Arie Amaya-Akkermans does a deep dive into the fascinating career of Istanbul-born Greek Armenian artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan.
18 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
An art critic comments on the 10th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests with an overview of a...
19 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
A novel about "toxic authoritarianism" and how it has shaped the lives of countless young persons in Turkey,...
19 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Sanem Su Avci looks at this year's destructive temblor and asks where can man go when he's being...
4 JUNE 2023 • By Sanem Su Avci
Looking for love and her father's past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and...
27 MARCH 2023 • By Alicia Kismet Eler
Jennifer Hattam, a special correspondent in Istanbul, describes how winter and food shortages plague earthquake recovery efforts.
27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
Jennifer Hattam reviews "After the Birds: Utopia" at Istanbul's Sadberk Hanım Museum — an exhibition inspired by refugees.
13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
Iraqi lawyers and activists in a Baghdad-based NGO have been working to stop honor killings, but were unable...
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the...
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Hassan Blasim
The novelist behind "A Recipe for Daphne" returns to multicultural Istanbul to write about love and death amongst...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
İlker Hepkaner reviews a web documentary on the fascinating trajectory of Turkey's late icon, Zeki Müren.
23 MAY 2022 • By Jeff Warner
Artist and writer Micaela Amateau Amato uses art and words to create unique ways of transmogrifying the world.
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Hisham Bustani