

The Introverts... with Can A
My first contact with Can A came from a very enthusiastic email where he said he wanted to be part of the Elska project. So excited was...


331 Miles Away... with Furkan Y
Furkan Y got in touch with us in response to a call put out on our behalf by the folks at GZone Magazine, Turkey's one and only LGBT...


Istanbul, the Gay Beacon... with Sasha B & Tema P
When I was doing my PhD, I spent a lot of time in Tbilisi, Georgia. At the time I remember several gay guys there talking about how much...


What Does Erotic Mean?... with Şahin C
I recently got a letter from a Swedish reader about his experience reading Elska for the first time. He'd come across Elska via our...


A Canadian Issue?...with Miguel E by Jonathan Lemieux
A huge country thirty-six times the size of the UK but containing half the population; with great diversity not only from its...


Elska x Corinne Hotel
It was a long journey to Istanbul and really I didn’t know what to expect. Call it ignorance, but even though I knew it would make an...


We Are Not Alone... with Ekin K & Emrullah T
I'm always embarrassed by how long it took me to feel OK about my sexuality. When I was a kid, I just wanted to be normal, and whether...


My Istanbul Crush... with Mert E
Like Taras D from Issue (01) Lviv, Luca T from Issue (02) Berlin, Lionel C from Issue (03) Reykjavík, Matheus G from Issue (04) Lisbon,...


Cats, Cigarettes, and Hairy Men... with Efe B
"Cats, Cigarettes, and Hairy Men" - this is the slogan I coined for Istanbul based on my biggest impressions after a week in the city....


Welcome to Istanbul!
Today marks the release of the latest edition of Elska: Issue (06) Istanbul. After our previous Taipei issue, our first to leave Europe,...