Zero Istanbul, the Istanbul edition of Zero magazines, is a complimentary listing magazine published monthly as a guide to culture, entertainment and lifestyle in Istanbul. Easy to find it in cafes around Taksim. For the 1st Istanbul Design Biennial,...
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In the 1990s, a photo historian's discovery of Charles W. Cushman's archive revealed the '30s world in color, an era which we are very much used to seeing in black. It turned out that Cushman, an amateur photographer, was one of the early adopters of Kodak's...
Click on the arrows to view more photos. A couple of years ago, I was having a late lunch in a tradesmen restaurant in Mecidiyeköy. I am all ears in such restaurants; this is one way to get a feel of the times. A retired army officer...
The vintage sign of the Haci Bekir confectionary store famous for its Turkish delight has always been inviting. So is the store with its old-fashioned charm. It is one of these traditional Istanbul shops you cannot miss if you stick around Eminönü...
Cihangir has become a hip and vibrant neighborhood with quite a mix of expats, students, artists and writers in the past decade. It did have its share of the facelift operations raging in the city, which gave way to alfresco dining scene, haute-couture...
JUST MEMORIES...More than a decade ago, when the words "Galata" and "gentrification" were used in the same sentence, it did not mean much to me; I did not see it coming. There was not a single soul in the back streets, and it would give me a chill ...
When the urban projects for regeneration turned out to be true, not a myth, and the demolition for the Tarlabaşı district was confirmed, many people I know rushed to the area to say goodbye, and to make pictures of the buildings soon to be knocked down....
A depiction of a man with acanthus beard from the mosaic museum, one of the most underrated places in the city. The only thing that remains from the 6th century Great Palace of the Byzantine Constantinople is the floor tiles of a peristyle courtyard....
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