Ice cream is the feel-good food like no other, imbued with memories of the sunny days of childhood. But Turkish ice cream is ...

The inimitable Sibel Köse, dubbed ‘the Queen of European Jazz’, is a vocalist of outstanding talent. Last time I saw Sibel perform, I wrote: ‘Over the three-and-a-bit years since I last had the ...

Gürer Aykal conducts the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert of Russian music entitled ‘March-past of the Masters’ (*Ustalar Geçidi*).

Frieze Sculpture 2025 in collaboration with Galeri Nev present’s Burçak Bingöl’s Unit Terrenum Rosa curated by Fatoş Üstek. The theme this year is In the Shadows. Bingöl introduces a cube into the ...

Istanbul Modern Cinema brings a selection of 10 films from the Locarno Film Festival, one of the oldest film festivals in the world, to Istanbul for the first time. Switzerland’s most prestigious film ...

Hannah Stevenson will be exhibiting her paintings as part of the Ulysses European Odyssey event’s ‘Ulysse’s Istanbul’ at Tesvikiye’s 44a Gallery. Only five days to purchase a stunning abstract ...

Rutin is a tiny, determinedly informal restaurant in a wiggly backstreet of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu (pictured above by Monica Fritz). It translates as ‘routine’, but this strikes me as being a misnomer for ...

The works of the Portuguese-British artist, Paula Rego, are now exhibited in Turkey for the first time. Curated by Alistair Hicks, the exhibition was planned with the participation of the late artist, ...

There is something truly wonderful about the the London Antique Rugs and Textile Fair this year. It has slightly fewer exhibitors – 15 in all, which means some friends are missing – but it means their ...

Tickets from Biletinial Price: 250TL. Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Gümüşsuyu Mah., Mete Cad. No 2 (i.e., Taksim Square), Beyoğlu, 34437 Istanbul This recital, one of the ...

These lines, part of a poem by the multidisciplinary artist Sine İçli, are positioned in the lower-left corner of the opening wall – an ode to clay and its transformative process. This poem introduces ...

The celebrated Turkish pianist Fazıl Say and the highly accomplished Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaya are to play a selection of works that includes their own compositions: Fazıl Say’s ...