Retrospective – Expat Spotlight #14 – Design
In collaboration with ATÖLYE, Yabangee returns with a new season of Expat Spotlight - a monthly series showcasing the freshest, most inspiring contributions being...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(PAST EVENT) Nesta Creative Enterprise Program @ ATÖLYE
Nesta Creative Enterprise Program will take place in Ankara and Istanbul in partnership with the British Council, IstasyonTEDU and ATÖLYE.
The Creative Enterprise Program is a...
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...
Ha Ha Hanımlar: All-Women Comedy Show
Even though Istanbul is a beautiful city most of us love living in; it can also be chaotic and stressful and tiring, leaving most...
Reflections: Getting to the Heart of ATÖLYE
For those who have read our ongoing interview series or joined us at ATÖLYE - whether it be for an Expat Spotlight, a photo...
People Upon the Lips of the Sea: A Look Back at...
“How should one enter the sea? In our country, men use breechcloths and pants for sea bathing. If we are to choose one of...
In Conversation with Ece Aydoğan, Co-owner of Ayaküstü Masaj
I started going to Ayaküstü Masaj (literally, “massage on the run”) for foot reflexology after being diagnosed with a foot deformity earlier this year....
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
You might have not heard of this museum but if you are a reader, you would probably have bumped into the name Orhan Pamuk....
Letter from Antalya: Border Patrol Agents on Vacation
A group of border agents are sitting on a beach in the southern Turkish seaside resort town of Antalya. It’s a working holiday –...
Mystical Tinklings: Flower Room
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...
Through the Lens: 100 Faces 100 Countries
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I wanted to combine my passion of photography with the airport I worked at. I was encountering hundreds...
Lost in Turkey: Lake Bafa
This little pocket of salty sea water trapped inland by ancient sediment accumulation has managed to retain all of its Aegean culture, with a...
ATÖLYE Spotlight: In Conversation with Eli Bensusan, Designer-in-Residence
The most recent iteration of the Designer-in-Residence program at ATÖLYE has seen their Prototyping Lab take on new life, where resident Eli Bensusan can...
Visiting “Istanbul’s Seaside Leisure” at Pera Museum
This is my first visit to a Turkish museum, in Istanbul or elsewhere. When I went online to learn more on Istanbul’s museum scene,...
Retrospective – CreativeMornings: “Craft” w/ Brewmaster Philip Green @ ATÖLYE
CreativeMornings will continue their streak of motivational early sessions with speaker Philip Green, brewmaster at ThePopulist, on the theme of "craft". Taking place at...