istanbul araştırmaları enstitüsü

As a primary focal point of the current cultural and political life in Istanbul, Taksim Square was once a flat expanse surrounded by graveyards…

National Modernism for a Polyphonic Republic Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907 – 1991)  The squeal of an oxcart, the hymn of Yunus Emre kneading the dough…

During the first half of the 19th century, few travelers put themselves in danger and opted for the land route to get from Western Europe…

The urban history of İstanbul holds several important breaking points. Tanpınar, for example, makes the following assessment on the rupture that took place at…

Education During the Atatürk Era Dated 29 December 1923, the Ministry of Education sent a memorandum to directorates of education. It began with the…

Şişli Mosque is the first monumental religious building of Istanbul in the Republican era, and has been accepted as a stylistic example, providing a…

Raimondo D’Aronco (31 August 1857, Gemona – 3 May 1932, Sanremo) Raimondo D’Aronco was born in Gemona del Friuli in 1857, the eldest of the seven…

The Galata Sarayı, registered in İstanbul’s records from the end of the 15th century onwards as a palace school; is the city’s only non-religious…

The two-volume title Broken Bits of Byzantium is a rare book also published in French under the title Restes de la reine des villes. It…