On April 14 I went to the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall to attend a recital by the young Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev. Born in 2001 and currently resident in Berlin, he first came to prominence ...

The programs accompanying the exhibition Anatolian Plant Legacy begin with a series of presentations and a conversation on International Botanical Art Day. Featuring Martyn Rix, Christabel Frances ...

A stunning collection of new botanical art in Turkey.

A new exhibition of botanical art is arriving at Salt Beyoğlu, Istanbul on May 15 and will run to August 10, 2025, with a day of events on May 18. The exhibition (part of Botanical Art Worldwide 2025) ...

Cornucopia’s choice. Contributors: John Shakespeare Dyson, Alexandra de Cramer and Monica Fritz ...

Reina Lews of the London College of Fashion explores the importance of Western and Ottoman women’s travel writing and harem literature for understandings of late Ottoman dress and society. Within a ...

First, the Bozok Quartet, consisting of Tayfun Bozok (1st violin), Derya Bozok (2nd violin), Evren Bilgenoğlu (viola) and Hayreddin Hoxha (cello), will accompany clarinettist Ayşegül Kirmanoğlu in ...

A new exhibition of botanical art is arrived at Salt Beyoğlu, Istanbul on May 15 and will run to August 10, 2025, with a day of events on May 18. The exhibition (part of Botanical Art Worldwide 2025) ...

At Beyoğlu’s Bova Jazz Club all performances start at 21:30 (doors open 21:00) @bova_sahne, +212 243 44 61 This club regularly hosts some of Turkey’s finest jazz musicians, being especially strong on ...

On Boxing Day 1893, 32,251 travellers descended on Constantinople, not Istanbul’s historical peninsula, but rather a colossal replica of the city, constructed under the vast glass-and-iron canopy of ...

The 2024 İKSV Istanbul Music Festival – the 52nd in the series – opened with a concert at the Atatürk Cultural Centre on May 21. As usual, the proceedings began with speeches by administrators ...

The first artworks were created by our ancestors, touching their palms onto the walls of caves. Later, tapestries and wall hangings came to occupy a similar context. Created often by female artisans, ...