Egemen Kemal

As part of our collaboration with boxinaboxidea.com, notonlyistanbul.com meets the young and talented Egeman Kemal, a ceramics and glass student from Mimar Sinan ...

Orhan Esen

notonlyistanbul takes a unique approach to storytelling in this video following an intricate tour through Eyüp, Fener, Balat and Haliç with Orhan Esen. Detailed stories of the industrial movements in these...

Painter Hüseyin Zan

Sharp, white and clean… Walking through the streets of Istanbul means at any moment everything is possible and even the simplest things can be a pleasant surprise. Painter Huseyin Zan delicately wor...

Cemil İrez

It is hairdresser Cemil İrez's understanding that a person's hair makes up the canvas of their personality. In Hakan Köse’s sleek, bright and modern salon in Etiler, haircuts and hairstyles dominate the fl...

Saatçi Numan

The keeper and teller of time has been carried or worn on ones arm for over a century. Watch repairer Numan understands the rarity and importance of an instrument that is now almost taken for granted with ...

Bahar Korçan

Designer and storyteller, Bahar Korçan explains her beginnings and interpretations beyond the art of fashion design. Her love for her work and the city of Istanbul is a work of art in its self. We are invi...

Çakmakçı Osman Barutçu

Taking us back almost a century, Osman Barutçu tells of the history of a lighter through war and the dependence soldiers once had on this resource of light and heat. From upper class dining culture to mode...

Güngör Usta

Jewels fit for a Queen - or in this story - fit for a Sultan… Gungor Usta is more than meticulous and has a precision eye for beautiful details and utmost perfection. His designs are well thought, well pla...

Karoly Aliotti

Follow expert art consultant Karoly Aliotti on an englightening day of gallery travels through Istanbul. His connections with artist Ali Emir Tapan, photographer Yusuf Sevinçli and painters Erman Ozba...

Gamze Yalçın

Meet Gamze Yalçın, a young artist and designer who shares her work and story with us as part of our collaboration with boxinaboxidea.com. From her first interior design project at La Paz Café and Bar in Tü...

Onur Çanka

Onur Çanka likes precision detail. A small interview with the sculptor takes place with notonlyistanbul.com as part of our collaboration with boxinaboxidea.com. After studying sculpting at Marmara Uni...