Ever since the Byzantine times, Istanbul has been home to artists, poets and storytellers. It is a city of abundant tales and legends, but also of too many secrets, buried deep. As a novelist ...

Istanbul, home to over 16 million residents ... Yet, the scale of vulnerability and the complexity of retrofitting a city of such layered development continue to challenge these efforts.

“The mysterious and sublime seal that unites Europe to Asia,” was how the French writer Gérard de Nerval wrote of Istanbul in the 19th century after visiting what he called the most beautiful ...

Imamoglu was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019 and triumphantly re-elected last year. By winning Turkey’s largest city (nearly 16 million inhabitants) and business centre, the 53-year-old mayor ...