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It started as good a time as any – on a dolmuş to Hasankeyif with a crate of live chickens on my lap. I...

İstiklal Caddesi is home to many eateries, stores and coffee shops. Although chains such as Shake Shack have been cropping up, the promenade manages...

After several years of learning Turkish, I can still find myself stumped in the midst of fast-paced conversations. This confusion occurs especially when an idiom...

Everybody’s doing it. Or so I’d been told. Acutely aware of the boundaries imposed by my inherent shyness, clumsiness and geriatric bedtime, I’ve never...

So, you’ve been in Turkey for a while and decided that it might make sense to buy a home or maybe you have your...

Whether living in New York City or Istanbul, we’re all looking for our own Central Perk. The quaint neighborhood place that beckons us in...

In Istanbul, when December arrives, you might observe a sudden change in the streets. Decorations hung up on the poles in the shape of...

Oman had long been on my mind as my next quest overseas. The promise of dates, palm trees, sand dunes, bright, open, sun-tainted skies,...

These days travelling around Istanbul has become an anonymous experience for me, the way you would get around any other major city like London....

In a few days my wife and I will be leaving Istanbul after living here for three years. We have had an incredible time...

Since i love to learn new skills and to keep my hands busy doing and creating things, it wasn't so far to participate in...

From the organizer: The world’s largest Drama Academy, which already exist in 30 countries, opened it’s first İstanbul branch this September and is now accepting...

Well this isn’t technically an ode seeing as poetry intimidates me. What it is though, is a giant shout-out to all you Yabangee-ers out...

...continued from Part 1. Bozborun Peninsula Bozburun is the full package; it has stunning rocky cliffs, turquoise waters, traditional village life, and a tourism industry just...

Having lived in Izmir for over a year, I can say that I truly love the expat life here. Many people ask what the city is...

In the first part of this series, I spent the day browsing through Beyoğlu’s record shops. A few days later, once the gloomy weather had...

Emilie Varlet and Gabrielle Reeves began exploring Istanbul's hans in the summer of 2014, when they first started their sketching adventures in the city. They have...

For a long time there has been a culture struggling to make itself known, to have its voice heard. Often relegated to the sidelines,...

Who said there was something wrong with megalomania and narcissism? Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos of Commagene certainly did not think so....

As a young Turkish woman who hasn’t lived abroad yet, the scope of my writing is largely about living in Turkey. In my essays,...

Perched on the hill of Çamlıca is a spiritual gem that combines Ottoman and modern architecture, where the breeze carries both the sounds of...

Sabancı University is a private institution founded in 1994 with a focus on education, research and design. The university is known for its...

Everybody knows that Istanbul is full of history and culture, so what better way to experience it than by tasting your way through both?...

OK, I’ll admit it: I hate these lists. They’re usually a shortcut to thinking. Besides, I’ve always fancied myself more an impressionist than medievalist,...