Food & Travel Writing

Based in Turkey since 2000, I am the author and editor of the Louis Vuitton Istanbul City Guide (app and print editions, 2015-present) as well as the Louis Vuitton Bodrum Mini Guide (digital and print editions, since 2023).

I prepared the section on hotels for The Monocle Travel Guide, Istanbul (2015).

I am a frequent contributor to Condé Nast Traveller, The Guardian, Wallpaper*, Monocle and Matador.

I blog about Istanbul with kids on the website for Momcierge, the family travel concierge I founded in 2013.

I am a member of Contently.

Author, Louis Vuitton City Guide to Istanbul, app and print editions (2015-present)

Louis Vuitton

Author of print edition (2015-present)

Louis Vuitton

Quarterly app updates (2015-present)

Articles for International Travel Magazines
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The Gold List: Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet (2023)

Mandarin Oriental

Your Essential Guide to Bodrum (2023)

Conde Nast Traveller

Shopping in Istanbul (2023)

Morning Calm Inflight Magazine

Basking in the Aegean Paradise (2023)

Four Seasons Magazine

A City of Stories (2022)

Marriott Traveller

Where to Go in Turkey for Any Type of Traveler (2021)

Conde Nast Traveller

Maçakizi Beach Club Review (2017)

Matador

Some of the best natural areas in Turkey (2017)

Matador

30 awesome Turkish expressions (2016)

Wallpaper

10 Karaköy Hotel Review (2015)

Elite Traveler

Top 10 Luxury Suites in Istanbul (March-April 2015)

AnadoluJet

Article on the Aegean (2015)

Thomas Cook Travel

Turkey in 10 Objects (2014)

Mandarin Oriental Magazine

Bodrum Beckons (2014)

Jazeera Airways

Day Trips from Istanbul (2014 - Arabic)

Wallpaper*

#bunk hostel review (2013)

Conde Nast Traveller

Istanbul... Nightlife (2013)

The Guardian

Top 10 budget beach hotels on the Aegean coast (2013)

The Guardian

Karaköy, Istanbul's coolest new hotspot (2013)

The Guardian

A Day in Cihangir, Istanbul (2013)

Other books

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I have worked many times with Thomas Cook Publishing. While living in New York, I wrote and took the photos and updated Independent Traveller's USA (2001). I also updated the sections on Spain, France, Italy and Turkey in Independent Traveller's Europe by Rail (2006), spending an amazing month traveling solo by train from Barcelona to Istanbul (twice).

For Apa Tasarım, I wrote the Introduction to Istanbul, Contemporary Cuisine, a cookbook by Lale Apa and Hande Bozdoğan (2010). I also translated Southeastern Anatolia Guide: A Panorama of Civilization--the first-ever guide to the region--an EU-sponsored project (2007) (Turkish to English). Both books won Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Monocle

Author, THY/Monocle advertorial (2018)

Monocle

Author of hotel section (2015)

Apa Tasarım

Author of Introduction (2010) *

Apa Tasarım

Translator of EU-sponsored guide (2007) **

Thomas Cook

Author: Spain, France, Italy, Greece (2006)

Atasay

Editor (2003)

Thomas Cook Publishing

Update researcher (2001)

Thomas Cook

Author (2001)

* 2010 Gourmand World Cook Book Awards, Special Prize of the Jury

** 2009 Gourmand World Cook Book Awards, Best Culinary Travel Guide (3rd place)

Other publications...

1996-2010: Over 100 articles for Istanbul, The Guide (the city's first English-language lifestyle magazine) about arts, culture and entertainment, including almost the entirety of its 100th special issue, as well as articles for its Bodrum, Ankara and Antalya editions.

2004-2007: Managing Editor of 34, a global lifestyle magazine based in Istanbul, under editors John Weich and Adam Eeuwens (founded by Murat Patavi).

2001-2005: Translator of The Gate (Doğan Burda for TAV Airports Holding), a travel magazine about Turkey distributed at Turkish airports (Turkish to English).