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Yabangee is looking for a friendly, reliable, and organised Turkish and English speaker to join our team in a varied role combining event hosting...

Looking to experience a city with a mellow vibe? Head to southwest Turkey, away from the crowds, to the picturesque city of Muğla, located...

Throughout my life whenever I have told people I'm from Kyrgyzstan, I have encountered a mixed reaction of amusement and curiosity. Well, I guess...

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,...

My wife wants to buy an apartment. That’s a pretty common goal for many people in this city, since it’s a sound investment. The...

When I first lived in Istanbul for 6 months in 2013, some of my most memorable days were spent simply wandering the old city...

We are sitting at the bar with the Bosphorus splayed out behind us, and Alex is telling me that making cocktails is “like a...

"You look like a rye guy?" I hesitate, almost declare for single malt, and then change my mind. When in Rome as they say... I’m...

In their influential role as one of the city’s foremost creative hubs, ATÖLYE has launched a number of ambitious projects focused on guiding the local community...

There are more than 3000 active mosques in Istanbul and, in terms of architectural style, they can generally be categorized as either Byzantine (ancient...

Personality is a phenomenon which describes the way people behave in everyday life. It’s an essential concept in order to understand and predict our...

‘Musait bir yerde inebilir miyim?’ (Turkish for, ‘may I get off in the next available place?) doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. In fact,...

MorGurme started its journey seeking to deliver delicious nut butters and healthy cold pressed oils made from top quality ingredients. It teamed up with...

Did you notice that every Renault 12 in the known universe had disappeared? Are you worried that some black hole had appeared and was...

The Holy month of Ramadan aka Ramazan has started here in Turkey and over this thirty day period devout Muslims fast during daylight hours....

Thursday, 30 August - Kuşadası At 10:30 a.m., at the walk’s starting point in Kuşadası, I stepped off an overnight bus from İstanbul. The other...

It took me about an hour of walking to reach Erbeyli. In most of the towns I had passed, the mosque was within 200-500...

My serendipitous trip to Warsaw in April 2017 for the Beethoven Easter Festival had introduced me to an entirely new culture and nation I...

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

I met Lisa Morrow for the first time at Story Café, a modern coffee shop in Kadıköy popular among both Turks and foreigners where...

The summer heat is upon us, which means that our favorite part of the season also draws near... music festivals! Every year in Istanbul,...

The year is 1874. In Paris’ Café Guerbois, gathering place of artists, writers and their admirers, a group of six painters meet on the...

“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...

The experience of learning Turkish differs greatly from person to person, and there is perhaps no greater distinction than between children and adults. While...