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Shaping more than clay: Turkish artists redefine ceramics on world stage

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. This week, we explore the triumphs of Turkish artists — and chefs — making waves abroad. From gilded bowls in New...

08.08.2025 10

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Nazlan Ertan

Istanbul’s 'age of angst': Protest, pressure & persistence

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. This week, we dive into the age of angst, tracing artistic responses to corroded legitimacy, institutional fatigue...

01.08.2025 10

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Nazlan Ertan

Istanbul’s Pera Museum revives the legacy of ceramicist Minas

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. “You’re only recommending air-conditioned places, aren’t you?” asked a friend as I put the finishing touches...

25.07.2025 10

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Nazlan Ertan

Embraceable (E)U: Poland’s sculpture garden blooms in Ankara

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. This week, the Istanbul Newsletter takes a detour, traveling from Istanbul to Ankara to explore what the capital has...

18.07.2025 10

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Nazlan Ertan

From absinthe to abstraction: A royal rebellion at Istanbul Airport

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. This week's theme is airports, errors and escapes, from a princess’ abstract rebellion at Istanbul Airport to a...

11.07.2025 10

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Nazlan Ertan

From Ottoman-era pumps to eco-art: Istanbul reimagines water

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. With record temperatures and wildfires blazing across Turkey this week, we turn to water — as a memory, myth, ...

04.07.2025 10

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Nazlan Ertan

Spirals, submarines & myth: Omer Uluc retrospective at Istanbul Modern

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. This week’s dispatch explores the legendary artist Omer Uluc’s boundary-pushing universe at Istanbul Modern,...

27.06.2025 9

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Nazlan Ertan

A Father’s Day feast: Istanbul’s art, stories and sweet traditions

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. June 15 is celebrated as Father's Day in Turkey, so this is our fathers’ issue — stirred by a recent restaurant...

27.06.2025 8

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Nazlan Ertan

Cabinets, couture and curiosities in Istanbul

Welcome to Al-Monitor Istanbul. This week, we open literal and metaphorical drawers in the city's most theatrical minds and myth-infused corners....

27.06.2025 10

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Nazlan Ertan

Turkey counts risks, rewards of Harris or Trump win as Erdogan hedges

26.10.2024 2

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Nazlan Ertan