Maden Jewellery Design Studio

Design and create. Maden workshops are dream shops for accessory ring lovers as they teach you how step by step to design and make your own ring, tools and all. But it’s not only its traditional perception...

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...

Young Photographers Initiative

Walking the streets of Galata, we stumble upon an open door. There is no one inside but a couch and photographs hanging on the walls… Supporting young photographers to develop early stages of their careers...

Sensus

We head for a glass of wine and discover a beautiful collection of affordable, locally produced wines and delicious cheeses to accompany. Burçay Cantekin has brought us to Sensus in Galata where we grab a ...

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...

Sntrl Dükkan

Part café part design and gift shop, Sntrl Dükkan is found along Galata’s popular Serdar-ı Ekrem Street. A selection of young Turkish designers, including Gamze Yalçın’s p...

Burçay Cantekin

notonlyistanbul.com follows Burçay Cantekin, a young and vibrant culinary arts student from Yeditepe University, as she leads us in and out of her favorite Istanbul spots. Cantekin samples a rich and local...

Karanlık İşler

The Galata Dialogue Association, supports and runs vision disability programs like the Blind Photographers Project and Dining in the Dark. We can become nervous in pitch-black darkness, we close our eyes a...

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...