Pierre Loti’s Istanbul: an Oriental Dream
‘Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchant me.‘…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 18/02/2023
‘Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchant me.‘…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 18/02/2023
‘I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 17/02/2023
It is tragic times. We are all shaken by the news of the devastating earthquake…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 16/02/2023
View of Istanbul from the Dutch Embassy at Pera, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 –…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/02/2023
With St. Valentine’s on our door step, it is time to talk about what the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/02/2023
Çelik Gülersoy (1930-2003) If there is one man that has made Sultanahmet what it is…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/02/2023
I would say that we are usually kind towards two beings: guests and cats in…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/02/2023
‘Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.‘…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/02/2023
Beykoz on the far end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side has always been…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/02/2023
Haci Abdullah restaurant opened in Karakoy in 1888 with the name Abdullah Efendi and was…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/02/2023
If you are in Istanbul for a special occasion like a birthday, St. Valentine’s day,…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/02/2023
In a city as hectic and chaotic as Istanbul, there is so little that ‘soothes’…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/02/2023
John Freely ( 1926-2017) John Freely was an Irish American professor of physics and lover…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/02/2023
‘Past is a wound in my heart.’ from the lyrics of an old Turkish tango…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 02/02/2023
Orhan Veli (1914-1950) Orhan Veli was a poet and a lover of Istanbul. He was…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 02/02/2023