You're reading AL-Monitor City Pulse — Istanbul, a weekly exploration of Istanbul’s vibrant arts and culture scene with insights on key social happenings and off the beaten path recommendations. To ...

Where Europe meets Asia, Istanbul is a dizzying array of Byzantine treasures and soaring minarets, bisected by the Bosphorus strait. Though it’s long captivated visitors with its ancient charms, a ...

Most people are aware of the song “Istanbul was Constantinople” and perhaps no better than the Greeks of Istanbul themselves.

If I hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t have believed it. Over the course of an evening, I watched a woman catch her hair on fire (it was quickly doused), a group of angels abandoning any angelic traits to ...

Several earthquakes have hit Turkey's largest city Istanbul - the strongest with a magnitude of 6.2 The tremors - also felt in the Turkish capital 275 miles away - sparked panic as people fled shaking ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...