July 19th. 00:20

It was yesterday midnight when the smoking ban in Turkey started to be in effect. Last night after having couple of beers with my friend Idil, we moved on to Peyote . When we reached the place, at roughly 00:20, we found people apparently kicked out from inside gathered in front of the entrance smoking their cigarettes. The mood seemed to be quite positive where everyone was complaining but secretly seeming to like it.

We moved on to Cihangir. Walking along streets lined up with clubs, we passed by groups of people smoking outside. I kept thinking that the law was received surprisingly fast until we reached our destination club Kiki to find it still in a thick smoke cloud. The law apparently hadn't reached there last night. People were smoking, so were the bartenders and DJs.

So yeah, luckily another night could be spent with smoking and being smoked. But indicators show that not many of these nights are left for Istanbullus.