Portraits of Van
Nearly all of Van`s civic and business leaders share the same opinions, and speak of the same hardships. Zahir Kantasoglu, President of the Van...
Kirk Kilise Wine and Its Secret
The wine from Kirk Kilise is very good. However, most Turks don’t drink wine—they are mostly teetotalers. So, the wine is taken to the...
The Dreary Landscape
The sky was gray, and the wind howled. The land looked dull and lifeless. The Turkish villages were messy, made up of mud huts....
Golden House of Nero
This new Rome on the Bosporus had the great advantage of having been built from scratch. Old Rome had to undergo considerable urban renewal...
From Augustus to Theodosius
Constantinople’s other great advantage was the deimperialization, so to speak, of emperors. The word we use in English, “emperor,” derives through French from the...
The first Christian emperor
Constantine, the first Christian emperor, saw the possibilities in the place. He was brilliant in both his plan for the city and its execution....
Importance of Anatolia
Importance of Anatolia and Yalvac in the Development of Religions
Anatolia`s generous heart and warm embrace were the tolerant setting for historical events related to...
Venice Biennale
That`s not all...
But the Venice Biennale isn`t only these exhibitions. For one thing there is Venice itself. And its museums. Don`t miss them as...
Nile Stuttgart and New Delhi
Life on the Nile
A journey by boat from Luxor to Aswan is one the loveliest tripsy you will ever make.
The journey from L uxor...
Women Artists
74 women artists
The exhibition, which also serves as a summary of modern and contemporary Turkish art history, brings together 74 artists: Mihri Mujfik, Melek...
