İstanbul 34.4
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Archive
About
The deceptive lightness of fascism
Signature dances and silly moustaches
Jan 11
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
8
2
3
The boom in 'less lethal' weapons
An industry - and a risk - to watch in 2026
Jan 6
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
7
6
1
A plane crash in Turkey
And questions about the company behind the plane
Dec 24, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
19
8
4
Most Popular
View all
A plane crash in Turkey
Dec 24, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
19
8
4
On the road: from the top of a Greek island
Aug 8, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
18
5
6
The agony and ecstasy of an Istanbul roof terrace
Jun 6, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
17
2
4
The week I went viral
Nov 28, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
15
3
1
Are Digital Nomad Visas the new Golden Passports?
Aug 22, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
15
4
3
A cat rescue on the Istanbul rooftops
Sep 26, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
15
4
Latest
Top
Discussions
İstanbul 34.4's books of 2025
A great year for investigative journalism - and women
Dec 5, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
5
1
The week I went viral
On the meaning of internet popularity
Nov 28, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
15
3
1
On the road: In the desert
This week’s shortened post comes to you from the deserts of Qatar, where I’m working on an upcoming feature article.
Oct 31, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
5
Can we trust the Royal Millennials?
They are the last hope for a failing monarchy.
Oct 24, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
1
Tear down the monarchy. It gaslit us all.
Enough is enough: reform or go.
Oct 19, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
11
4
3
On the road: the strange global success of Indomie noodles
How an Indonesian instant noodle brand took over Africa
Oct 17, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
8
1
An ode to archives
The unparalleled pleasure of document digging
Oct 10, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
8
4
Unveiling the cover of Hinterlands
Coming out on June 4
Oct 6, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
8
8
1
Kicking back with Kefir
Some autumnal alchemy in the kitchen
Oct 3, 2025
•
Hannah Lucinda Smith
2
3
2
See all
İstanbul 34.4
Global and hyper-local dispatches from a corner of Istanbul
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 24
The Bismarck Cables
The Bismarck Cables
The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak
Tim Mak
Northern Flank Notes
Minna Ålander
The Cosmopolitan Globalist
Claire Berlinski
Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani
Books
Hinterlands
*COMING SOON*
Erdoğan Rising
Zarifa
Audio
BBC World Service - Syria: my forgotten war
İstanbul 34.4
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
