LOVE HANDLES

My new passion; the object that changed my mood recently: ‘Love Handles Ceramic Vase’ by Anissa Kermiche is at Sanayi313,……


GÖRGÜN TANER

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) must arguably be the most efficient institution for the promotion of…


BLESSED YEARS

The bright red fruit regarded as a panacea. Pomegranate! The symbol of prosperity, wellbeing, happiness and new year!


MEMOR(Y)IAL DESTRUCTION

The art month in Istanbul is September and for me it took a start with the exhibition “Memor(y)ial Destruction”.


ECE YÖRENÇ

Scriptwriter Ece Yörenç has somehow touched the hearts of each of us through her Tv series Yaprak Dökümü, Aşk-ı Memnu and Kuzey…


ROME

Italy's capital city is a cosmopolitan city with nearly 3,000 years of globally influential art, architecture and culture on…


MEHMET BİNAY

As we take pictures of director Mehmet Binay at the Şişhane exit in Tünel, we learn that his short trips there in his youth…


EVERYDAY IS MORE SPECIAL THAN ANY SPECIAL OCCASION

While leafing through the pages of “Bringing Nature Home”, one directly remembers how ‘everyday is more special than any special…


DEBORAH LEVY – HOT MILK

After reading “Things I Don’t Want to Know” by Deborah Levy, it is impossible to resist reading another novel by the……


MEVLÜT AKYILDIZ

The early years of the painter and sculptor Mevlut Akyıldız spent in İstanbul has a big part in his humorous style of painting…