etiquette

If you are traveling in Turkey, you will meet Rumi everywhere, in the name of streets, in the songs of musicians, in the tomb that draws pilgrims to Konya, and in the whirling ceremony of the dervishes.

If you are planning to visit Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk is the writer who can transform your trip from a sightseeing tour into a deeper encounter with the city.

Contemporary Turkish literature can feel like a vast, unknown territory for foreign readers, but it is one of the most rewarding literary traditions you can explore today.

If you are visiting Turkey and want to understand the country beyond its monuments and food, cinema is one of the best doors to walk through.

If you are planning to experience football in Turkey, you are about to discover something far more intense than a typical match in most other countries.

You have probably heard that Turkish television dramas, called dizis, are a worldwide sensation, but you may not know what they are like or why people watch them.

You may know more about Turkish pop culture than you think: a dramatic television series everyone is talking about, a song from a streaming playlist, or a food video shared by millions.

Turkish folk dance can look intimidating to outsiders: circles of people moving in perfect unison, solo dancers with arms spread like eagles, and rhythms that seem impossible to follow.

Turkish music can sound strange and wonderful to foreign ears: sliding strings, breathy flutes, and rhythms that are hard to count.

You have probably seen ebru even if you do not know its name: those swirling, cloud-like patterns on paper, often in blue, gold, and red, sold in Turkish markets and museums.

If you have visited a Turkish mosque, museum, or market, you have already seen Ottoman calligraphy: the flowing Arabic letters on walls, ceramics, and documents.

Every visitor to Turkey meets its ceramics: in the blue tiles of the mosques, in the painted plates of the bazaars, and in the pottery workshops where the craft is still alive.