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Rewarding reads: November and December 2016
In this blog series, we highlight some of our favourite Turkey-related articles and news titbits that we've read over the past month (or two, in this case). The Ottoman History Podcast began as a...
View ArticleA parade of poets
Calling all poets: the 9th Nâzim Hikmet Poetry Competition, organised as a tribute to the pre-eminent Turkish poet, is open for submissions. The competition and accompanying festival, held annually in...
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‘The eye of the painter sees best’
When surveying the life of Feyhaman Duran, one of Turkey’s most beloved painters and the father of Turkish portraiture, it’s clear that the artist had many admirable attributes: he valued integrity...
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The cat’s whiskers
One night last summer I came home to my Istanbul apartment to find my burly, bearded neighbour seated on the front stairs, a young street cat nestled in his arms. He explained how he had noticed her...
View ArticleA day in Kayseri
Kayseri has changed dramatically in the last quarter century. Seljuk tombs that used to seem almost in the country are now dominated by modern buildings and the great monuments round the much restored...
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Weekend gallery guide: green thumbs, hazy memories and profound portraits
The large-scale, well-curated exhibitions currently on view in Istanbul – Feyhaman Duran: Between Two Worlds at the Sabancı Museum, The Characters of Yusuf Franko at ANAMED and Harbour at Istanbul...
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The restless sightseer: A winter’s day in Kayseri
Kayseri has changed dramatically in the last quarter century. Seljuk tombs that used to seem almost in the country are now dominated by modern buildings and the great monuments round the much restored...
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Weekend gallery guide: water worries and flight paths
With its tall circular tower and redbrick façade, the palatial Perili Köşk in Rumelihisarı is a beacon on the Bosphorus. Its interior is equally eye-catching. Home to the corporate headquarters of...
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Weekend gallery guide: mirror images, depopulated desert and sculpted velvet
This weekend we reflect on three spectacular solo shows. All three are located in and around Beyoğlu (two are even in the same building, Mısır Apartment, on İstiklâl Caddesi). An Astronomical...
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Demolition by night
The photos and footage shared on Thursday night by Facebook user Togan Tong were grainy but unmistakable: the Karaköy Yolcu Salonu (Passenger Terminal), an important work of Turkish architecture from...
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Rewarding reads: January 2017
In this blog series, we highlight some of our favourite Turkey-related articles and news titbits that we’ve read over the past month. ‘Snow in Istanbul always feels magical’, writes Tim Arango in The...
View ArticleSounding off
Even though Istanbul is one of the worst cities in the world for noise pollution, the sounds of the city are as much of a joy as they are a nuisance – they evoke a sense of place. Istanbul would not...
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Istanbul galleries sweep into Dubai
Three Istanbul galleries – Galerist, Galeri Zilberman and Sanatorium – will participate in the 11th edition of Art Dubai, an international art fair highlighting works from the Middle East, Africa and...
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Looking Back from London
The London Book Fair opened today with Poland as the ‘Market Focus’ country, and trade looked brisk. The behemoth publishing houses occupied centre stage with vast stands and clients checking in for...
View ArticleThe smiling Orientalist
This witty portrait by the Orientalist painter John Frederick Lewis can be found this weekend at BADA, the British Antique Dealers’ Association’s annual fair in Chelsea (March 15–21). In Guy Peppiatt...
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Rewarding reads: February 2017
In this blog series, we highlight some of our favourite Turkey-related articles and news titbits that we’ve read over the past month. ‘I never thought I’d be saying this, but I’m a big fan of Martha...
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Gender-bending bards
Few Turkish words can conjure up a scene as swiftly and uniformly as ozan. The noun is seemingly inseparable from the image of an elderly minstrel, bağlama in hand, singing of his travels before an...
View ArticleA tribute to the late David French, intrepid explorer of Anatolia’s Roman roads
David French, the former director of the British Institution at Ankara who died on Friday (pictured right), was a leading figure in British archaeological research in Turkey for six decades. For just...
View ArticleIn memory of David French, intrepid explorer of Anatolia’s Roman roads
David French, the former director of the British Institution at Ankara who died on Friday (pictured right), was a leading figure in British archaeological research in Turkey for six decades. For just...
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Periot piece… plus ça change
There’s an app on my daughter’s phone which distorts faces, pulls them round, to give people Habsburg chins or googly eyes or enormous teeth, writes Jason Goodwin (portrait by Monica Fritz). It’s...
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