GQ Middle East, Rolling Stone MENA, Orient XXI

Journalist for GQ Middle East, Rolling Stone MENA, Orient XXI based in Istanbul, covering cultural and tech news in the region.

The Turkish Conquest on Mobile Gaming

While millions of Americans swipe colourful tiles during coffee breaks, they're unknowingly funding a digital empire built on the shores of the Bosphorus. This is the story of how a Turkish entrepreneur's audacious 2012 prediction became a $5 billion reality

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Why Men Are Breaking Their Legs to Get Taller

Inside the limb-lengthening surgery boom, and the internet-fuelled masculinity crisis driving it

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How Turkish TV Became the World’s Second-Biggest Export

In 2012, Turkey's prime minister declared war on a television drama about a 16th-century sultan. Today, Turkish series reach 750 million viewers in over 170 countries, generating $500 million in exports and outpacing the Korean Wave. This is the story of how creative constraints accidentally built a cultural empire

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CES Is Making Istanbul Look Like Itself

Photographer-turned-AI artist CES built a viral aesthetic from Turkish street culture - he thinks the critics have it wrong about AI and art.

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The Limping Pulse: Decoding Istanbul’s Electronic Scene

Bridging Europe and Asia, tradition and technology - meet the artists at the heart of Istanbul's melting-pot electronic scene.

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