Her life is the stuff of fairy tales. Omar Khalidi tells the story of the princess who captivated Cecil Beaton The Caliph, Amir al-Muminin, Successor to the Prophet Muhammad, Commander of the Faithful ...

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We were sad to learn of the death of one of the great archaeologists of the 20th century. James Mellaart’s discoveries at Çatalhüyük in the 1950s and early 1960s fundamentally altered our ...

The arena may have shifted from war to commerce, but the rivalry between East and West remained just as intense at the end of the sixteenth century as it had in the years of Ottoman territorial ...

He was an Italian with a powerful affinity for the historic buildings of Ottoman Istanbul. But the architect Raimondo D’Aronco was destined to leave his own very stylish stamp on the city. Paolo ...

Coffee has come home to roost (and to roast) in the smart new haunts of Istanbul, where the chattering classes meet for conversation over steaming cappuccini and filling fettuccine. Nicholas Haslam ...

Elizabeth Rodini’s thoughtful account traces the circuitous journey made by the portrait of Mehmed the Conqueror by Gentile Bellini that now belongs to the National Gallery in London (above right).

Uskudar's flea market is one, or maybe even the last, of the bazaars in Istanbul where a bargain is still to be found. On a Saturday afternoon the empty shops and busier workshops have a sleepy ...

Cornucopia’s choice: the pick of cultural events in Turkey and around the world ...

Flowers are in profusion in this issue from Alanya’s stunning medieval gardens to the fragrant window boxes of Cihangir, from the Book of Tulips to Rüstem Pasha’s exuberant floral tiles. Elsewhere we ...

Giovanni Bellini’s masterpiece in Washington includes three distinctive pieces of blue-and-white porcelain. John Carswell pieces together the fragments of a fascinating story, following their trail ...

Cornucopia’s choice. Contributors: John Shakespeare Dyson, Alexandra de Cramer and Monica Fritz ...