Culture, the week in Istanbul · Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Final weeks for "By the Water", Halil Paşa at the Pera Museum
The Pera Museum's major exhibition on Halil Paşa (Ottoman general and pioneer of open-air painting) traces his path from the shores of the Bosphorus via the Paris art academy to his years in Egypt, through paintings, sketchbooks and archival material. The show closes on August 23, so the coming week is a fine moment to catch it.