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A passion, a legend, a factory of masterpieces: Kubrick The 38th Istanbul Film Festival celebrates the great filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in a section called Factory...

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

Satchmo, Ambassador Satch, Dippermouth, Pops or, as he is most widely known, Louis Armstrong - yes, last night was the big man’s turn for...

Going to the Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) located on the coast of the Bosporus in Emirgan is always a treat. The SSM is one...

A night cruise on the Bosphorus has been on my list of things to do for a few years now. But at the same...

A few months ago, I never would have believed that listening to a fusion of jazz and electronic music would be a pleasant or...

The early 2010s were a genuinely great period for sexy indie albums. The XX's xx (2010), Bon Iver's Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011) and How to Dress...

The 2017-2018 classical music season has finally begun, and BIFO, the Istanbul Borusan Philharmonic Orchestra, was on stage at the Zorlu Center on October...

“How should one enter the sea? In our country, men use breechcloths and pants for sea bathing. If we are to choose one of...

For devoted electronic music fans everywhere, nothing compares to the thrill of stepping into a big room event to embark on an experience guided...

Gamze Saymaz, born in 1994, is a poet based in Istanbul. She studied English Language and Literature as well as Psychology while participating as...

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

Editor's Note: Senem Selimi will host a special Spring Passion party this Friday 11 May at Tora Nisantaşı. More details can be found via...

If there’s one physical thing that travelers seek to bring or find along the journey, aside from books, it is board games. Even more...

I have been a regular performer and audience member at Spoken Word since coming to Istanbul four years ago. At the time, the founder,...

Ali was a 27-year-old Kurd from the eastern Turkish city of Van. He and his brothers had come to Istanbul nearly a decade before...

Spread across the quaint streets of Karaköy there are restaurants, cafes and bars at every corner. There is one type of restaurant, in particular,...

UKA Film is the multifaceted collaborative effort of co-founders Çiçek Kahraman and Can Kılcıoğlu. With a scope that compliments their skill sets and covers various...

ATÖLYE community member Michael Barngrover will share his passion of Virtual Reality in this "VR and Extended Realities" workshop taking place on Thursday 10...

ATÖLYE, a member of the European Creative Hubs Network (ECHN), supports ECHN's mission to foster hubs to pave the way for a more collaborative...

Taking note of the influence that service design has in our daily lives is not a conscious pursuit for most. Yet, the practices of...

This little pocket of salty sea water trapped inland by ancient sediment accumulation has managed to retain all of its Aegean culture, with a...

Friday, 21 September I began my second full day in Çardak using the hotel’s slow internet connection to upload photos to my blog. Toward the...

Aside from the yet to be excavated ancient settlement near my home in Turunç (near Marmaris), Stratonikeia was my first, official, ancient city experience...