Istanbul is still cigarette-friendly:
a taxi-man opening his window putting the client in a cool air stream, to smoke a cigarette seems to be a normal attitude here !
So to all fervent smokers, Istanbul is the place to be ! :)

Even women got here the same smoking right as men, no distinction, and it's even not that much considered as less female behavior !

Of course, a bit strange to us but not that strange if you learn that even several Mosques here in Üskudar were dedicated to women during the Ottoman regime. More then we can imagine, women are actually wearing the trousers in Istanbul ! :)

Taken by rainy weather near the Üskudar ferryboat premises, blindly low POV, they didn’t notice.