Welcoming Spring
You open petal by petal myself as spring opens touching skilfully, mysteriously her first rose.’…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/05/2026
You open petal by petal myself as spring opens touching skilfully, mysteriously her first rose.’…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 03/05/2026
History is often written through the lens of wars, treaties, and kings. But if you…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 02/05/2026
Halet Çambel on an excavation trip in Anatolia Prof. Dr. Halet Çambel (1916–2014) occupies a…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 01/05/2026
In 18th-century İstanbul, something subtle but powerful was happening: the city was changing faster than…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 29/04/2026
1950s Istanbul is often remembered as a city caught between two accelerations: rapid urban modernization…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 28/04/2026
Some places in Istanbul do not survive as memory. They fade, fragment, and eventually fall…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 24/04/2026
Istanbul is a city that rarely sits still—and neither does its music. Few projects capture…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 23/04/2026
In the narrow, cobbled streets of Galata in Istanbul, there is a small but quietly…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 23/04/2026
In the 6th century, in what is now Istanbul, Justinian I set out to do…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 22/04/2026
On the shores of the Golden Horn, where the city of Istanbul breathes through layers…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 21/04/2026
The Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 10/04/2026
Walking through the streets of Istanbul, one might notice small, intricately designed boxes attached to…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 09/04/2026
Istanbul is home to incredibly talented artitects and Han Tümertekin is one of them. Han…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/04/2026
Murathan Mungan is one of contemporary Turkey’s most luminous literary voices, a poet, novelist, and…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/04/2026
Gaye Su Akyol is one of the most distinctive voices to emerge from Istanbul’s contemporary…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/04/2026