its walls, especially when that guest was Yehudi Menuhin. In autumn Virginia creeper turns the walls of old houses on the seafront between Kadıkoy and Bostancı bright red.
Red lips, the red eyes of an angora rabbit, the Red Planet... there is no end to the images conjured up by the words red and crimson.