The 2021 John Martin Lecture of the British Association for Turkish Area Studies will be given by the eminent Ottoman historian Colin Imber, who is also an expert on Islamic law. His talk, ‘The Joy of ...

The Turkish Republic turns 100 today – not just another candle on the cake, but a reliving of a moment of defiance. A nascent state claimed a very different destiny from that envisaged for it by the ...

Bassoon’ist’, consisting of Cavit Karakoç, Berke Hitay, Mert Kutluğ and Onur Üzülmez, is a quartet of bassoonists, all of whom are members of the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet Orchestra and the ...

These lines, part of a poem by the multidisciplinary artist Sine İçli, are positioned in the lower-left corner of the opening wall – an ode to clay and its transformative process. This poem introduces ...

Pi Artworks Istanbul presents two unique performances as part of Fabio Lattanzi Antinori’s solo exhibition, Chased by Unicorns. Having created an international survey asking how we define ‘happiness’ ...

We write with great sadness of the sudden death of Briony Llewellyn, a dear friend to many and a notable contributor to Cornucopia. Briony's lifelong work on British artists in the Near and Middle ...

The pianist Toros Can, who trained in Ankara, London, the USA and Eskişehir, won first place at the 3rd Orléans International Piano Competition, which focuses on music of the 20th century. Prof. Can ...

After years of construction, the new Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum certainly exceeds long-awaited expectations. Founded in 1933, it was originally located in the historic city centre of ...

The Sakıp Sabancı Museum will come alive Saturday night with DJ sets and performances. Noise Media Art and DJ’s from Berlin prouduced by René Pawlowitz, known by the pseudonym Shed, DJ’s Nadia ...

Readers of Cornucopia might think they need no introduction to the work of Monica Fritz. For the last decade she has been photographer at large for this magazine, returning from assignments with sharp ...

The works of the Portuguese-British artist, Paula Rego, are now exhibited in Turkey for the first time. Curated by Alistair Hicks, the exhibition was planned with the participation of the late artist, ...

Esra Özdoğan’s solo exhibition, The Ghost in the Machine, curated by Çağla Özbek, invites viewers into a world where the boundaries between life, death, and illusion are constantly shifting. The title ...