
I visited Pera Museum this week to view – By the Water’s Edge, The Life and Art of Halil Paşa (1857-1939). Halil Paşa (Pasha) is a “key figure” in Ottoman Empire art. I also enjoyed other exhibitions, especially the works of Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910), Turkish archaeologist, curator, and painter. Osman Hamdi Bey – The […]

As I left the apartment yesterday morning, Istanbul police had cordoned off Taksim Square and Taksim Mosque with metal barricades. This was because of May Day “Global Workers” protests by Turkish civil society associations and trade unions. Raucous protestors chanted the slogan, “Bread, Peace, Freedom”. _____________ “Global May Day protests were reported in major cities worldwide, including […]

This first week back in Istanbul has been a blur… So far, I’ve explored Beyoğlu district and its endlessly-entertaining side streets! Since 2013, Istanbul has been on my travel itinerary, and I’ve visited several times. The last visit, June 2021, was during covid, so of course the atmosphere was entirely different. With a population of […]
Hi sue,
I’ve been hoping to get together with you for lunch one day soon and hear about your around the world trip last year. I kept up with some of it via your blog. Your hike at Perpetua sounds sublime. There are so many hikes and so many things to do, not enough hours in the day. by the way, I do better with E-mail than Facebook.
Sandra Larsen