Justice

Istanbul, the Day After

If this city knows how to do anything, it’s how to move on.
Istanbul residents walk in the streets near Taksim Square after an attempted military coup in Turkey.Kemal Aslan/Reuters

Glancing at the to-do list on my desk that I’d scribbled just hours before, the scrap of paper seemed to have appeared from some alternate universe too banal to be believed.

Set alarm for 6 a.m. Take out the trash when I go out for an early-morning run. Bring some money to buy fruit for breakfast on the way home.