Evening Light at Istanbul Outdoor Café

A charming outdoor café on a narrow Istanbul street during golden hour. Warm evening sun bathes striped awnings, terracotta pots, and rustic wooden bistro chairs. At a small table, a steaming traditional Turkish coffee sits in a delicate tulip cup on a saucer, paired with a tall glass of iced coffee glistening with condensation and a lemon wedge. A copper cezve rests on a napkin beside a plate of lokum. In the background, silhouettes of mosques and minarets glow against a pink-orange sky over the Bosphorus. Soft string lights, glowing street lamps, and distant ferries add a cinematic, romantic mood. Textures of chipped paint, mosaic tiles, and cobblestones catch the warm light. A content cat lounges near the curb, while pedestrians drift by in gentle blur, creating an authentic, photorealistic scene with painterly warmth.