Interviews & Profiles

For the second part of our interview, I asked Ray about his work at Zorlu Center PSM and how the project has developed over the...

If you went to university in the US, you may recall a movie night with friends laughing your head off at Cüneyt Arkın practicing...

Just behind Kadar Has University stands a dream house. A creative place where only positive energy is welcome and ideas about how to reuse...

Sami Hamid is a true international, born in Belgium and raised in Spain by an English mother and Iraqi father. After spending most of...

If you've been in Kadiköy Merkez, trying to push through the crowds, then it's very possible you've missed this gem of a coffee shop....

I think as often as we get caught up in the never-ending hustle and bustle of Istanbul that we sometimes forget to break outside...

I first went to Piano House over New Year’s Weekend. I had seen pages for their concert events on Facebook, but had been unable...

I started going to Ayaküstü Masaj (literally, “massage on the run”) for foot reflexology after being diagnosed with a foot deformity earlier this year....

Searching for new music? Look no further! A group of independent musicians in Istanbul have launched Sonikraf.com, a site featuring reviews and links to...

By Sam Gimson 'Where's Wally?' was my intended opening question when I spoke with Gazi Sansoy about his paintings this weekend. His current show, ‘Who...

C. M. Kosemen is an artist and independent researcher born in Ankara, Turkey in 1984. He studied at Cornell University, Istanbul’s Sabancı University and...

For the second half of our interview, I asked Doug about his "Summer in Turkey" class.  Not only did this course have a tremendous influence...

In the buildup to the summer of 2018, the announcement of a new festival series reaching Istanbul, appropriately titled Electric Playground, managed to turn...

Timurtaş Onan, born in Istanbul in 1956, is one of Turkey's hardest-working photographers. With exhibitions from London to Tokyo and collaborations with tens of...

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle in Istanbul isn't actually all that easy. While you might stay active trekking about the city or visiting the gym, there...

Light in Babylon is a multicultural Istanbul-based band that has turned heads in the city with its original music that speaks to all cultures and...

My dog, Barış loves my Pilates lessons. He races into the studio and demands a bowl of water (he likes to keep hydrated as...

An enthusiastic food blogger, writer, cook, mother and wife... is she a super woman? You might call her that, or you can simply call her...

Peripheral dots is something you see when you get whacked in the head, strong enough to feel dizzy, but not too fatal to make...

Improv! Improv is an underappreciated art form where performers create a dialogue or scenes on stage without any pre-writing or scripting. This is an...

Master jeweler Mehmet Nasuh Ortak of MNO Jewelry has been creating custom-made jewelry in gold and silver since 1987. Mr. Ortak has also been...

If you asked me how many yabancı came to Turkey as students, I’d tell you “a lot”. But, if you asked me how many...

Foreigners living in big cities all have something in common: the desire to live a better life. Most of them remain anonymous, but some,...

Going on a four year honeymoon isn't really the type of thing you plan for, but it's exactly what happened to freelance designer Oki...