Patara: Capital of the Lycians
When you hear of Patara Plajı, the 20 km stretch of sand just west of Kalkan, your first thoughts may be of swimming, suntanning,...
Weekend Getaway: The Green City of Düzce
Tired of the massive crowds of this crazy city or just sick of the usual vibes and having been everywhere already? Then you must...
ATÖLYE Insights: Exploring Istanbul’s Transdisciplinary Innovation Platform Through Medium
When Yabangee first moved into ATÖLYE, the city's most creative space, in early 2017 it felt as though we had stumbled upon something entirely...
Walk Across Turkey: Two Polish Guys
Sunday, 2 September
At 5:15 a.m. the wail of the muezzin’s call to prayer from the loudspeakers of the minaret rising over me stirred me...
ATÖLYE Spotlight: In Conversation with Sıla Karakaya, Founder of Design+b612: Building...
For designers, the opportunity to tangibly realize your dreams and conceptual visions is an enduring motive of the art. Sıla Karakaya knows this drive and...
The Woman Married to Mount Nemrut
In late 1881, the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin received a strange letter from the German Consul of Izmir, mentioning some mysterious statues...
ATÖLYE Spotlight: In Conversation with Melis Abacıoğlu, Founder of Actifit, Kızlar...
In the midst of our professional lives, understanding the need for a moment of self-reflection and reevaluation can help set us on the right...
The Turkish Fez, Hats & Atatürk
I’m Australian, so coming from a country with one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, wearing a hat in summer,...
Lost in Turkey: Bozburun Peninsula
Jutting out into the Aegean, the Bozburun Peninsula has managed to remain relatively secluded despite its proximity to the wild tourism of Marmaris. With...
Şahsiyet: A Must-See Turkish Cult Classic in the Making
If you watch Turkish TV to learn Turkish, you may feel that you've sacrificed part of your life for this language. The episodes usually...
Walk Across Turkey: Havutçulu
Back at the mosque, I pulled my sleeping bag and tent out of my pack, feeling like an imposter, marveling as I set up...
Tails of Istanbul: Despair to Hope for Stray Cats and Dogs
It was a bright, sunny Saturday, during my very first trip to Istanbul, when I went where very few tourists would dare – Yedikule...
Electronica Festival Istanbul 2018: Returning to Turkey’s Electronic Behemoth
The moment you reach Kafes beach, with music blasting through the air, the gorgeous sea stretching for miles, and massive stages and structures all...
Walk Across Turkey: Kuşadası to Havutçulu
When I arrived at the docks Joy Anna was already there, playing fetch with a mangy stray dog while she waited to join me...
Storyteller of the Verses: Bilingual Poet Pelin Batu
Born in 1977 Pelin Batu is a Turkish actress, historian and a bilingual poet. She studied Literature and Drama in New York University and...
Turkish Customs and Etiquettes: Görücü and Kız İsteme
Back in the day, mothers with unwed sons would often be on the look out for a good single girl to wed their sons...
Walk Across Turkey: Kuşadası
Thursday, 30 August - Kuşadası
At 10:30 a.m., at the walk’s starting point in Kuşadası, I stepped off an overnight bus from İstanbul. The other...
Just for Fun: Seven “Worst” Turkish Foods
Wow, I know, that was a controversial title wasn't it? Now that I've got your attention, can I just say that obviously this is...
Just for Fun: Seven “Best” Turkish Foods
When Tas decided to share her cheeky and genuinely pretty accurate list of worst Turkish foods (looking at you leblebi!), my inner Turk compelled...
20 Must-See Turkish TV Series: 2000s
While it's safe to say that Turkish TV series have always been widely popular domestically, recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the...
Exploring Istanbul’s Not So Obvious Metrobüs Etiquette
If you ever feel like having a quick tour of Istanbul from the Asian to the European side (or vice versa), just buy an...
Walk Across Turkey: Where am I?
I wake with a start. Where am I? Through the parting fog of sleep I remember that I am in İstanbul. A hot sun...
The Underground Sancaklar Mosque in Istanbul
It took us around two and a half hours to reach Sancaklar neighborhood, which lies on the outskirts of Istanbul Metropolitan City, to check out...
Lost in Turkey: Antalya at Altitude
When most of us think of Antalya, we think of long sandy beaches and warm, blue waters. But during these scorching summer months when...