Uluç Özcü is one of my favorite photographers. A ginger sweet-heart. Passionate as hell about the Gezi,  photography  and music. He whines so sweetly over what he cares for. Having born on the same land, we speak the same language...
 Uluç Özcü is one of my favorite photographers. A ginger sweet-heart. Passionate as hell about the Gezi,  photography  and music. He whines so sweetly over what he cares for. Having born on the same land, we speak the same language...
 We Istanbullites do not know much about the history of our home city. I am ashamed to say history is so much in the air that we are one of the spoilt kids of the Mediterranean. The excavations of the past decade in the historical peninsula have made...
CONFESSIONS OF A BLOGGER...Up until two months ago, I spent my life bragging about my being creative. The creativity inherent even in seemingly trivial things such as wrapping gifts or dressing the salad. I had a good eye for details, or for good bargains,...
 I  have a weak spot for anything art-nouveau. Could it be because a neighborhood with art nouveau houses was a default setting for me since I was born? We do not have V. Horta or A. Mucha here, but we do have Raimondo D'aronco of Italian...
ZILDJIANS, A FAMILY OF CYMBAL MAKERSThe second annual Samatya Jazz Festival was held in tribute to the Armenian Zildjian family, which produced high quality cymbals in the 17th century to be used by the Janissaries, the military marching army of the Ottomans....