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Art & Culture
Locarno Film Festival Selection Comes to Istanbul Modern
Istanbul Modern Cinema will screen ten films from the 79th Locarno Film Festival from 26 November to 6 December, with…
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14th Bosphorus Film Festival Opens in Istanbul With 60+ Films
The 14th Bosphorus Film Festival is under way in Istanbul until 15 November, with 60+ films and Majid Majidi as…
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Turkic World Cinema Summit in Istanbul Targets Co-Productions
The Turkic World Cinema Summit in Istanbul discussed co-productions, AI and a six-country production platform planned for 2027 at the…
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Art & Culture
Korkut Ata Film Festival Brings 56 Turkic Films to Istanbul
The sixth Korkut Ata Turkic World Film Festival shows 56 films free in Istanbul until Nov. 7, with 30 competing…
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Islamic History
Shotaro Noda: Japan’s First Known Muslim and the Ertuğrul Link
Shotaro Noda, a Japanese journalist, became Japan's first known Muslim in Istanbul in 1891 after the Ertuğrul frigate disaster. Here…
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Türkiye Marks 20 Years in UNESCO Living Heritage Convention
Türkiye marked 20 years in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage convention with an Istanbul meeting on preservation, education and NGO roles.
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Islamic History
Lost Ottoman Mosque in Sarayburnu to Return After 70 Years
Fatih Municipality is restoring the Bostancılar Tabhanesi Mosque, a lost Ottoman mosque built under Suleiman the Magnificent near Topkapı Palace.
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Istanbul Exhibition in Paris Gathers 29 Artists’ Views
An Istanbul exhibition in Paris showed 74 works by 29 artists, from miniature and illumination to digital art, at Le…
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Ara Güler: The Photographer Who Became the Eye of Istanbul
Ara Güler, the "Eye of Istanbul," photographed Picasso, Churchill and Mimar Sinan's works. Explore his life, archive and museum eight…
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Islamic History
Hagia Sophia’s Roman Tunnels Revealed After 3,000-Ton Excavation
Archaeologists have removed 3,000 tons of debris from a vast network of 1,600-year-old Roman tunnels beneath Istanbul's Hagia Sophia.
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