Ramadan, the holy month of Muslims, is a period rich in ceremonies and rituals shaped by the very cultures that embraced Islam. Ramadan drummers, pre-fast or breaking the fast rituals could well be the topic of many more posts to come. If you are to ask  my...
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 I love window shopping. I mean I love window display designs!! Some time ago, I was desperately looking out for some  inspiring  designs  in Istanbul for the blog and all I had at hand was  window displays of Karaköy Lokantası ...
Places we call home. Inside out. Outside in. As I watch many buildings in my neighborhood, as in many other neighborhoods across the city, being  pulled  down only to be  replaced by ugly wannabe modern buildings, the loss of building name...
Whenever I set my foot outside in the past 2 weeks, I felt i got swept away by the wild waves of people, especially in my neighborhood, Nişantaşı, a byword for urban chic. I ran out of all of the shortcuts to my house. For the fear of being labeled...
Though the art of window displays is considered to be integral to the urban consumer culture to an inextricable extent,  I thoroughly enjoy a well-crafted, visually appealing, arty window dressing of the retail world. It is a form of art on its own terms...
 THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCEFinally 10 years after Orhan Pamuk, Turkish Nobel Laureate started writing the story of Kemal and Füsun, the museum, which bears the same name as the book, opened. Right after its opening, a symposium...
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