Elisa Zonaro’s İstanbul
Elisa Zonaro in her youth There is currently a very exciting photograph exhibition in İstanbul…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/01/2025
Elisa Zonaro in her youth There is currently a very exciting photograph exhibition in İstanbul…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/01/2025
2024 has been a very tough year in Turkey. Millions have had to struggle with…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/12/2024
A photo from the opening ceremony of the festival in 2019 Turks initial encounter with…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/12/2024
‘Control your hand, your tongue and your loins.’ Hacı Bektaşi Veli This article is about…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/12/2024
It was not long ago that I learnt that Orthodox Christians in İstanbul celebrate the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/12/2024
Osman Hamdi Bey was one of the first painters and curators of the Ottoman Empire.…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/12/2024
Poster of Abduction from the Seraglio by the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet put on…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/12/2024
Casa Garibaldi theatre hall There was an influx of Italians to İstanbul in 1860s. These…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/12/2024
Galataport Istanbul is a port city meaning that it has been in contact with the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 27/12/2024
‘Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It does not matter. Ours…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 27/12/2024
‘A normal ego is, like normality in general, an ideal fiction.‘ S. Freud, Analysis Terminable…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/12/2024
I feel devastated by the increasing sameness in fashion, life style and aesthetics in the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/12/2024
Islamic tradition, especially the Sunni sect of Islam has forbidden the depiction of god and…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/12/2024
Turkish culture is an ‘oral culture’ in the Freudian sense. Turks love to eat, chat…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/12/2024
There are amazing restaurants and amazing roof tops in Istanbul but there are few restaurants…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/12/2024