The Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev, renowned for his ‘improvisatory instincts’, plays Mussorgsky’s 1874 Pictures at an Exhibition while Turkish dancer Yaman Okur, a world-champion ...

Just one of those days: the Galata Bridge seen through driving rain. Faik Şenol (1912–81), one of the heroes of early Republic photography, acted as Atatürk’s personal photographer, is the focus of ...

The Istanbul-born Dr Robert Schild has returned to Burgazada every summer since 1989, despite his family’s departure from Istanbul many years ago. For him this island with its outstanding diversity is ...

In the first half, the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of the Italian conductor Carlo Rizzari (who regularly conducts the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome ...

The press release for ‘This is a Pair of Scissors’ describes it as ‘an introspective journey into the traces of the past – both lost and rediscovered – unfolding through the continuous flow of time ...

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 ...

From my point of view, what left the most lasting impression from this concert was the other-wordly atmosphere that Sioned Williams’s playing generated. It is not easy to imagine oneself looking down ...

This recital focusses on the Romantic lieder (German art songs) of Johannes Brahms (1833-97), performed by members of the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet company.

This tile panel was originally located in the men’s hot room. The eight rectangular tiles are adorned with Persian couplets in nasta‘līq script from a poem highlighting the hamam's significance in ...

Archive signifies the closing of a chapter for Versus Art Project as they bid farewell to their iconic white cube gallery in Istanbul—a space distinguished by its apartment-like layout, soaring ...

Don McCullin and his wife, Catherine Fairweather, take in the dramtic view at dawn as our new travelling companion and local Hüseyin Bey nonchalantly strolls, feeling very much at home on the fire ...

Cornucopia: Turkey for ConnoisseursThis recital, one of the Coffee Concerts series, is to take place in the foyer of the Türk Telekom Opera Hall. Burcu Karadağ, who plays the ney – an end-blown flute, ...