“Il castello bianco” di Orhan Pamuk
"Il castello bianco" ci trasporterà nella Istanbul di metà '600, narrandoci la storia di un padrone turco ed un servo italiano, tanto uguali da confondersi l'uno nell'altro La citazione "Quello…
Paprika, the Ottoman spice
The history of paprika, a spice created by the Ottomans and which then spread throughout the Hungarian countryside, forever changing the taste of Europe and the world Ottoman spice Although…
Müslüm Gürses, the voice of Turkey
There are singers who inevitably end up becoming a living and incredibly faithful portrait of their country. If in Egypt and Lebanon we have Umm Kulthum and Fairouz, in Turkey…
Özil and Germany, a complicated story
What broke out between Mesut Özil in the last few days is the latest controversy that seems to have a beginning but not an end. A story of intertwining between…
Armenia, the land of Hayk’s sons
Rather than focusing on a single state, we thought that an introduction to the places and cultures of the Caucasus was more interesting. Which is why, after showing you Azerbaijan,…
Dagestan, the land of the mountains
We conclude our brief introduction to the Caucasus with the largest Russian province linked to these territories. Dagestan has always been a place that attracts the imagination of many, bewitched…
Baku, between ancient and modern
Azerbaijan, the land of a thousand souls
We thought there could be no better country than Azerbaijan to start exploring the Caucasus. A magical place which, more than any of its neighbors, has been able to absorb…
Georgia
Caucasus, the mountains on the edge of the world
The Caucasus, a legendary place, always a union of a thousand cultures. A land that we have decided to let you discover this week and that, we are sure of…
05 “How Uruz, the son of Salur Kazan, was taken prisoner”
We are proud to present you the 5th podcast episode of "the tales of Dede Korkut", dedicated to Salur Kazan and his son Uruz. For the first time you will…
Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, the flying Turkish
Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, one of the first men in the history of humanity to fly, a story more than ever linked to Galata and the great traveler Evliya Çelebi. Hezârfen…
