Incredible Jewels of Hilat or Tribute to a Great Master
I am fascinated by the Grand Bazaar and its infinite variety of jewelry designs, especially…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 21/05/2026
I am fascinated by the Grand Bazaar and its infinite variety of jewelry designs, especially…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 21/05/2026
Emin Onat would sit at each student’s desk in the studio, moving from table to…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 11/05/2026
“ My life began half a century before I was born. In a room I…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 08/05/2026
Dedicated to our dear friend Okaz Diköz (1970-2025) who was truly from Moda! Today, Moda…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 07/05/2026
“If one day Istanbul were suddenly plunged into darkness, and an hour later daylight broke…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 05/05/2026
Your lips pour wine, secretly, to your lovers;only the intoxicated understand it — it remains…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/05/2026
In the mid-nineteenth century, a rupture in the Caucasus sent waves of displacement across the…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/05/2026
Visual from British Museum’s Troy: Myth and Reality Exhibition History rarely stays in its own…
by Mahan Dogrusoz 04/05/2026
‘And when you are filled with sleep, you never were.’ William Faulkner The Istanbul Archaeological…
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