Nil Üzer

Hello, this is Nil! 20-year-old student at Arts University Bournemouth, which means I go back and forth between Istanbul and Bournemouth throughout the year. I am interested in music and theatre. It is exciting to be one of 9 Magazine’s N’s once again, let’s see how things unfold 🙂

How I wish to be European!

I had many opportunities to think, and the conclusion I drew is that I would have loved to be European! Or maybe us Turkish citizens experience a daunting realization when faced with…

What Should Change For Women?

Women beaten up and murdered Patriarchy, sexist language Inadequate amount of women in every field Catcalls Gender pay gap Too fat, too thin The driver is a woman, we might be late…

23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival

I had the opportunity to watch three plays at the 23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival organized by IKSV. The festival ended at the beginning of the month. I would like to share some…

Why Are You Here?

“Skolstrejk För Klimatet,” started by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, has spread around the world in the past year. Children from all around the world have started school striking every friday to raise awareness…

FEAR: Arachne

What is that? Yeah, that thing on your shoulder. Creeping its way toward your neck… A SPIDER!   Did that scare you? Probably not. Do you think it was nonsense? Probably yes.…

A Look at the South of Turkey

For those who love traveling, the south of Turkey is an appealing destination. Although we haven’t been publishing a lot about travel recently, I wanted to prepare a photography series that includes…

An Interview With Poet Matthias Göritz

On December 23rd our co-founder Nur Güzeldere and I took part in a project from film studies that included filmmaking. Each group had two poems to base their film on, one of them…

22nd Istanbul Theatre Festival

The 22nd Istanbul Theatre Festival took place between 17 November and 4 December. Of course, I had to watch some plays included. We should watch it while we can, right? I liked…

Recycle.

Look around. What do you see? Trees, buildings, the sky… Wait a minute, garbage? It isn’t that surprising anymore, we got used to it. Cigarettes and plastic packages scattered around the side…

Filmekimi 2018

Filmekimi ended on October 13th. Speaking in general, I really enjoyed the event and its content this year, so I wanted to write my opinions about some of the films I have…

Let Everyone Love What They Love!

People have been witnessing many things in arts lately. An instrument, a different film genre or different music genres; people see most of these and like the ones that match their taste.…

A Quick London Tour-Part 2

Last month, I wrote an article about London under our travel section, later I thought that I could add a second part to this article. It is clear that, just like for…

A Quick London Tour

London is a city which is in many people’s travel lists just as it was in mine. During the past weeks I was able to cross out London from my list. Altough…

9 Photography Series-London

There are many things which make a city special. For instance its history, how it has been preserved. Perhaps people living in it, a city is shaped by its people. They create…

Season of Freedom: Summer

The beginning of summer is a moment many people wait with excitement. People become overjoyed by the hot weather, blossoming flowers and holiday. It’s an understandable situation. A relaxation happens with summer,…

Freedom on Stage

We decided our theme for our third issue to be “freedom“. Freedom’s relationship with many topics affected our decision. Especially, during the period we, as all humans are living in, people lacking…

Mardin – Photography Series

Mardin’s unique scenery causes almost every photo more beautiful than the other. Mardin, a place where should be visited in Turkey exposes  various pictures. Here are some photographs from Mardin:

Blueberry Crumble

  Dessert is certainly one of the foods which people can’t keep away from. There are fine desserts as well as low quality ones since now dessert can be found anywhere. In…

An Interview With Actor, Elliott Crosset Hove

 From IMDB’s website   Two brothers in a remote town with freezing weather. “Winter Brothers”(Vinter Brødre), directed by Hylnur Pálmason, is a film about two brothers working in a mine and the…

Combination of Arts and Sports: Figure Skating

Figure skating is perhaps one of the most fascinating sports. The beauty of it alongside with the hard work it requires makes it an artwork. It’s a sport which requires strength for…

World Theatre Day

Theatre has been considered as an area of arts for many centuries. It evolved throughout the time and people never let go of it except for those times when it had been…

The ‘Look at Me!’ Exhibition

The exhibition “Look at Me” at the Pera Museum which will last until 11th March includes many unique artworks. The ideas behind the portraits are as impressing as the variety of portraits.…

International Women’s Day

Today is 8th March International Women’s Day, a day in which people remember and appreciate women worldwide. Nowadays anyone would say how important and necessary this day is and how much they…

Capucine Recipe

Capucine (cocktail) recipe is one of the recipes we would like to share with you in this issue. Since preparing it is quite easy we can say that it a practical recipe…

Biberon

One of the shops which you can visit if you past by is called Biberon[Baby Bottle]. Yes, Biberon. Why? “When I first decided to open I was so worried I couldn’t do…

Little Time : Our New Favourite Cafe

“Little Time”, a café that opened during the summer in Teşvikiye, is providing a pleasant atmosphere at 08.00-00.00 every-day except Sunday (10.00-22.00). The menu contains a large variety of coffee, fresh juices,…