There has been no road map in the life of Josephine Powell. As restless as the nomadic tribes she followed, she has simply let things happen. But along the way, she has become a photographer and an ...

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Until 1950, no travellers were permitted to cross the Euphrates. Southeast Turkey was simply out of bounds. Among the first to visit when restrictions were finally lifted was a photographer, the late ...

Turkey’s most innovative architects are learning from the nation’s fast vanishing heritage. Barnaby Rogerson and Rose Baring report on the work of Ahmet Igdirligil, a man dedicated to bringing the ...

Radiant orbs of sunshine, oranges bring delight to the senses with the heady scent of their blossom, the spice of their fragrant peel, the mouth-watering tang of their juicy flesh. And vitality comes ...

Discover how an ambassador’s writings on harem life inspired the odalisques of Ingres, and how the Orient inspired Frederick Leighton’s interior design in a Victorian artist’s homage to Ottoman style.

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This book is an attempt to reinterpret the period from the 16th to the 17th century that is known in Ottoman history as the ‘sultanate of women’ and characterised by an unprecedented excercise of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Euphoria on the Euphrates: we head off on a journey to Anatolia’s Arabian frontier. Great escapes: we investigate the untold story of Pope John XXIII’s wartime work in Turkey. A madder quest – one man ...

Kütahya pottery lived in the shadow of the mighty Iznik, but it outlived its rival thanks to its verve and versatility, as a new book from the Sadberk Hanım Museum reveals. By Melanie Gibson The ...