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Past events

Talks and tours

Travellers in Ottoman Lands

Call for papers
April 14, 2026
Online, Talks and tours

Echoes of 1776 in Ankara: The American Declaration of Independence and the Birth of Modern Türkiye

A hybrid lecture by Dr. Işıl Acehan, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University
April 9, 2026 19.00 (Turkish time)
American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) USA, Ankara
Online lecture

The Unharvested Sea: Ten Years of Underwater Archaeological Research in the Phournoi Archipelago

An online seminar with Dr. George Koutsouflakis, University of Thessaly.
April 2, 2026 19.00 (Turkish time)
dance workshop

Hepcats Istanbul

Solo Jazz Workshop
March 13, 2026 18:30
Istanbul Modern
Film festival

İstanbul Modern Short Film Festival

Future is Short
March 12, 2026 – March 15, 2026
exhibition

I Don’t Know Where it Will Fall

Defne Tesal at Galerist
March 11, 2026 – April 18, 2026 11am - 7pm
Galerist
Online, Talks and tours

Long-term Urban Change at Aphrodisias

New Results from the Place of Palms and Governor’s House
March 9, 2026 17.10 (UK time
Edinburgh
Art

Ani Çelik Arevyan: The Sound of Light
March 7, 2026 – April 26, 2026
Ankara CerModern Arts Center, Ankara
Performance

‘Duende’ – music for guitar & kamancheh
February 28, 2026
Performance

Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Alessandro Cedrone / Anne Sophie Bertrand
February 27, 2026
Art

Rooted: The Garden Within

Four Artists, One Garden
February 26, 2026 – March 19, 2026
Şule Gazioğlu Art and Design Gallery, The Bosphorus, Istanbul
Performance

TRT Istanbul Radio Light Music & Jazz
February 25, 2026 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz

Çağrı Sertel
February 21, 2026 11.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance

Istanbul Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pirolli
February 20, 2026 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Cello & piano recital

Wednesday Classics: Between the Continents
February 11, 2026 20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Piano Recital

5th Euplayy Young Pianists’ Competition
February 7, 2026 19.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Chamber Music

Elif Tarakçı Akyar, Verda Gül and Iris Şentürker
February 7, 2026 18.00
Minoa Pera Bookshop & Café, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Exhibition

İbrahim Çallı: Memory of Colour, Spirit of the Brush

A Passionate Life lived in Colour
February 4, 2026 – April 5, 2026
İstanbul Sanat Merkezi, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art

With Love, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu
January 28, 2026 – March 28, 2026
Casa Botter, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Antique rug and texile fair

LARTA The London Antique Rug and Textile Fair 2026

Save the date!
January 20, 2026 – January 25, 2025
Battersea bliss, London
Zoom talk

Chris Aslan: How to get down from a yak

Adventures in Central Asian Nomadic Texiles
January 10, 2026 18.00 (UK), 21.00 (Turkey)
Talks and tours

Zeynep Çizmeli Öğün: How to lnteract wilh Coinage f om Antiquity

A Numismatics Workshop for a Contemporary Audience
January 10, 2026 14-17
ARIT Ankara Library, Ankara
Art

Timurtaş Onan: A Wanderer’s Street Tale
January 6, 2026 – January 24, 2026
Galeri Işık, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
Solo exhibition

İpek Duben ‘70

Curated by Farah Aksoy and Amira Arzık
December 17, 2025 – January 3, 2026
Galerist, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art

IAAF Istanbul Art and Antique Fair 2025

Deniz Bank VI
December 3, 2025 – December 7, 2025 11am - 7pm
Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre
Art

The Lost Dagger of Henry VIII

From Tudor Court to the Victorian Stage
November 1, 2025 – February 15, 2026
Strawberry Hill
Art, Auction

Christie’s Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Rugs and Carpets
October 30, 2025
Christie’s King Street, London
Art, Auction

Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World & India October 2025

Islamic Sales Week
October 29, 2025
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
IKSV’s 18th Biennial

The Three-Legged Cat
September 20, 2025 – November 23, 2025 10 am - 6 pm
Timurtaş Onan: Transforming City
September 18, 2025 – October 26, 2025
Barın Han, Old City, Istanbul
Sculpture in the park

Burçak Bingöl with Galeri Nev

The Regent's Park, London
September 17, 2025 – November 2, 2025
Art

Official Balance

Öktem Aykut Gallery
September 15, 2025 – October 25, 2025 12pm - 9pm
Öktem & Aykut
PHOTOGRAPHY

Robert Capa: ‘Truth is the Best Picture’
September 12, 2025 – March 22, 2026
Ara Güler Museum, Şişli
Contemporary art

Suzanne Lacy at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum

Togaether
September 12, 2025 – December 14, 2025 10am - 6pm
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Performance

Dimitris Skyllas

The Big Other
September 12, 2025 8pm
Istanbul Modern
Online, Talks and tours

Environmental Archaeology Online Program
September 3, 2025 – October 3, 2025
Art

Ali Konyalı: Rengim İstanbul / My Colour’s Istanbul
August 28, 2025 – August 27, 2025
Schneider Temple, Karaköy, Istanbul
Art

Hale Tenger

Borders/Borders Survey exhibition at AGWA
August 16, 2025 – February 8, 2026 10 am - 5 pm
Australia
Gülsin Onay in concert
August 2, 2025 – September 9, 2025
Italy
Online, Talks and tours

Lives Between the Lines: Reflections on Levantine culture and it’s meaning today

A hybrid presentation by Michael Vatikiotis
July 29, 2025 6 pm U.K. time
Film

“Dark World” a fim on the life of Âşık Veysel

Salt Galata
July 23, 2025 – December 14, 2025
SALT Galata
Performance

The International Gümüşlük Music Festival 2025
July 16, 2025 – September 9, 2025
The Bodrum Peninsula
choral music

Rossini Night with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

Istanbul Music Festival
June 26, 2025 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Traditional Music

The Island: Music of the Turkish and Greek peoples

Istanbul Music Festival
June 25, 2025 20.30
Kınalıada Christos Greek Orthodox Monastery, Kınalıada, Istanbul
Performance

Caravaggio & Monteverdi
June 24, 2025 20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Tango

Cuarteto SolTango & Leonel Capitona: ‘Poesía’

Istanbul Music Festival
June 22, 2025 21.00
, Tarabya, Istanbul
Chamber music & visual art

Women stars of tomorrow

Istanbul Music Festival
June 21, 2025 20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Performance

‘Music Route @ Büyükdere’
June 21, 2025 12–16.30
Büyükdere
Performance

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Rafał Blechacz (piano)
June 20, 2025
Performance

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
June 19, 2025 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Geneva Camerata ‘Revolta’

Istanbul Music Festival
June 17, 2025 20.00
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Performance

Cellist François Salque and accordion-player Vincent Peirani
June 17, 2025 21.00
Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance

Veriko Tchumburidze (violin), Anastasia Kobekina (cello) and Alexey Botvinov (piano)

Istanbul Music Festival
June 16, 2025 20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Orchestral, piano concerto

Camerata Salzburg, Hélène Grimaud (piano)

Istanbul Music Festival
June 14, 2025 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Children's event

A Musical Weekend I: hip-hop dance workshop

Istanbul Music Festival
June 14, 2025 15.00–16.00
Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Performance

‘Pictures in Motion’
June 13, 2025 20.00
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Performance

Gautier Capuçon (cello), Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

Istanbul Music Festival
June 12, 2025 20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Performance

Gautier Capuçon (cello), Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

Istanbul Music Festival
June 12, 2025 20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Opening Concert

Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgarian National Choir

Istanbul Music Festival
June 11, 2025 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Strings in Love

Traditional music
June 9, 2025 21.00
Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul
LECTURE

Reina Lewis: Fashion and Social Relations in Late Ottoman Society

BIAA London Lecture
June 4, 2025 18.30 (UK time)
British Academy, London
Orchestral, violin concerto

CRR Symphony Orchestra, Francesca Dego (violin)
May 31, 2025 20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Performance

Brenda Berin Quintet
May 30, 2025 21.30
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul
Hyrbid talk (online and in person)

Andrew Finkel: Constantinople in Olympia

How the nineteenth century Eastern Question was transformed by spectacle, song and dance
May 27, 2025 18.00 (UK) 20.00 (Turkey)
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Recital by violin duo

Ksenia Milas and Oleksandr Semchuk

Coffee Concerts Series
May 25, 2025 11.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Piano Recital

Mehveş Emeç

Romanticism on the Piano
May 25, 2025 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Chamber music

Berk Dalkılıç and Gizem Dalkılıç

Tenor & piano recital
May 24, 2025 – May 25, 2025 18.30
Minoa Pera Bookshop & Café, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Coffee Concert series

Bosphorus D’Light

The Bosphorus Trio
May 24, 2025 11.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz

Ferit Odman Quintet
May 23, 2025
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Orchestral, cello concerto

Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Oksana Lyniv
May 23, 2025 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art, Contemporary art

Mustafa Hulusi: Breathing in the World
May 23, 2025 – May 22, 2025
Dirimart Pera, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art, Auction

Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art
May 23, 2025
Bonhams New Bond Street, London
Panel

Anatolian Plant Legacy: a presentation and conversation

Martyn Rix, Christabel Frances King, Gülnur Ekşi Bona, Hülya Korkmaz, Işık Güner
May 18, 2025 13.30–14.30 Turkish time
SALT Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Orchestral Concert

Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, various young soloists
May 16, 2025 20.00
Göksu, Demirer, Deniz

Jazz Wind
May 16, 2025 20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
PHOTOGRAPHY

Faik Şenol: Şehrin Hafizası (The City’s Memory)
May 16, 2025 – July 31, 2025
Taksim Sanat, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Exhibition

Anatolian Plant Legacy
May 15, 2025 – August 10, 2025
SALT Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance

Emir Ersoy

Cuban Classics
May 15, 2025
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Ziyu He (violin)

Yüzyılın Yankıları (‘The Century’s Echoes’)
May 15, 2025 20.00
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Online, Talks and tours

Alev Berberoğlu: Camera and Female Empowerment

Italian Photographer Elisa Zonaro in Ottoman Istanbul
May 14, 2025 18.00 (UK) 20.00 (Turkey)
London
Chamber music

Bozok Quartet, Ayşegül Kirmanoğlu (clarinet), İris Şentürker (piano)

Brahms Romanticism
May 14, 2025 20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Chamber music

Istanbul Baroque Ensemble

Barok Tutkular (‘Baroque Passions’)
May 14, 2025 20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Online, Talks and tours

Dr Robert Schild: ‘Burgazada: A living ethnographic museum’
May 13, 2025 20.00 (Turkey) 18.00 (UK)
London
Chamber music

Piano and ney recital

The World and Us: The Mystical Keys of Jazz
May 11, 2025 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Hyrbid talk (online and in person)

Andrew Finkel: Constantinople in Olympia

How the nineteenth century Eastern Question was transformed by spectacle, song and dance
May 10, 2025 18.00
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Hyrbid talk (online and in person)

Andrew Finkel: Constantinople in Olympia

How the nineteenth century Eastern Question was transformed by spectacle, song and dance
May 10, 2025 18.00
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Contemporary art

Guido Casaretto: Of Strays, Rhinos and Misunderstandings
May 10, 2025 – August 15, 2025
YUNT, Greater Istanbul, Istanbul
Jazz

Sibel Köse
May 10, 2025 21.30
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul
Chamber music

Can Özhan and Pınar Çelik Warsi

Violin & piano recital
May 10, 2025 20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Recital

Çağatay Akyol and Bilgin Canaz

Harp and ney recital
May 10, 2025 11.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Orchestral, horn concerto

Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Can Kiracı (horn)

Denizbank Concerts Series
May 9, 2025 20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art

Sevinç Altan: This is a Pair of Scissors
May 9, 2025 – June 9, 2025
Galeri Nev Istanbul, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art

Samuel Laurence Cunnane Photographs

Öktem Aykut Gallery
May 8, 2025 – June 4, 2025
Öktem & Aykut
Art, Contemporary art

Nuri Kuzucan

All Fragments of a Painting
May 7, 2025 – June 21, 2025
Galerist, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Chamber Music

Frühlingsklänge (‘Sounds of Spring’): Berk Dalkılıç and Gizem Dalkılıç
May 7, 2025 20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Chamber music

Bruno Borralhinho: Solo cello recital
May 6, 2025 20.30
Naval Museum, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Chamber music

Borusan String Quartet & Reto Bieri (clarinet) at ENKA Sanat

Masters of Chamber Music
May 6, 2025 20.30
ENKA Sanat, Maslak, Istanbul
Baroque Chamber music

Camerata Trajectina
May 5, 2025 20.30
Church of Saint-Antoine (St Anthony of Padua), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
TALK (IN PERSON AND ONLINE)

The Elusive Fashion Stories of Enslaved Women in late Ottoman Istanbul
May 5, 2025 18.00 (Turkish time)
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz

Ece Göksu Trio at the Asa Khai Jazz Club
May 3, 2025 21.30
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul

Events » Past Events

The arts diary

Past events

Talks and tours

Call for papers

Online, Talks and tours

A hybrid lecture by Dr. Işıl Acehan, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University

American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) USA, Ankara

Online lecture

An online seminar with Dr. George Koutsouflakis, University of Thessaly.

dance workshop

Solo Jazz Workshop

Istanbul Modern

Film festival

Future is Short

exhibition

Defne Tesal at Galerist

Galerist

Online, Talks and tours

New Results from the Place of Palms and Governor’s House

Edinburgh

Art

Ankara CerModern Arts Center, Ankara

Performance

Performance

Art

Four Artists, One Garden

Şule Gazioğlu Art and Design Gallery, The Bosphorus, Istanbul

Performance

Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Jazz

Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Performance

Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Cello & piano recital

Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul

Piano Recital

Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul

Chamber Music

Minoa Pera Bookshop & Café, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Exhibition

A Passionate Life lived in Colour

İstanbul Sanat Merkezi, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Art

Casa Botter, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Antique rug and texile fair

Save the date!

Battersea bliss, London

Zoom talk

Adventures in Central Asian Nomadic Texiles

Talks and tours

A Numismatics Workshop for a Contemporary Audience

ARIT Ankara Library, Ankara

Art

Galeri Işık, Nişantaşı, Istanbul

Solo exhibition

Curated by Farah Aksoy and Amira Arzık

Galerist, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Art

Deniz Bank VI

Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre

Art

From Tudor Court to the Victorian Stage

Strawberry Hill

Art, Auction

Christie’s King Street, London

Art, Auction

Islamic Sales Week

Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London

The Three-Legged Cat

Barın Han, Old City, Istanbul

Sculpture in the park

The Regent's Park, London

Art

Öktem Aykut Gallery

Öktem & Aykut

PHOTOGRAPHY

Ara Güler Museum, Şişli

Contemporary art

Togaether