In the first part of the interview with the photographer Ceren Salman, we discussed the city's ephemeral past while walking in the streets of Fener, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the historical peninsula. Here in the second part, we cannot...
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Sunday suggestion
Karaköy is the hipster heaven of Istanbul. There are times when I pray for the hipster culture to phase out. If that's your thing, fine! That's the place to be! People watching is here, lemonade in jam jars and food on chopping boards are served...
Sabancı Museum, a cultural venue established by one of the leading philanthropist families of Turkey, is mostly well known for hosting world-class exhibitions like Miro, Kapoor, Beuys, Monet and many others. Many of us dismiss the beautiful botanical...
Brush up your bargaining skills before you head to the flea market in Feriköy on a sunday!! It is held at the same spot where the organic market is set up on saturdays. Gözleme, the Turkish pancake, stalls are there as well as the fresh juice vendors...
No doubt, street food is a unique, rich part of food culture that reflect our age-old traditions in shopping, cooking and eating. Foodies know that Istanbul is definitely no exception to that! While travelling abroad in the past decade, I have come across...
Friends living in Yeşilköy take me out for a lovely walk in the neighborhood. A mellow sunday well-spent spotting wooden art-nouveau houses, visiting a number of churches, discovering the tomb of maltese painter Amedeo Preziosi, famous for his watercolor...
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 ...
Bird houses are too small for the birds, though they look lovely. They are hanging on the tress in Maçka Park, once the extended gardens of the Dolmabahçe Palace. The construction of this 19th century palace was necessary as the imperial Topkapı...