Not all the Iznik offerings at Christie's in this Autumn's London Islamic Sales Week in are 16th-century classics. Lot 68 is pure 1920s and by the Kütahya-born Armenian Ottoman ceramicist ...

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, ...

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 ...

This recital of works by Schubert and Chopin features pianist Mehveş Emeç. Born in Istanbul in 1963 as the daughter of the celebrated journalist Çetin Emeç, she is currently a teacher at the Marmara ...

According to Wikipedia, a ‘passacaglia’ is ‘a musical form that originated in early 17th-century Spain and is still used today by composers. It is usually of a serious character and is typically based ...

This one-day workshop, commemorating Turkey’s Republic centenary, reexamines Turkish secularism from its inception to contemporary discussions about desecularisation under the Justice and Development ...

Exciting examples of French and German cinema in Eskişehir this summer. Film screenings will take place on the OMM terrace in cooperation with Goethe Institute and Institut Français, Between 7 June ...

Elmadağ Kilim on display at Tophane-İ Amire. The ICOC (International Conference on Oriental Carpets) is back in Istanbul for the first time since 2007 and Cornucopia will be there to greet you at our ...

On Boxing Day 1893, 32,251 travellers descended on Constantinople, not Istanbul’s historical peninsula, but rather a colossal replica of the city, constructed under the vast glass-and-iron canopy of ...

This tile panel was originally located in the men’s hot room. The eight rectangular tiles are adorned with Persian couplets in nasta‘līq script from a poem highlighting the hamam's significance in ...

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 ...

Art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire (circa 330–1453), but less known are the profound artistic contributions of North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and other powerful ...