Focused 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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Universal Modernism for a Polyphonic Republic İlhan Usmanbaş (b.1921) 1950s’ modernism penetrated the universal culture fabric through the music of İlhan Usmanbaş. At this…
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Late Ottoman and Early Republican Istanbul through the eyes of Women Travellers The İstanbul Research Institute continues to expand its collection of travelogues. Women…
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National Modernism for a Polyphonic Republic Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907 – 1991) The squeal of an oxcart, the hymn of Yunus Emre kneading the dough…
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You can explore Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi’s remarkable collection at the Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi (1899 – 1984): Architectural Historian, Restorator, Collector exhibition. This time on the blog we take…
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Exhibitions
From Beyoğlu to Şişli
The City’s Cultural Weight Shiftstarafından istanbul araştırmaları enstitüsüWith a selection from Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Collection “An Ottoman Building in the Early Republican Era: The Şişli Mosque” exhibition focuses on…
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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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The urban history of İstanbul holds several important breaking points. Tanpınar, for example, makes the following assessment on the rupture that took place at…
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As of the early 19th century, , during the final period of the Ottoman Empire, sports –unlike all else in the country– spread from the…
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Documentaries
Documentaries: Village Institutes of the Republic 1940-1954
tarafından istanbul araştırmaları enstitüsüFocused on the Village Institutes as one of the most dramatic processes of evolution in the history of the Turkish Republic and organized by…