Cornucopia’s choice: the pick of cultural events in Turkey and around the world ...

He was an Italian with a powerful affinity for the historic buildings of Ottoman Istanbul. But the architect Raimondo D’Aronco was destined to leave his own very stylish stamp on the city. Paolo ...

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Near to the Mediterranean, but a world away, Lake Köyceğiz is the ultimate holiday destination. We meet Hussein Chalayan the London-based architect turned international couturier. Let the cymbals ...

On March 13 I made my way to the Notre Dame de Sion French Lycée in Harbiye for yet another musical event put on by the school. This time, the performer was Denis Pascal, a pianist who is the father ...

Xinjiang, formerly known as Chinese Turkestan, is home to some ten million people of Turkic descent. Their culture, language and religious beliefs still owe more to central Asia and the northern ...

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

In the mid-nineteenth century, the Ottoman statesman Âli Pasha, who was five times sadrazam, or grand vizier, and seven times foreign minister of Turkey, was one of Europe’s most famous statesmen. The ...

Elizabeth Rodini’s thoughtful account traces the circuitous journey made by the portrait of Mehmed the Conqueror by Gentile Bellini that now belongs to the National Gallery in London (above right).

Born in Turkey, Sidney Nowill lived there until he was 72, except for school at Rugby and a brief spell in the proto-MI6 in London. Back in Turkey he worked at his family’s firm, and then for Shell, ...

The French novelist Pierre Loti caused a stir in the 1900s when he championed the cause of Turkish women. But just who were the three veiled women who gave him his information? Ömer Koç reports on an ...

Don’t miss the chance to view the last days of Atlas of Silence at Kairos Gallery, photographs by Sami Kısaoğlu extended till April 19th. The concept of silence portrayed in this series goes beyond ...