A treat at Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamam- a hamam by Sinan the architect.My reading list for summer: Again about Istanbul... Zeynep Çelik's The Remaking of Istanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the 19th Century.My Nişantaşı Walk: it is sooo hot....
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I was away. I have been neglecting the blog. It got me exhausted. No! "When in april, the sweet showers fall/ that pierce March's drought to the root and all/ and bathed every vein in liquor that has power/ to generate therein and sire...
I love window shopping. I mean I love window display designs!! Some time ago, I was desperately looking out for some inspiring designs in Istanbul for the blog and all I had at hand was window displays of Karaköy Lokantası -one of my favorite...
The transition from the Arabic alphabet to the Latin one, the disconnection from the Ottoman past with the foundation of the Republic, and turning to the West -whilst being located right in the Middle East- have no doubt resulted in casualties, one of which...
Vintage Constantinople postcards are somehow still popular in Istanbul after more than a hundred years they were first printed. It was Max Fruchtermann, an Austria-Hungarian entrepreneur, who opened a shop in Pera and popularized the picture postcards...
"Farewell to Istanbul" by the great Turkish cartoonist, Semih Balcıoğlu (1928-2006) is a collection of cartoons that bids farewell to an Istanbul that is long gone. As a child, I remember following him in one of the mainstream newspapers. The older...
Yıldız Moran... I first heard her name at the Semiha Es Women Photographers International Symposium a few months ago. I fell for her before I fell for her photography. Loved that playful expression on her face. Who was she? Googling her name gave...
It was at Canlandıranlar Animators Festival that I came across Melis Bilgin’s animation, Tetrist. Remember Tetris, the phenomenal video game of the 90s, in which you are supposed to keep building blocks until there is no room left? Melis’ Tetrist...
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