Istanbul Welcomes the Yellow Bouncy Castle
Istanbul attracts all sorts of heroes and magnificent freaks. And I am not talking about Sean Connery or Liam Neeson.
Meet Thomas, who calls himself...
Expat Life: Struggles of My New Turkish Home
I arrived in Istanbul with little knowledge of the country, its culture or language. Straight from the vacation in Japan with my boyfriend and...
Istanbul Z
The gas mask is definitely too tight. When the three soldiers fly over Istanbul aboard the camouflage helicopter, the condensation almost stops Cem from...
“Longing for Istanbul”: An Expat’s Love Letter to the City of...
Longing for Istanbul doubles as a sociological reflection on modernization processes in Turkish culture and a personal memoir that articulates what it means to...
Ramadan in Türkiye: A Primer
Ramadan, pronounced in Turkish as Ramazan, is once again upon us. There are the basic tenets of the month-long fast that anyone living in...
In Conversation with Itır Erhart on Running and the Adım Adım...
Itır Erhart, an Assistant Professor at the Media School, a part of Istanbul Bilgi University’s Faculty of Communication, studies a wide range of topics,...
The Dönme: A Profile of a Hidden People
“A Doenmeh friend of mine told me his father had informed him that his father’s mother used to go to the beach every Friday...
The Restless Art of Mohammad Zaza
Mohammad Zaza is an accidental convert to the life of a travelling artist. Born in Saudi Arabia to Syrian parents, Zaza moved to Aleppo in 2005...
Five Beloved Turkish TV Series from the 2000s
Every New Year's Eve, Turks reminisce about the early 2000s and its classics. Rightly so, if there was something special about the 2000s, it...
Cibali’s Tobacco Factory Turned Learning Facility
Türkiye is known for its sigara (cigarette) smoking culture. And while many events have shaped this practice, there is an intriguing tobacco history that...
Insider Trading: Wolf Junior – Brooklyn in the ‘Bul
Hipsters, rejoice! Dust off your ironic eyewear, fluff your beard, and shine up your tattoos because we now have a bona fide Brooklyn joint right...
Istanbul’a Hoş Geldiniz: Best Istanbul-Centric Facebook Groups
Moving to a new city is stressful -- new people, a new job, a new culture, new rules. It can often be overwhelming trying to...
Insider Trading: No. 41
You've probably never heard of No. 41 unless you live in Beşiktaş, but once you discover this gem of a coffee shop, you'll be...
A Walk around Üsküdar
For many people living on the European side of Istanbul, crossing over to the “other side” (the Anatolian side) seems like a trek, especially...
Yeşilce: An Extraordinary Village with an Ordinary Name
I doubt Ordu ranks high on anyone’s list of places to visit in Turkey. It certainly wasn’t on my ‘must-see’ radar. It doesn’t have...
Discovering Poland: Four Cities, One Love
My serendipitous trip to Warsaw in April 2017 for the Beethoven Easter Festival had introduced me to an entirely new culture and nation I...
Tax Season Approacheth: Tips for U.S. Expats
It was 2014, when I realized that the last time that I had filed taxes was the year that George W Bush decided he...
Introducing: English Legal Support in Turkey via Yabangee
An unfortunate reality of simply being a foreigner living abroad is that certain aspects of one's life are inherently more complicated. From getting one's...
Notting Hill College Turkey: Learn Turkish & English to Find Valuable...
Start the new year by learning and practicing the Turkish language with Notting Hill College Turkey, while easily becoming integrated in the Turkish community...
Organization Profile: Small Projects Istanbul
Editor's Note: The following is a guest post from Kristina Delgado of Small Projects Istanbul, one of the organizations involved with this year's We...
Black Cats and Slippers: Turkish Superstitions
The first time I visited a Turkish home, I got perplexed upon hearing the phrase ''Don't walk barefoot, you'll get a stomach ache.'' Have...
Just for Fun: Seven “Worst” Turkish Foods
Wow, I know, that was a controversial title wasn't it? Now that I've got your attention, can I just say that obviously this is...
Introducing RIFA: Robert’s International Football Academy
RIFA - Robert’s International Football Academy was started by Robert Mullally in 2012, with the dream to change lives and perspectives through sport. How?...
Friendly Speed Dating: Finding Human Connection in Monthly Events
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...