Divan Brasserie Fuaye: A Refuge in the Heart of the City
Prices in Istanbul has skyrocketed after the economic crisis that hit most locals like a…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 12/07/2024
Prices in Istanbul has skyrocketed after the economic crisis that hit most locals like a…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 12/07/2024
In loving memory of my mom’s cousin Şakir Derkut and all his friends who had…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 15/03/2023
Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723) Dimitrie Cantemir was a Romanian Prince, a polyglot and a musicologist. He…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 26/02/2023
Maslak Pavilions were Sultan Abdulhamit II’s retreat. Ironically, it still is today for the rest…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 26/02/2023
The Bank Hotel is located in one of the oldest districts of the city which…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 25/02/2023
Camondo Family was a prominent Jewish family in Istanbul. They were a Sephardic Jewish family…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 23/02/2023
Last Russian Tsar and his family massacred in the Bolshevik Revolution The Bolshevik Revolution of…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 23/02/2023
Beyoglu hosts a growing number of boutique hotels with unique characters and Mr. Cas Hotel…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 22/02/2023
Pandeli was an Istanbulite with Greek origin who had started his ‘humble’ restaurant when he…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 21/02/2023
Hagia Sophia When Turks came to conquer Constantinople in 1453, the city was in ruins.…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 21/02/2023
‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 21/02/2023
As a woman, I have never felt fully at home and at peace in mosques.…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 20/02/2023
Detail from Botter Apartment in Beyoglu Art Nouveau was an artistic movement at the beginning…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 19/02/2023
‘There is no universal power, supreme and limitless. Holy and sublime, with all my heart,…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 18/02/2023
Faruk Malhan is an architect, a designer and the creator of the brand Koleksiyon. He…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 18/02/2023