For Whom the Clock Ticks? Cannon Balls, Cruise Ships and Capital Accumulation on the Bosphorus

September 29, 2022.Reading time 29 minutes.

Editor’s note: Istanbul is the Metropolis of the Month for September. This is the sixth entry in the series. You can read additional entries, as they are published, linked at the conclusion of this post. By Yasemin Akçagüner As the ferry approaches the port of Karaköy on the European bank of the Bosphorus, the mast […]

Once Upon a Time in Istanbul: The City of Melancholia as Remembered by Orhan Pamuk

September 27, 2022.Reading time 19 minutes.

Editor’s note: Istanbul is the Metropolis of the Month for September. This is the fifth entry in the series. You can read additional entries, as they are published, linked at the conclusion of this post. By Nefise Kahraman Istanbul, that cosmopolitan city of empires, featured in the itineraries of many travelers, an exoticized setting for […]

Visibility and Power: The Changing Nature of Public Space in the Beyoğlu District of Istanbul

September 20, 2022.Reading time 25 minutes.

Editor’s note: Istanbul is the Metropolis of the Month for September. This is the fourth entry in the series. You can read additional entries, as they are published, linked at the conclusion of this post. By Kirsten Voris As our airport bus turned up the hill towards Taksim Square, I was describing it to my […]

Istanbul Under Allied Occupation: Venues of Resistance

September 13, 2022.Reading time 16 minutes.

Editor’s note: Istanbul is the Metropolis of the Month for September. This the third entry in the series. You can read additional entries as they are published, linked at the conclusion of this post. By Evren Altinkas Ever since the ideals of nationalism, democracy, and freedom spread from Europe to the Ottoman world, Istanbul has […]

Member of the Week: Pedro Regalado

September 7, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

Pedro A. Regalado Assistant Professor of History Stanford University Please describe your current research. What about it drew your interest? My book project, Nueva York: Making the Modern City, explores the history of New York City’s Latinx community during the twentieth century, from the “pioneers” who arrived after World War I to the panoply of […]

Counterinsurgency and Insurgent Safety in Istanbul

September 6, 2022.Reading time 26 minutes.

Editor’s note: This is the second post in The Metropole’s theme month on Istanbul. You can see additional posts in the series at the bottom of the page. By Deniz Yonucu The Black Lives Matter Movement was not only successful in drawing large-scale attention to police violence enabled by deeply embedded racism both in the […]

City of Empire: An Overview and Bibliography of Istanbul

September 1, 2022.Reading time 41 minutes.

Editor’s note: Istanbul is the Metropolis of the Month for September. This overview is the first entry for the month, you can read additional entries in this series, as they are published, linked at the conclusion of this post. I’ve only been to Istanbul once in my life, during the summer of 2003, just before […]