Istanbul Productivity: Six Cafes to Head with Your Laptop Near Taksim
Taksim Square is a place that is planned into almost every trip to Istanbul, one way or another. The name “Taksim” means “division”, from...
Insider Trading: Burger Project
While burger bars have become the food equivalent of Spanish Flu in Istanbul, it is hard to see the market for such a staple...
King of Istanbul Roads: A Dolmuş Interview
Being a foreigner in any part of the world can be a daunting affair. Anything and everything can be different from what you have...
A Guide to Volunteering In Istanbul
Every single day you spend with a person to make their day better, every moment of teaching someone something new, every step you take...
Insider Trading: Istanyol Cafe
Those traversing the crumbling walls demarcating the boundaries of old Istanbul may find that amongst the equally-as-crumbled residential buildings between Chora Church and Tekfur...
The Olive Tree: Turkey’s Past, Present, and Future
“Zeytinyağı gibi üste çıkma!” or “Don’t stick out like olive oil!”
This time last year, my husband and I were sipping olive oil at a...
Look Familiar? Five Movies Set in Istanbul
People say that cities have a personality. I disagree. For me, a city has a genre. A category of literature or movies that jumps...
Rouketopolemos: Greek Easter in Chios, Rockets Included
For those of you folks cunningly trying to finagle an extended weekend to “celebrate” Easter on account of being “foreign and kinda Christian and...
Student Life: 8 Tips to Live in Istanbul on a Student...
Is living on a budget a choice or an obligation? In my case, unfortunately, it had to be an obligation. I’ve moved to Istanbul...
Underground Istanbul, Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine
Cities like Istanbul stand alternatively as testaments to humanity's sustained success and survival and to its limitless culture of waste and forgetfulness. While Newton...
That Pink Elephant Mystique: A Celebration of International Women’s Day, in...
“Silence is the worst. Whenever a thick cloud of silence descends, the yapping voices inside me become all the more audible, rising to the...
Insider Trading: Atatürk Arboretum
Tired of over-crowded Istanbul parks? Want a larger natural space to walk through? Want to leave the city, but not go too far? Well,...
Beyond the Bosphorus: Views of a Long-Term Yabancı
Having lived in Istanbul going on a decade, I have seen a lot of people come and go. It becomes almost like clockwork. Every...
Learning Turkish: 10 Idioms That Are Sure to Impress (II)
My adventure as a student in Istanbul is coming to an end soon and one thing which makes me experience the ‘tube light' effect...
Mountaineering in Turkey: An Introduction
By Gökay Ürk, guest writer for Yabangee
Mountaineering is probably the best outdoor sport for adrenalin junkies, and Turkey’s impressive range of mountains have enabled...
Raquy Danziger: Darbuka Drummer Extraordinaire
A darbuka drum is a Middle Eastern instrument whose structure varies depending on location. They all have a conical shape with a nearly circular...
Psychological Counseling Options for Internationals in Istanbul
Being a foreigner studying or residing in a different country and a different culture makes one tend to seek for psychological help for various...
The Top 5 Yeşilçam Films
Yeşilçam, which translates to “Green Pine”, is a shorthand for Turkey's old film industry. The name comes from Yeşilçam Street, an area of Beyoğlu...
Göbeklitepe: The Zero Timeline
The summer of 2018 has been a dive in history and this dive would have been incomplete had I not visited the archaeological site...
Appealing a Residence Permit Rejection in Turkey
The residence permit application process in Turkey is an ever-changing and often complicated process. While we stand by the belief that a thoroughly compiled...
How Bazaar: Istanbul’s Best Markets
When one thinks of shopping in Istanbul, there’s one particular place that usually springs to mind. The city’s most famous market, the Grand Bazaar,...
Yabangee Recommends: “Where can I get my bike repaired and grab...
“Where can I get my bike repaired and grab a cup of coffee?”
The idyllic, almost-sleepy neighborhood of Yeniköy is not a place many people...
Five Tips for Learning Turkish as a Native English Speaker
I've found myself having the same conversation with various people over the past few months. It generally goes like this:
"It's just different for native...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ‘Bul
During my first few months in Istanbul I wasn’t exactly bowled over by the place. I thought it was pushy, crowded, ugly and disorganised....