Melis Alemdar

Anatolian wax: Unearthing musical treasures in Istanbul’s record stores

TRT World visits six record stores in Istanbul, whose owners and staff explain the intricacies and delights of analogue.

A trip down memory lane: Inside one of Europe's biggest antiques markets

Tucked away in a nondescript 5-story building in Istanbul’s historical Fatih district, Horhor Antikacilar Carsisi is home to more than 200 shops.

A fragrant bloom: It’s harvest season for daffodils in Izmir’s Karaburun

Despite the unusually warm weather in December and the pandemic, daffodil growers are scraping a living off the beautiful flowers.

‘My Sister Project’ empowers small business owners in Turkey

A collaboration between the Habitat Association, The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and Coca-Cola Turkey, helps female restaurant owners with generous grants and training sessions to improve their business acumen.

A Turkish university sends every student a mirror to cheat-proof exams

The prestigious Bilkent University in Ankara has decided that in order to ensure high standards and to prevent cheating on at-home exams, a mid-size mirror was necessary for each candidate.

Q&A: 'Isolation and confinement offered me the gift of time'

TRT World interviewed photographer Rania Matar, who stayed connected through windows during the pandemic and whose work is now being exhibited at the Middle East Institute (MEI) Art Gallery’s Art In Isolation exhibition.

Friends, the virus and the future: a chat with revered Ferzan Ozpetek

The famous Turkish director shares his thoughts on the pandemic and how his proposal to honour health workers with a day was accepted in the Italian Senate.

“Until it is torn down”: Artists create in abandoned building in Istanbul

A building ready for demolition in Feneryolu, Kadikoy, on the Asian side of Istanbul, is the unlikely but delightful site of a group exhibition that challenges the notions of displaying art.

Siamese twins successfully separated in Turkey, both doing well

Elif and Nil, born on November 4, 2020, are conjoined twin girls. They were successfully separated on November 12 following a surgical procedure that lasted 11 hours.

The Art for Good Association seeks to help young Turkish artists

TRT World speaks with Selin Bozkurt, the founder of Art for Good Association. The association provides year grants to young art students or recent graduates, easing the burden of surviving as an artist, as well as providing networking opportunities.

Mardin kids show off their photography skills in Istanbul

Children between the ages of five to eighteen living in Mardin and producing analog photography get their star turn in Istanbul at Kalyon Kultur.

Turkish filmmaker Sevgi Hirschhaeuser adds another trophy to her awards

A young Turkish filmmaker has won a new award for her first feature film, ‘Toprak’ (Soil) that takes place in a small village in Antalya, in southern Turkey.