Category: HP Culture

Film
Film review: “Tearjerker” Paper Lives / Kağıttan Hayatlar is “one of the finest Turkish films to be released in past two years”

Among heaps of colourless films on Netflix, Paper Lives (‘Kağıttan Hayatlar’) stands a lustrous tree topper awaiting to be watched. Paper Lives unquestionably swings in as one of the finest Turkish films to be released in the past two years. Director Can Ulkay and writer Ercan Mehmet Erdem unveil a reality through the eyes of a […]

Columnists
The legendary love story of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl

Epic romance stories can be found in all cultures and are told in all languages. Without a doubt, the basic human desire to love and be loved is one of the most important instincts of our creation. The story of Popocatépetl (Popo) and Iztaccihuatl (Izta) is the Aztec Romeo and Juliet, who were denied their […]

HP Culture
Türkiye’s King of Arabesque İbrahim Tatlıses set to play London in the autumn

Affectionately known as Ibo or “İmparator” (‘Emporor”), İbrahim Tatlıses is one of Türkiye’s biggest and best loved music stars. Now aged 70, he has recorded 42 albums in a career spanning 52 years and his music continues to attract millions of listeners. The Urfa-born singer recorded his first album, Kara Kız/Beni Yakma Gel Güzelim, on tape […]

Festivals
Discover Azerbaijani cuisine in London at the National Geographic Traveller Food Festival 2022

One of the key components of a national culture is food. It’s what unites and, in some cases defines, people. That’s why the National Geographic Traveller magazine’s annual food festival is an adventure not to be missed if you’re eager to experience different parts of the world through mouthfuls of delicious food. Experts, enthusiasts, cookbook […]

Features
Turkish cinema’s action legend Cüneyt Arkın laid to rest

The Turkish nation is grieving the loss of acting legend Cüneyt Arkın. Thousands attended his funeral in Istanbul on Thursday, 30 June. Arkın emerged in the golden age of Turkish cinema, in a period known as ‘Yeşilçam’, playing in around 300 films and television series, including Babaların Babası (1975) and historic drama series Kara Murat that […]