Although they say Istanbul is where the East meets the West, it is also the place where my professional and personal life converge. As a 32-year-old relationship coach, I've dealt with numerous couples, seen the ebb and flow of romance, the twists and turns of passion and listened to untold secrets ...

From the intimate corners of my heart, I pour out snippets of my journey, delicate strings shaping the eccentricities of my world. I am Evangeline, a performance artist who has pirouetted through the spectrum of human emotions, from the exuberance of tumbling cascades to the hushed whispers of timid...

There's something tantalizing about the evening when the moon is crowned with a halo of silver light and the city below sparkles with a million stars. This is when I take my seat in front of the camera that's my window to the world, where I let my fingers gently caress its lens before I am awash in ...