One of the most outstanding riches of the lands we stand on is the history and cultural heritage left to us by the Byzantine…
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A Garip (Peculiar) Man that Aired Out Our Lives Oktay Rifat (1914 – 1988) “On a hot summer’s day, a middle-aged villager approached me to ask for…
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Koleksiyon
Eis ten Polin, but Where is the City: Konstantios’ Istanbul
tarafından Zeynep Burcu KantemirThe geographical position of Istanbul was not always how we know it to be today. It has only been a little over a century…
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I closely witnessed the Village Institute movement during the years of my childhood and adolescence. I participated in some of the inspection journeys of my father, then-General…
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Exhibitions
Stories Inspired by Memories of Humankind
Why So Silent?
Dilşad Çelebitarafından istanbul araştırmaları enstitüsüInspired by our “Memory of Human Kind: Stories from the Ottoman Manuscripts” exhibition, in collaboration with Trendeki Yabancı magazine we are publishing 6 stories…
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The Republic stepped beyond the threshold of the “old life” in which the ruler and the ruled were utterly estranged and constituted two opposite…
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Exhibitions
Cultural Nationalism and Collective Memory of Greek Orthodox Community during the Occupation of Istanbul (1918-1923): The Case of Telegram FO 371/5190 from National Archives UK
tarafından Zeynep Burcu KantemirThe telegram with reference number FO 371/5190 from National Archives UK is a petition signed by Greek and Armenian church representatives on January…
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Chamber Talks
An İstanbul Classic in Istanbul Literature: Selim İleri
tarafından istanbul araştırmaları enstitüsüOn Thursday 12 April Chamber Talks moderator Haydar Ergülen welcomed an İstanbul classic, Selim İleri, as part of the İstanbul Literature series. Naturally, the topic of the discussion…
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Exhibitions
Mindful Seed Speaking Soil
Village Institutes of the Republic 1940 - 1954tarafından istanbul araştırmaları enstitüsüFocused on the Village Institutes, one of the most dramatic processes of evolution in the history of the Turkish Republic, and organized by the…
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Chamber Talk Industrial Revolution in Daily Life: Society and Technology from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic Candan Sezgin Thursday 28th February During the…