The Forgotten Splendour of Ottoman Male Court Fashion
For much of Ottoman history—from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries—the Ottoman court embraced a…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 30/07/2026
For much of Ottoman history—from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries—the Ottoman court embraced a…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 30/07/2026
When we imagine the women of the Ottoman imperial harem, we rarely imagine the women…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/07/2026
Dedicated to my maternal grandfather Suat Vina Displaced Muslim Turks from the Balkans in Istanbul…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 28/07/2026
The word nostalgia carries a quiet, aching history. Coined from two Greek roots—nostos, meaning “return…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 28/07/2026
“in order to establish a good peace and a good fraternity forever among them. Thus…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 19/07/2026
Few would have imagined that a story beginning on the shores of the Bosphorus would…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 15/07/2026
Nomina tantum manent’ (‘only names remain’) Latin proverb There are streets that accompany us throughout…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 15/07/2026
Dedicated to my father Mustafa Feridun Doğrusöz and all the gentlemen and ladies of his…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 12/07/2026
Born in 1914, Selahattin Giz witnessed one of the most dramatic periods in Turkish history.…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/07/2026
On a summer day in 1933, as the newly founded Turkish Republic sought to reinvent…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/07/2026
In Ottoman Istanbul, scent was not a luxury added to life. It was part of…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/07/2026
Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu There are designers who create beautiful spaces, and there are designers who create…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/07/2026
Deniz Göktaş on stage at Harbiye Open-Air Theater Istanbul has never been a quiet city.…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/07/2026
Georges Dumézil (1891-1986) in his later years In 1925, a young French scholar arrived in…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 28/06/2026
“Thutmose III, sovereign of Upper and Lower Egypt of the Eighteenth Dynasty, having offered his…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 28/06/2026