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Going strong, thirty years on
In celebration of Cornucopia's 30th year we would like to pull out a selection of beautiful spreads and graphics by our creative director Clive Crook. Celebrating 30 years of Cornucopia also means...
View ArticleThe cat’s whiskers
On Wednesday August 25 I went to Emirgan for a concert on the ‘Fıstıklı Teras’ (Pine Tree Terrace) of the Sakıp Sabancı Museum. It was a balmy summer evening and outside the Atlı Köşk – the main...
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Bosphorus University ‘Paws’
In this city of 18 million there are still some patches of woods left and tucked away cosily in the upper grounds of the BU campus lies BUpaws, a Dog Sanctuary. BUpaws is a place for street dogs to...
View ArticleThe cat’s whiskers
On Wednesday August 25 I went to Emirgan for a concert on the ‘Fıstıklı Teras’ (Pine Tree Terrace) of the Sakıp Sabancı Museum. It was a balmy summer evening and outside the Atlı Köşk – the main...
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A profusion of colour: rich pickings from London’s Spring Islamic Sales
Spring has arrived early in London this year, and with it Pietro Longhi’s sumptuous Procession of the Venetian Bailo Francesco Gritti in Constantinople, painted in Venice in 1731. It is one of the...
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Josef Koudelka’s journey on film
Tomorrow, Saturday April 16th is the last chance to see this delicate and beautiful documentary about the award winning Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka's journey through Western Turkey's ruins, his...
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The walkers
Two young Parisians marry and decide to go on an adventure. Marie and Arnuad Epagneau-Comte started walking in June 2021 from Djon to Istanbul carefully planning the route by the seasons, over a span...
View ArticleMusic in the air: highlights of the 50th Istanbul Fest
The countdown has begun for this year’s İKSV Music Festival, which is to begin on 6th June. Classical music enthusiasts may have already read my piece on this subject in the latest edition of...
View ArticleMusic in the air: highlights of the 50th Istanbul Festival
The countdown has begun for this year’s İKSV Music Festival, which is to begin on June 6. Classical music enthusiasts may have already read my piece on this subject in the latest edition of...
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Yasemin Aslan Bakiri’s Billur exhibit
Don't miss the last days of 'Billur', Yasemin Aslan Bakiri's Glass Art exhibition in Nevmekan Selimiye. The show has been prolonged till June 20th and much worth the ferry ride over. Intricately...
View ArticleReset time: spellbinding performances of Mirzayev, Cilea, Donizetti and Liszt
On Saturday (June 11) I made my first visit to the newly-opened Türk Telekom Opera Hall in the Atatürk Cultural Centre in Taksim Square. The occasion was a concert by the Istanbul State Symphony...
View ArticleUnder a shy Bosphorus moon
On Monday June 13 I went to a concert of Turkish classical music given as part of this year’s İKSV Music Festival, on the Fıstıklı Teras of the Sakıp Sabancı Museum in Emirgan. The fact that this...
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Life is but a prelude…
Alice Sara Ott, a half-German, half-Japanese pianist, performed in an event entitled ‘Echoes of Life’ (Yaşamdan Yansımalar) at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall on Thursday, June 16 (part of the...
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Melike Kocak’s digital dreams
Twenty-five year old Melike Kocak, a philosophy graduate and Francophile, has decided to dedicate her life to photography. Kocak talks about one of her recent projects, ‘ When sleeping, we live...
View ArticleSweet music of the French Palace
On Monday 20 June I attended a concert entitled ‘Mare Nostrum’ at what is known in Turkish as Fransız Sarayı (‘French Palace’), the French Consulate and Ambassadorial Residence in Beyoğlu. There is an...
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Readers
Sir Don McCullin photographer and Barnaby Rogerson author on the road again, here in Lake Bafa. Subscribe to Cornucopia and join avid readers around the world, from Rome to the Australian bush and...
View ArticleThe Akbank Jazz Fest’s Cuban rapture
On October 6 I visited the Zorlu Center in Zincirlikuyu to listen to the Cuban jazz duo pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and singer Aymée Nuviola perform as part of the 32nd Akbank Jazz Festival. As a genre,...
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Islamic Sales Autumn 2022
Islamic Sales week is upon us. The top estimate at Sotheby's on October 26 is for Lot 49, an illustrated folio (f.295r.) from The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, attributed to Mirza 'Ali, Persia, Tabriz,...
View ArticleNARDIS: 20th anniversary London pop-up
When I covered the Istanbul Jazz Festival for Cornucopia back in 2004, I paid a visit to a small jazz club called Nardis. I was immediately impressed by the place, and found myself heading back there...
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Celebrating the Republic’s 99th birthday
On Saturday evening, people gathered to mark the Republic's 99th birthday in Şairler Sofası Park for the traditional 'Fener Alayı', a candle-lit procession down to the Beşiktaş Meydanı. These...
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