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) ...

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) ...

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 ...

Sotheby’s New Bond Street, 34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA, UK ...

Not the grandest choice of Ottoman finds in this spring's Islamic sale at Christie's, But here are a couple of items that caught the eye in Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, including Rugs and ...

Naval Museum, Deniz Müzesi, Sinanpaşa Mh., 34353 Beşiktaş/Istanbul, Turkey ...

Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Gümüşsuyu Mah., Mete Cad. No 2 (i.e., Taksim Square), Beyoğlu, 34437 Istanbul The AKM website offers no information about this quartet, or about ...