Absolutely fabulous experience making Ebru, marbled paper. Betul and Ali are excellent teachers…read more We have been their students before and it's like meeting old friends again!

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Buyer beware. I bought an 8 x 10 piece of art for $200 and asked the owner if he'd throw in a…read moreprint of another piece I liked. When I got back to America to have it framed, I discovered he had replaced the original artwork with another print. Very dishonest.

Galatart...it s not easy to find the right words for it, but maybe "second home" fits best to…read moredescribe it. Water shapes and talks to you there...you can learn the traditional Turkish art "ebru" -paper marbling in a friendly and warm environment from very experienced and creative masters Ezgi Erol and Nesime Kantar, and if you d like, you can buy marbled clothes, candles, notebooks as well. It s also used as an art galerie and exhibition center. Anyway, i m just back from the atelier, and it feels like all my thoughts, worries dropped on water, sank and transform into beautiful art...

I echo what others have mentioned that this is a great place to get some work done on your laptop…read moreand use free wifi! When you enter you have to go through security checkpoint, and I was a little confused if this place is for the public or for researchers or if you need a special library card, but it is open to the gen public! There are several areas of note here: 1) Directly upstairs to your left enter through glass door for the library. There are tons of cozy nooks for plugging in your laptop, many chairs even have these giant bean bags for resting your feet. And in the far back corner there is this odd treehouse-like compartment nook for two people to study, nab it if you can! 2) Up the stairs and straight ahead is a cafe with large windows and natural light if you need caffeine/snack to work! 3) Downstairs is a free museum! This place is great, only thing is the wifi was a bit of a hassle to access (i.e., they send an access code to your phone via text and then it will only work for one device, etc.). Other than that it couldn't be better!

My favorite place to work in all of Istanbul! The library space is quiet; the wifi is fast, the…read morelight is great; and there's a yummy cafe on site with good cappuccinos.