White Russians Who Came to Stay
Last Russian Tsar and his family massacred in the Bolshevik Revolution The Bolshevik Revolution of…
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
‘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