Cornucopia Magazine Events

Past events

Performance

Hungarian Folk Dancing Course
June 11, 2026 18.00-20.00
ISTANBUL
ANAMED symposium

7th International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium
June 10, 2026 – June 12, 2026
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, ISTANBUL
ANAMED online talk

Forgotten Experts: Astrologers, Science and Authority in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1600
June 9, 2026 18.00-20.00
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, ISTANBUL
Anglo-Turkish Society Talk (hybrid)

Princess Nazlı Fazıl (1856-1913)

Trans-Imperial Networks and the Press
June 1, 2026 6.00pm (UK time)
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Online

From Steppe Warriors to Women Ghazis

Talk by historian & scholar Hüsamettin Şimşir
May 28, 2026
Yunus Emre Institute in London, London
Anglo-Turkish Society Talk (hybrid)

A Delight to Behold

The Ottoman Turkish Manuscript Collection at the British Library: Talk by Dr. Michael Erdman
May 26, 2026 6.00pm (UK time)
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Talks and tours

Özlem Warren: Talk & Book Signing

Özlem Warren introduces her latest book, ‘Istanbul: Delicious Recipes from the Heart of the City’
May 22, 2026
Yunus Emre Institute in London, London
Anglo-Turkish Society Talk (online)

Empire of Officials

Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Bureaucracy
May 21, 2026 4.00pm (UK time)
Auction

Olympia Auctions: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art 2026
May 20, 2026 11.00
Olympia Auctions, London
Art

Esther Voswinckel Filiz: İPUÇLARI – Textile Forms of Knowledge

Orient Institut Istanbul
May 20, 2026 – May 24, 2026
ANGLO-TURKISH SOCIETY TALK (IN PERSON AND ONLINE)

Beyond the myth of Independent Journalism

Agah Efendi, Tercüman-ı Ahvâl, and British Influence: talk by Muratcan Zorcu
May 19, 2026 6.00pm (UK time)
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Concert tour

Fazıl Say on tour
May 19, 2026 – May 31, 2026
Europe
Film

Film Screening: Remembering Traugott Fuchs

British Institute at Ankara
May 14, 2026 17:30
British Institute at Ankara, Ankara
TALK (IN PERSON AND ONLINE)

Theodore Mould: In Search of Phillipo

An Armenian Merchant Between Two Empires
May 12, 2026
Royal Asiatic Society, London
ONLINE TALK

The Ottoman World of Sports

Shared Activities and Exclusive Bonds in Late Imperial Istanbul: Talk by Prof. Murat C. Yıldız
May 11, 2026 6.00pm (UK time)
Anglo-Turkish Society, London
Jazz

Ramazan Sesler

From Father to Son: A Clarinet Legend
May 10, 2026 20.00-22.00 (doors open 18:30)
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London
Performance, Talks and tours

Restoring the Balance: a documentary by Amanda Burrell

Screening and talk and Q&A
May 7, 2026 18.30–21.00 (UK time)
Yunus Emre Institute in London, London
Online, Talks and tours

RRR Smith:The House of Kybele and the last pagans of Aphrodisias

Recent excavation, discoveries and research
May 5, 2026 17.30 Turkish time
British Institute at Ankara, Ankara
Contemporary art

Invisible Dreams

Oktem Aykut Gallery
May 2, 2026 – May 23, 2026
Öktem & Aykut
Performance

Bova Jazz Club highlights

Jazz
May 1, 2026 – May 29, 2026 21.30 (doors open 21.00)
Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz

Yeldeğirmeni highlights
May 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Classical Music

Süreyya Opera House highlights
May 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Opera and Classical music

AKM highlights
May 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026
Atatürk Cultural Centre Highlights, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
JOHN DYSON’S JAZZ PICKS

Zorlu Center highlights

Jazz
May 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026 21:00 (doors open 19:30)
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
JOHN DYSON’S JAZZ PICKS

Nardis Jazz Club highlights

Jazz
May 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026 21.30–23.50
Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Classical Recitals

Minoa Pera highlights

Chamber Music
May 1, 2026 – June 6, 2026
Minoa Pera Bookshop & Café, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art

Bayram Gümüş: Fifth Season (Beşinci Mevsim)
April 30, 2026 – May 14, 2026
Kethuda Hamam, Ortaköy, Istanbul
Solo exhibition

Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye
April 30, 2026 – June 1, 2026
Galeri Nev Ankara, Ankara
Exhibition

Fahrelnissa Zeid: Immersion
April 21, 2026 – May 30, 2026
Dirimart London, London
Gallery exhibition

Beyond the Threshold: Revisiting Orientalism II
April 20, 2026 – May 29, 2026
Colnaghi, London
Talks and tours

Travellers in Ottoman Lands

Call for papers
April 14, 2026
chamber music

Opus Amadeus Chamber Music Festival
April 12, 2026 – May 17, 2026
ISTANBUL
Solo exhibition

Ghada Amer: Aurora,
April 9, 2026 – May 24, 2026
Dirimart Dolapdere, London
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)
John Dyson's Jazz picks

Asai Khai Jazz Club highlights
April 1, 2026 – April 30, 2026
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul
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
, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz

Çağrı Sertel
February 21, 2026 11.00
, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance

Istanbul Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pirolli
February 20, 2026 20.00
, 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
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
, 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
Exhibition

Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982

The Photography Studio of An Adventurous Architect
June 19, 2025 – May 17, 2026
Istanbul Research Institute, Tepebaşı, Istanbul
Performance

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
June 19, 2025 20.00
, 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
, 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
, 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
, 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

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Past events

Performance

ISTANBUL

ANAMED symposium

ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, ISTANBUL

ANAMED online talk

ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, ISTANBUL

Anglo-Turkish Society Talk (hybrid)

Trans-Imperial Networks and the Press

Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London

Online

Talk by historian & scholar Hüsamettin Şimşir

Yunus Emre Institute in London, London

Anglo-Turkish Society Talk (hybrid)

The Ottoman Turkish Manuscript Collection at the British Library: Talk by Dr. Michael Erdman

Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London

Talks and tours

Özlem Warren introduces her latest book, ‘Istanbul: Delicious Recipes from the Heart of the City’

Yunus Emre Institute in London, London

Anglo-Turkish Society Talk (online)

Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Bureaucracy

Auction

Olympia Auctions, London

Art

Orient Institut Istanbul

ANGLO-TURKISH SOCIETY TALK (IN PERSON AND ONLINE)

Agah Efendi, Tercüman-ı Ahvâl, and British Influence: talk by Muratcan Zorcu

Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London

Concert tour

Europe

Film

British Institute at Ankara

British Institute at Ankara, Ankara

TALK (IN PERSON AND ONLINE)

An Armenian Merchant Between Two Empires

Royal Asiatic Society, London

ONLINE TALK

Shared Activities and Exclusive Bonds in Late Imperial Istanbul: Talk by Prof. Murat C. Yıldız

Anglo-Turkish Society, London

Jazz

From Father to Son: A Clarinet Legend

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London

Performance, Talks and tours

Screening and talk and Q&A

Yunus Emre Institute in London, London

Online, Talks and tours

Recent excavation, discoveries and research

British Institute at Ankara, Ankara

Contemporary art

Oktem Aykut Gallery

Öktem & Aykut

Performance

Jazz

Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Jazz

Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul

Classical Music

Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul

Opera and Classical music

Atatürk Cultural Centre Highlights, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

JOHN DYSON’S JAZZ PICKS

Jazz

Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul

JOHN DYSON’S JAZZ PICKS

Jazz

Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Classical Recitals

Chamber Music

Minoa Pera Bookshop & Café, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Art

Kethuda Hamam, Ortaköy, Istanbul

Solo exhibition

Galeri Nev Ankara, Ankara

Exhibition

Dirimart London, London

Gallery exhibition

Colnaghi, London

Talks and tours