Leonardo de Mango: An Italian Painter in Ottoman Istanbul
At the turn of the twentieth century, Istanbul attracted painters, writers, diplomats and travellers from…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/09/2026
At the turn of the twentieth century, Istanbul attracted painters, writers, diplomats and travellers from…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/09/2026
I learned today that Master Kirkor Merdinyan passed away on August 3. He will be…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/09/2026
“I never beheld a work of nature or art which yielded an impression like the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/09/2026
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds one of the world’s most remarkable visual records of Ottoman…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/09/2026
il faut cultiver notre jardin.’ Voltaire I first encountered Voltaire long before I read him.…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 31/08/2026
Tucked away in the Kurtuluş neighborhood—historically known as Tatavla—stands a quiet, unassuming shop that preserves…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 30/08/2026
we’re all beautiful golden sunflowers inside.’ ― Allen Ginsberg There was a time when Istanbul was…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 30/08/2026
There are museums in which one looks at the past, and others in which the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/08/2026
Among the fishmongers, greengrocers, spice shops and old taverns of Kadıköy Market, there once lived…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/08/2026
On 2 and 3 September, Fazıl Say returns to Istanbul with his new project, the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 27/08/2026
Forgive me if I tend to romanticize the past.” from Woody Allen’s Radio Days I…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 27/08/2026
“They eat, write, sleep, and sit low; we high.” Lord Baltimore, A Tour to the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 24/08/2026
In 1786, two young men occupying very different worlds began a discreet correspondence. One was…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 24/08/2026
Istanbul has carried many names across the centuries. It has been Byzantion, Constantinople, Konstantiniyye, İstanbul…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 24/08/2026
Şirin Pancaroğlu Istanbul is never silent. Even in its quietest hours, it hums beneath the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 23/08/2026