Walk Across Turkey: The Road to Bozkurt
Tuesday, 18 September
Tuesday morning I awoke with a start to my cell phone alarm. I panicked. Oh my god, I am still at this...
Nine Stories, Nine Names at Salon IKSV
Songs written on major life events or that give insight into a musician's career tell stories that connect listeners with artists. Thus, with Salon...
How to Fit Istanbul in One Book: Reşat Ekrem Koçu’s Istanbul...
Do you recall the days when uncle Google was not only a click away? The days when most knowledge was hidden in those big,...
Five Beloved Turkish TV Series from the 2000s
Every New Year's Eve, Turks reminisce about the early 2000s and its classics. Rightly so, if there was something special about the 2000s, it...
Walk Across Turkey: Denizli’s Charm
Monday, 17 September - Denizli
Monday morning, the third week of the walk, I packed up my stuff and said goodbye to Metin and the...
Walk Across Turkey: The Wedding
The next day, Saturday, Metin and I took a car to his village for the wedding. Our first stop was in another village to...
Three Apps to Save Money While Enjoying Istanbul in 2019
If 'enjoy Istanbul more' is among your list of resolutions in 2019, you are not alone! Each year, we decide to be more active,...
A Guide to Online Shopping in Turkey
If you have a nine to five job and a lot of responsibilities to handle, you might prefer to stay in after work or...
Walk Across Turkey: Three Girls and A Wedding
In this better frame of mind, I continued walking through Denizli. My gait was slowed by the pain in my foot, and by mid-afternoon,...
The Week in Turkey’s Cinemas
On Friday 11 January, three new movies come to Cinemaximum! Bring along your loved ones, get yourself some popcorn and snacks, and enjoy a...
Turkish Tongue Twisters: Tekerleme
Learning Turkish can get tough at times. But it does not have to be so! To lighten up your experience, we have compiled a...
Reflections on the 2018 Istanbul Theater Festival by IKSV
Navigating the theater scene in Istanbul is certainly a challenge at times, especially if you need English subtitles. As a New York theater kid,...
Walk Across Turkey: Rolling into Denizli
Friday, 14 September
The next morning I woke up, broke camp, and walked over to the station’s café for a breakfast of menemen (scrambled eggs,...
Walk Across Turkey: The Secret Handshake
About two hours later, with the sprawling edges of Denizli visible in the distance, I stopped at a gas station for a bottle of...
The Ultimate List of European Restaurants & Cafes in Istanbul
Expat life can get dull, eating the same kind of food every single day. The lack of foreign food in a cosmopolite city like...
The Rush in Istanbul’s Chaos
Lifting those strained eyes from your smartphone for a few minutes can help you find a new hobby. A dive into 'the rush in...
In Conversation with Merve Pehlivan, Founder of Spoken Word Istanbul
I have been a regular performer and audience member at Spoken Word since coming to Istanbul four years ago. At the time, the founder,...
Walk Across Turkey: The Watermelon Guys
The day’s walk was along a section of road with gently rolling hills, gradually climbing towards Denizli, a city halfway between the Menderes River...
A Guide to Volunteering In Istanbul
Every single day you spend with a person to make their day better, every moment of teaching someone something new, every step you take...
ATÖLYE Spotlight: In Conversation with Ece Erel, Founder of TeapoTea
There is no debating that tea is central to the very fabric of life in Turkey. A quick meander through any bustling neighborhood will...
Walk Across Turkey: Fatih and Feridun
On Friday morning, my fourth morning in Horsunlu this time around, I woke up and got ready to begin another day of working my...
Göbeklitepe: The Zero Timeline
The summer of 2018 has been a dive in history and this dive would have been incomplete had I not visited the archaeological site...
Nadas Istanbul: A New Creative House in Yeldeğirmeni, Kadıköy
NADAS Istanbul, a new creative house in Yeldeğirmeni, Kadıköy, is open for workshops, classes, projects, and coworkers.
NADAS is a creative house dedicated to urban...
Searching For Orhan Pamuk’s Hüzün in Istanbul
Before moving to Turkey, I read Orhan Pamuk’s autobiographical work “Istanbul”, in hopes of getting to know the city in advance. Let me tell...