Proud to present the Istanbul Edition of “A Cat Compound in Cihangir” by Shao-Ying with illustrations by Samantha Mautner published by the premier Istanbul-based publisher Ege Yayınları (Aegean Publications).
This project began long before we ever imagined making a book. Then again, we never imagined coming to Istanbul either, until we watched Kedi (2016) nearly a decade ago.
If we were to explain why the city called to us, we would never be able to find the words, except for that first moment riding out of the old airport: taxi window opening to that pink glow of the early morning, we would later decide to be special to Istanbul, and the strange elation of gliding along the blue Bosphorus, hair whipping across our faces in the breeze, seagulls screeching all around us; and all we could do was grin all the way to Sultanahmet.
Ten years, many journeys, and countless ups and downs on those steep cobblestone slopes later–after meeting so many people and cat friends along the way–this book found its way to us. That it is now being published back in Istanbul is truly nothing short of a miracle. Thank you Istanbul ! <3
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The book is now available at Robinson Crusoe 389 in SALT BeyoÄŸlu and SALT Galata art museums, Homer Kitabevi and other selected independent bookstores in Istanbul. For readers elsewhere, please click Here for a copy.