From Military Barracks to a Library
What you see above is Military Barracks from the Ottoman Era but now this giant…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/03/2025
What you see above is Military Barracks from the Ottoman Era but now this giant…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/03/2025
Mor Efrem Suryani Holy Orthodox Church is the first church to be built during the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/03/2025
İstanbul is a city of contrasts. The city embodies the most progressive thinkers and designers…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/03/2025
Art needs patrons and ecosystems to flourish and İstanbul is a rather challenging ‘milieu’ for…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/03/2025
Istanbul Modern is definitely something new under the sun for Turkey as it is the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/03/2025
There has always been one place that has inspired me in Beyoğlu and that is…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/03/2025
Here is an interesting documentary showing the panorama of İstanbul and İstanbulites in the 1950s…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/03/2025
This is a postcard showing Rue de Pera which is the current İstiklal Avenue in…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/03/2025
‘If I can not dance, it is not my revolution.’ Emma Goldman İstanbul has always…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/03/2025
There is an interesting museum in Eminönü and it is the museum of the oldest…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/03/2025
Hera Büyüktaşçıyan says that she started experimenting with traditional rugs in her search for the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/03/2025
Dedicated to Nükhet Şerifoğlu for all her hospitality in Büyükada and in loving memory of…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/03/2025
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu (1911-1975) This is the story of a talented Turkish artist named Bedri…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 02/03/2025
İstanbul, like any other city in the world today is dominated by the ‘nouveau riche’…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 02/03/2025
That evening, when the stage of the Vienna Opera opened, we were met with a…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 02/03/2025