Turkey day and night: music, arts, books, gastronomy, movies. An enjoyable account of social and everyday life and culture of Turkey, from music and arts festivals to gastronomy, archaeology and books.
My Dining Inspection Rules In this first article I want to describe some of my rules: The restaurant has been never informed about our presence or about the article. Standard service has been received like any other person. There is no preliminary preparation. Otherwise the article would not be fair. The food eaten is always
Utku Perktaş The World Health Organization (WHO) released a “Disease-X ” warning some time ago. Disease-X: The name sounds like it’s come straight out horror scenarios in sci-fi movies but it real. It’s classified within the same category as other respiratory diseases such as Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever disease, Ebola, MERS, and SARS. According to
Zeynep Miraç Rumor has it, an Italian architect once said: “The Turks conquered Istanbul in 1453 but they’re yet to settle.” It’s true: this city is a 567-year-old construction site. The statement that “geography is destiny” has been on everyone’s lips lately, but is this only about people? Destiny can sometimes latch onto spaces, too.
Stella Levi had married and moved from the Jewish neighborhood of Balat, Istanbul to Paris before the outbreak of the Second World War. When Nazi armies invaded Paris, a Jewish hunt had begun. Stella was still carrying a Turkish passport, so she applied for protection to the Turkish Embassy in Paris but her two daughters,
Japan has been the focus of several significant political events in 2019. The abdication of Emperor Akihito leaving the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son, the new Emperor Naruhito was important for starting a new era and reflecting rather domestic challenges of Japan. And the G20 Summit and peripheral conferences were important mostly due to their