The Journal

Things worth looking at twice.

IdeasThe Second Look: A Different Way to Travel in TürkiyeThe familiar image brings you to a place. The questions it raises can shape the rest of the journey—and the kind of publication you want beside you.Read the essay

ArchitectureIstanbul for Art, Architecture and Design LoversA great dome and a single painted leaf can hold the eye in different ways. Istanbul’s cultural buildings reward a visit built around those contrasts.

ArchitectureThe Bosphorus: Seeing Istanbul from the WaterPiers, gardens and rows of buildings acquire a new order from a boat. A ferry crossing and a longer excursion offer two ways to enter that view.

ArchitectureGalata and Karaköy: Istanbul Between Hill and HarbourFollow the slope from Galata towards the waterfront, where a museum’s windows return the streets to the water. The interest is in the journey between them.

ArchitectureLiving in Stone: Cappadocia Beyond the Cave HotelIn a rock-cut room, the first architectural decision is what to remove. Cappadocia’s doorways and interiors reveal the many uses of that possibility.

ArchitectureCappadocia's Rock-Cut Churches: Art Inside the LandscapeThe wall is part of the painting’s meaning. In Cappadocia’s churches, carved rooms and surviving images form a single architectural encounter.

Food & CultureThe Many Lives of the Aegean TableAn olive workshop, the knowledge of wild greens and the memories of displaced households offer three paths into the food of the Aegean.

ArchitectureInside a Turkish Hammam: Architecture, Light and SpaceChanging rooms, warm spaces and a domed bathing chamber make a sequence to move through. Istanbul’s historic baths reveal architecture through use.

ArchitectureFrom Tile to City: How to Look at Ottoman ColourA tulip can be a painted detail on a dish or part of a wall of colour. İznik ceramics connect the intimacy of an object with the scale of architecture.Food & CultureCoffee and Conversation: Turkish Coffee and the Art of PausingGrounds settle at the bottom of the cup; conversation can take rather longer. A small coffee offers an easy introduction to everyday hospitality.IdeasAnatolian Weaving: Pattern, Material and ProvenanceColour attracts the eye; structure and provenance explain the object. Anatolian textiles tell several histories through the choices of their makers.HistoryAnatolia Beyond the Familiar MapA Hittite gate, an Ottoman trading town, a monastery against a cliff: Anatolia opens into several histories, each with its own geography.

HistoryThe Ephesus Terrace Houses: Life Behind the Monumental StreetsPainted walls and traces of repair bring wealthy Ephesian households into view. Their interiors reveal a city changing behind its public façades.