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Rhiannon Davies / May 15, 2013
Turkish Tea Time: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Learning Turkish Anyone that’s ever tried will agree that Turkish is not the easiest language to learn. Whilst there are a number of books, websites and courses available, there’s few that offer a light-hearted ap... Read More »
Feride Yalav / May 14, 2013
Turkish Mobile Coffee Truck Turkish Mobile Coffee Truck traveled America last year to introduce people to our delicious brew and Turkish culture, now the volunteer group is taking on Europe. We had a chance to ask a few questions to Giz... Read More »
Rhiannon Davies / May 06, 2013
Istanbul For 91 Days Sitting in our offices, gazing out of the window, many of us may dream of travelling the world as a past-time, but only a small few turn that dream into a reality. One sunny day in spring we caught up with tw... Read More »
Kevin Yıldırım / April 30, 2013
Urban Scavenging: An Interview With Jip Eilbracht After watching this inspirational video, about reusing found resources to make new furniture, we got in touch with its maker, a Dutch university exchange student taking a 'Design For Social Innovation'... Read More »
Yeşim Yemni / April 19, 2013
Feelings Run Faster: A Discussion with Yankı Yazgan Istanbul is a city that elicits extreme reactions from both its residents and visitors. Love it or hate it, can’t wait to leave it, or can’t live without it, one thing is certain: this city will n... Read More »
Alara Kap / April 15, 2013
Deniz Karaman: An Untitled Man A man with many talents and even more self-created personalities (like Mr. Strangé, but more on that later), it’s difficult to classify Deniz Karaman. He was the author of the popular urban blog ... Read More »
Rhiannon Davies / April 12, 2013
An Interview With Olga Tikhonova-Irez of Delicious Istanbul Food blogger, culinary walks leader, and cookery teacher, Olga Tikhonova-Irez may be Russian rather than Turkish, but her passion for the cuisine of this country is obvious. We joined her cooking class, ... Read More »
Feride Yalav / April 11, 2013
The Magger's Interview with Our Publisher Dilara Apa The Magger, an online blog about Istanbul happenings, recently featured our lovely publisher Dilara Apa and asked some questions about The Guide Istanbul and, of course, the city. See what happened by visitin... Read More »
Rhiannon Davies / April 10, 2013
Silvena Rowe: Re-Inventing Turkish Cuisine Silvena Rowe is a London-based celebrity chef, who was born in Bulgaria to a Turkish father. She moved to the UK aged 19 where she began her culinary career. She has since written several cookbooks, made many... Read More »
Feride Yalav / April 08, 2013
Where Istanbul’s Chefs Go Shopping Hande Bozdoğan- Founder of the Istanbul Culinary Insitute All fruits and vegetables as well as nuts are brought in from Bozdoğan’s own farm in the Gulf of saros, while the rest is bought from ... Read More »