Once Upon a Time in İstanbul
Here is an interesting documentary showing the panorama of İstanbul and İstanbulites in the 1950s…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/03/2025
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
‘You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/02/2025
If you are a modern dance lover, here is the only ‘official’ modern dance group…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/02/2025
Istanbul is going through a coffee craze parallel with the global trends and there are…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/02/2025
The Church of Vlahernon was a Byzantine church famous with its holy spring. This church…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/02/2025
If you are curious to learn about the oldest Byzantine Church in İstanbul, it is…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/02/2025
Fazıl Say is a renowned Turkish musician and a true İstanbulite. It is a rare…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/02/2025