Istanbul from 6 to 6 | Tanrı Misafiri on Istanbul’s pop-up food scene
Tanrı Misafiri brought the pop-up wave to Istanbul, has brought international names to the city through its guest chef programmes, and turns six this summer. In their kitchen in Hacımimi, we sit down with Cem Balduk, Müge Büyüktalaş and Müge Tüzer to put both pop-up culture and Tanrı Misafiri’s direction on the table.
Summer 2020. The city is hushed. Or rather, voices have been turned down; in places hope has run out, in places there is resistance. For some sectors and some people in particular, these are harder days than ever. One of them is Müge (Tüzer).
Unable to move to Berlin to work in the music industry during the pandemic, Müge stays in Istanbul and rents a friend’s flat in Beyoğlu. Most of the people in the building are friends too. With work on hold, she starts hosting friends for dinner on the building’s terrace as a way to breathe in those days.
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