Retrospective – Expat Spotlight #29: Well-being
A collaboration of ATÖLYE and Yabangee - we proudly continue with an exciting season of Expat Spotlight - a monthly series showcasing the freshest,...
Review: Ilhan Erşahin’s Istanbul Sessions @ Babylon Bomonti
I was pretty upset about missing Ilhan Erşahin perform on the Denizde Caz cruise this August. So when I checked Babylon Bomonti’s Fall &...
Retrospective – Future Tense: A Conversation with Andrés Colmenares
From the organizer:
Invitation for all curious minds, leaders, changemakers, and restless explorers: Join us at the third event of ATÖLYE Academy’s Future Tense series...
Ringing in the Chinese New Year with Pop-Up Restaurant Istanbul
As to be expected, the past four years I've spent in Istanbul has seen a transition from new restaurants, new neighborhoods and the constant...
Dreaming of Dollars (But Waking Up With Liras)
The other night I was sitting with my son on the sofa, trying to read a book with him, while on the TV the...
Backstage with the Producers of Beauty and the Beast
The Zorlu Center PSM has done it again. Building on last season's Cats and Notre Dame de Paris, they have kicked off the 2014-2015 season...
Review: Konstantin Lifschitz, Effortless in Istanbul
Istanbul has been around since 660 B.C., back when it was Byzantium. Bach is more than 300 years old. Neve Shalom Synagogue is from...
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 – Expat Spotlight #25: Adventure and Travel
A collaboration of Yabangee and ATÖLYE - we proudly continue with a new, exciting season of Expat Spotlight - a monthly series showcasing the...
Beating the Istanblues: A Night at the Spa
My wife Özge and I can’t afford many luxuries. We’re a working couple, with different schedules. We don’t even share the same days off.
We...
Review: Buena Vista Social Club @ Volkswagen Arena
Cuban music surely is one of the richest and most passionate music genres in the world. Having been born and raised in the 90s, the...
ATÖLYE Spotlight: In Conversation with Solène Pignet, Founder of Creators for...
A prevalent outlook on entrepreneurship is that in our modern profit-driven marketplace, there's little opportunity for ethical and social minded projects to take root...
Review: Spoken Word Istanbul @ Arsen Lüpen
Three years ago, Merve Pehlivan, an art and writing enthusiast, decided to create a friendly environment where writers, poets, singers and performers of all...
The Last Round: Boxing, Martial Arts, and a Social Conscience
In the dead of this past winter, I ran into a friend in Cihangir who seemed uncharacteristically ecstatic. I told him as much and...
In Conversation with Gökmen Ercişi and Bige Dalkılıç, Food Project Moda
Last weekend, I came to one of my new favorite organic shops in Kadıköy in a small corner next to a typical Turkish pastane...
An Evening with Popist Supper Club: Istanbul’s Newest Pop-Up Dining Experience
There is an old Turkish saying stating if you are bored with Istanbul, you are bored with life. Although Istanbul is rarely boring there...