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Paul Benjamin Osterlund
@paulosterlund.bsky.social
Istanbul-based independent journalist.
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Güzel el yapımı limonata nasıl yapılır ve İstanbul'da nerede içilir? Detaylar yeni yazımda:
Ferah, renkli, cazip ve leziz
Yaz mevsiminde İstanbul çok sıcak. Elbette soğuk içecekler böylesi zamanlarda ferahlatıcı oluyor. Ama limonatanın yeri başka! O parlak sarı rengi bile...
www.hurriyet.com.tr
July 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My latest for Culinary Backstreets on Mezme, a fantastic tiny meyhane in Kurtuluş featuring Sasun Estukyan's superb mezes and baked delicacies, inspired by Istanbul Armenian cuisine and that of Vakıflı/Samandağ:
Delicious Meze at Mezme in Kurtuluş, Istanbul
Mezme is back: an excellent meze deli and meyhane in Istanbul’s Kurtuluş neighborhood.
culinarybackstreets.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My latest for Culinary Backstreets about Kavurmacı Goze, Istanbul's reigning champion of braised beef:
Kavurmacı Goze: Carefully Cooking Turkey's 'Most Traditional' Dish
Kavurmacı Goze specializes in one thing and one thing only: kavurma. Carefully-selected cuts of beef are sliced into cubes and braised in a hulking copper cauldron over a wood fire for 3-4 hours until...
culinarybackstreets.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Excited to announce that we’ve launched a Culinary Backstreets Istanbul Instagram account! Follow us @ culinarybackstreetslstanbul for great food and great stories from The City.
May 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reposted by Paul Benjamin Osterlund
My latest on the passing of Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the attack on Özgür Özel, and the peace process:
A Memorial Ceremony and an Attack
There was a memorial ceremony for iconic politician Sırrı Süreyya Önder on May 4 in Istanbul. Main opposition leader Özgür Özel was attacked while leaving. Just another day in the Turkish news cycle.
flanor.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My latest on the passing of Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the attack on Özgür Özel, and the peace process:
A Memorial Ceremony and an Attack
There was a memorial ceremony for iconic politician Sırrı Süreyya Önder on May 4 in Istanbul. Main opposition leader Özgür Özel was attacked while leaving. Just another day in the Turkish news cycle.
flanor.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hürriyet gazetesine İstanbul'daki en sevdiğim Antakya mekanlarından bahsettim:
İstanbul’da Hatay yemeklerini en iyi yapan 10 mekân: Hatay’a gitmeden...
Mezeler, kebaplar, tatlılar... Hatay mutfağı eşsiz lezzetleriyle Türkiye’nin en özel gastronomi duraklarından. İstanbul’da bu tatları aslına en yakın haliyle...
www.hurriyet.com.tr
May 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reposted by Paul Benjamin Osterlund
"Boşnaklar 20. yüzyılın başlarından itibaren çeşitli göç dalgalarıyla İstanbul’un farklı mahallelerine yerleşti."

Balkanlar'dan Anadolu’ya: Bir göç mutfağı hikayesi.

@paulosterlund.bsky.social yazdı.
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Aposto | Balkanlar'dan Anadolu’ya: Bir göç mutfağı hikayesi
Fotoğraflar: Elif Kahveci 19. yüzyılın sonlarından itibaren Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Balkanlar’daki hakimiyetinin zayıflaması ve 1878 Berlin Antlaşması sonrası Bosna-Hersek’in Avusturya-Maca...
aposto.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Balkanlar'dan Anadolu'ya: Bir göçmen mutfağı hikayesi

@aposto.com Apéro için Pendik/Sapanbağları ve oradaki Boşnak mutfağı kültürünü yazdım:

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Aposto | Balkanlar'dan Anadolu’ya: Bir göç mutfağı hikayesi
Fotoğraflar: Elif Kahveci 19. yüzyılın sonlarından itibaren Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Balkanlar’daki hakimiyetinin zayıflaması ve 1878 Berlin Antlaşması sonrası Bosna-Hersek’in Avusturya-Maca...
aposto.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Uğur Büfe: Rich Flavors, Proletarian Prices
Uğur Büfe
In Kurtuluş, we've only just discovered this 40-year-old gem serving top-notch chicken doner and daily home-cooked dishes at prices lower than anywhere else in the neighborhood.
culinarybackstreets.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
burası tüvitır gibi olmaya başladı artık 😂
İnşaallah sen yemiyorsundur. Bizim vergiler Amerikalı'nın mideye inmesin.
April 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Reposted by Paul Benjamin Osterlund
Bugün 'İlhan Sami Çomak: 30 yıldan sonra sıfırdan başlıyorum' söyleşimle Türkiye Gazeteciler Cemiyeti (TGC) İnternet-Röportaj dalında ilk ödülümü aldım. Ödülün birazı benimse çoğundan çoğu İlhan'ındır.
April 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Feeding People Amid Protests: Istanbul's City Restaurants

My latest for Culinary Backstreets on the politics of an affordable meal:

culinarybackstreets.com/cities-categ...
April 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Having said this, it’s nice to see more people coming over here//Bununla birlikte daha fazla insanların buraya gelmesine sevindim
Friends: this platform is fine but it will never have the reach of Twitter/X. Let’s be realistic. I mostly post there, so if you want my opinions that’s where you’ll find them, I just share my articles here.
April 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Paul Benjamin Osterlund
In the face of growing arrest numbers, government bans on demonstrations and public transportation closures, massive rallies are expected to continue every evening this week, not just in İstanbul but also in other major cities throughout Turkey.

@paulosterlund.bsky.social reports from Saraçhane:
Street clashes to continue in Turkey’s largest protests since Gezi
İSTANBUL — Under light rain and heavy pepper spray, a large crowd of protestors stood their ground against riot police in Saraçhane, İstanbul, Sunday night.
www.turkeyrecap.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Friends: this platform is fine but it will never have the reach of Twitter/X. Let’s be realistic. I mostly post there, so if you want my opinions that’s where you’ll find them, I just share my articles here.
March 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Reposted by Paul Benjamin Osterlund
Excellent 🧵 on the youth-driven protests against the lawlessness of Erdogan’s authoritarianism spreading across Turkey right now.

Pay special attention to @paulosterlund.bsky.social’s final three tweets. Police crackdowns have been massive post-Gezi. But today’s young people are angrier & poorer.
March 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reposted by Paul Benjamin Osterlund
My latest:

This compelling 1986 film directed by Şerif Gören and starring Tarık Akan is now streaming on MUBI so I wanted to write about it.
All Eyes on Istanbul Film Series #3: Beyoğlu'nun Arka Yakası
This compelling 1986 film stars the legendary Tarık Akan as a civil servant who suddenly finds himself in the middle of a debaucherous, precarious night in a seedy, crime-ridden Beyoğlu.
flanor.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM