Yabangee Feature

Ayşegül Boz Baltacı is an educator and a doula for expectant families who are looking for birth education and doula support in English. Trained with...

From the organizer: After 40 years of exhibitions with more than 200 local and international artists, Maçka Art Gallery (MAG) bid farewell to art...

Turkey is one of the few countries in the world where the rate of HIV/AIDS cases has been increasing in the past decade. Despite...

From the organizer: We created Friendly Speed Dating because we believe in the power of human connection. We understand that dating can be difficult and...

In Turkish, the word ‘korkma’ means ‘don’t be scared.’ How I learned this makes for an interesting story—one which strengthened my belief that people,...

The 45th Istanbul Film Festival from IKSV returns this year from Thursday 9 April through Sunday 19 April 2026, with screenings taking place across...

Different regions of Turkey are famous for different delicacies. While the Aegean coast is famous for its olive-oil based meze and alcoholic beverage Rakı, the Black Sea...

What is your dream travel destination? Rome? Paris? Bruges? L.A? How about Warsaw, Poland… It is now my favorite city in the world. I had...

Editor's Note: This venue has been changed into If Performance Hall. and no longer holds a pool hall. "Where can I go to enjoy a...

“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in...

Housing some of Istanbul's oldest churches and synagogues, Kuzguncuk historically was a cosmopolitan mix of Ottoman Istanbul's many cultures. Today, although a little more homogeneous, it...

Üsküdar may not be the first place one thinks of for going out, but this is where I put my slippers on at 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...

Being an expat is difficult. You start a new life somewhere you probably have very limited knowledge about. All your old habits and automatized...

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

Old-school followers of Yabangee will likely have noted that we love starting the year off with resolutions (How to Stop Being Such a Yabancı:...

2017 may have been host to a fair number of quality summer music festivals in Istanbul, but for those who don't favor electronic music,...

The long wait is over: The camels are in heat. Bright-yellow shawls are fetched from the back of the closet. It’s okay again to...

Most citizens of Istanbul, including myself, have a tendency to get caught up in a cycle of complaining about the things that are wrong...

Istanbul Bilgi University’s Cultural Management focused programs (CAMMA) cordially invites you to explore more on the cultural / creative scene of Turkey. If you have...

The allure of freelance journalism is one based on notions of freedom, travel, excitement, new experiences, and perhaps even danger... anything to get that...

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...

Every single day you spend with a person to make their day better, every moment of teaching someone something new, every step you take...

Poetry Slam Istanbul, the first open mic poetry slam event in Istanbul will bring poetry performers and an audience to Kaset Kadıköy on March...