December 2010
24 posts
via dailycherez:
The works of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are on exhibit now, at the Pera in Istanbul.
strawberriesandsummerair-deacti asked: :D Yeni yılın kutlu olsun!
malteada asked: I love istanbul, so i love yout tumblr :] Very nice pics and posts
Mavi Boncuk: Word Origin | Meze
Meze in Turkish cuisine is appropriate both for wine and Raki. Mezes are to be consumed in very small quantities since the idea is not to fill the stomach but provide a period of good conversation. Traditionally all mezes are removed before the main course and drinks are not poured beyond this point. All heavy discussions must end at this point for good...
ODTÜ'den görüntüler
via hassiktiryaa:
metu friends: what happened here?
STARTING POINT: Making love as an art performance
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 HATİCE UTKAN
Contemporary art is provocative. It focuses on the problems of society. It is pluralist and it draws its inspiration from life. That is what Turkish contemporary artist Şükran Moral, who is known for her extraordinary and provocative works, does in most of her works.
Moral once crucified herself and...
Istanbul’s Best Kokorec | Istanbul Eats
(Editor’s Note: This guest post comes courtesy of Salih Seckin Sevinc, author of the great Turkish-language food blogHarbi Yiyorum (loosely translated as “Eating, For Real”).)
Although this review is of Sirkeci’s Kral Kokoreç, it is first and foremost a tribute to Vahap Usta, Turkey’s original king of kokoreç.
The second half of the 1980’s: I...
i knew it wasn't a coincidence that the name...
I Bet You Did not Know | 51
I Bet You Did not Know that there are three ancient rune stones in Sweden whose inscriptions make absolutely no sense in Swedish but appears to be carved in Turkish in Gokturk alphabet. The stone from Kylver farm in Stanga (Gotland) from a photograph supplied on page 13 in Prof. Jansson’s book.
Mavi Boncuk |
The monuments considered to be in the 16-rune...
