” In one of these rooms, was a man with a genius for decoration; he had constructed out of prison bread a number of miniature deer, geese, dogs, and other animals, placing them on a garden box with real grass growing in it.”
Written after a visit to Sultan Ahmed Central Prison in Stamboul on March 19,1921.
From the Book “Constantinople to-day; or, The pathfinder survey of Constantinople; a study in oriental social life” (1922) by Johnson, Clarence Richard.