Theatrical Show Time on St. Valentines
This Valentine’s Day, Pera Palace Hotel invites guests to an evening where romance meets spectacle…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/02/2026
This Valentine’s Day, Pera Palace Hotel invites guests to an evening where romance meets spectacle…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/02/2026
Nuri Celal İnce (1922–2019) was one of Turkey’s most celebrated singers of tango and jazz-influenced…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/02/2026
Duman, an Istanbul‑based Turkish rock band formed in 1999, has become one of the most…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/02/2026
Yeşilçam was not only a cinematic tradition but also an Istanbul story. Named after Yeşilçam…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/02/2026
“I am not an individual. I am a crowded entity. On my own, I am…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/02/2026
İlhan Babaoğlu is a saxophonist whose name appears within the collective memory of Istanbul’s alternative…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/02/2026
Orhan Pamuk’s The Museum of Innocence (Masumiyet Müzesi) is one of his most beloved novels,…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/02/2026
Şehzade Cihangir (1531–1553) was the youngest son of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan.…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/02/2026
Today, the Bull Statue of Kadıköy stands as one of Istanbul’s most recognizable urban symbols:…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/02/2026
A narrative of the city from 1430 to 1750 traces the interaction of Ottoman music…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 06/02/2026
Dedicated to my grandfather, Suat Vina, who was a virtuoso of the oud. The oud’s…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 06/02/2026
The Itrî & Bach project emerges from Istanbul not merely as a place of origin,…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/02/2026
The figure known today as “Count Dracula” is rooted not in medieval superstition but in…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/02/2026
Photo by Ara Güler In the vocabulary of Islamic mysticism, halvet, from the Arabic khalwa…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/02/2026
Istanbul is an utterly romantic city, a city of water and infinite sky, of seagulls…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 01/02/2026