Columns & Conversation

The film that best describes Lynne Ramsay: Ratcatcher The president of this year’s International Competition Lynne Ramsay attended the screening of her 1999 film Ratcatcher...

What makes a piano superstar? Two Grammy Awards in the classical music genre? Numerous Gramophones? Honorary doctorates from highly heralded universities like Duke and...

It is said that opera is the ultimate manifestation of art, that it is the pinnacle of artistry: it requires ultimate mastery of music...

Among the impressive list of twenty-six concerts, the evening of “Turquerie: The Ottoman Magic” was the evening that I had been looking forward to...

Howling winds and frigid cold this past Saturday night did little to dissuade a group of us from attending the Pinhâni show at Kadıköy...

With her Norwegian roots, amazingly unique covers and acoustic performances, Ane Brun took the audience to her somewhat sad but mostly peaceful musical world...

I have to admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of Oh Land... until last Tuesday when I listened to her perform live on...

I never liked running. I grew up playing tennis and to me, the long and painful sessions on the track were part of the...

Authentically exotic, psychedelic folk music group Flower Room’s art is digged! “Along with timbers arising within us against commotion, society and time, we reflect our...

The 47th Istanbul Music Festival, organized by IKSV, has come to an end (and now starts the Jazz Festival). This year, the festival really...

Hande Başaran is a Renaissance woman: musician, singer, mother, kindergarten teacher and all-round creator. When I first heard Hande perform, I was struck by the...

Meet Lisa Morrow, a writer who is consistently surprised by the city. Learn more about her book and her favorite places in Istanbul below!  Why...

With his bearded chin and pierced left ear, Tom Whitty looks every inch the artist. He dresses casually, talks quietly and occasionally seems to...

Meet Phil Dexter from Kiron Open Higher Education Istanbul, an online education platform for refugees. As scenes of refugees in situations of despair and distress have...

I met Lisa Morrow for the first time at Story Café, a modern coffee shop in Kadıköy popular among both Turks and foreigners where...

We were getting married. We couldn’t believe it. It was unbelievable. We didn’t consider ourselves the marrying type. We were too lazy to get...

Calm, cool, easy-going Kadiköy has always been one my favourite Istanbul districts. I love to start my day with breakfast at the picturesque Thales...

Being an interior architect is a detail-oriented and challenging profession, certainly magnified when the typical project worked on is over 1,000 km away. Lesia...

For those who have read our ongoing interview series or joined us at ATÖLYE - whether it be for an Expat Spotlight, a photo...

From the organizer: ATÖLYE hosts four powerful and inspiring women community leaders to start a conversation and collaboration between modern communities. Four different community leaders...

From the organizer: Join us in the fourth episode of ATÖLYE Academy’s Future Tense series taking place on September 25, at 5:00 PM (GMT +3). Register here. The...

Expanding westward into the sea, with the Aegean to the north and the Mediterranean to the south, the Datça peninsula is connected to mainland...

Sunday, 23 September The next day I walked into the town of Dinar feeling lonely, uncomfortable, and out of place. I knew I needed some...

2021 marked the first official season of legal excavations in Amos Ancient City near Marmaris, Muğla. This ancient settlement dates back to roughly 3,000...