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Rebuilding After the Quake: a Walk Down Memory Lane in Southeast Anatolia

Rebuilding After the Quake: a Walk Down Memory Lane in Southeast Anatolia

Sevinç Unal relives her memories as she surveys the region of her family and childhood in southeastern Anatolia...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Sevinç Ünal
In and Between Languages: Writing on the Fault Line

In and Between Languages: Writing on the Fault Line

Nektaria Anastasiadou writes about her decision to pen her works using the historically fractured language of the Istanbul...

OCTOBER 1, 2023 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Memory Art: Water and Islands in the Work of Hera Büyüktaşçıyan

Memory Art: Water and Islands in the Work of Hera Büyüktaşçıyan

Arie Amaya-Akkermans does a deep dive into the fascinating career of Istanbul-born Greek Armenian artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
The Ghost of Gezi Park—Turkey 10 Years On

The Ghost of Gezi Park—Turkey 10 Years On

An art critic comments on the 10th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests with an overview of a...

JUNE 19, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

A novel about "toxic authoritarianism" and how it has shaped the lives of countless young persons in Turkey,...

JUNE 19, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Turkey’s Earthquake as a Generational Disaster

Turkey’s Earthquake as a Generational Disaster

Sanem Su Avci looks at this year's destructive temblor and asks where can man go when he's being...

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Sanem Su Avci
Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul

Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul

Looking for love and her father's past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and...

MARCH 27, 2023 • By Alicia Kismet Eler
Letter From Turkey—Solidarity, Grief, Anger and Fear

Letter From Turkey—Solidarity, Grief, Anger and Fear

Jennifer Hattam, a special correspondent in Istanbul, describes how winter and food shortages plague earthquake recovery efforts.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
Displacement, Migration are at the Heart of Istanbul Exhibit

Displacement, Migration are at the Heart of Istanbul Exhibit

Jennifer Hattam reviews "After the Birds: Utopia" at Istanbul's Sadberk Hanım Museum — an exhibition inspired by refugees.

FEBRUARY 13, 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media

Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media

Iraqi lawyers and activists in a Baghdad-based NGO have been working to stop honor killings, but were unable...

FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
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