“Governor” Just beyond Kuzguncuk on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, Beylerbeyi is a delightful, reclusive suburb mainly visited for its palace, the…
“The Paşa’s Garden” Old name: İncirliköy The Bosphorus suburb of Paşabahçe on the Asian side of İstanbul is best known for the glass…
“The Anatolian Castle” Anadolu Hisarı is to the Asian side of İstanbul what Rumeli Hisarı is to the European side: namely, a suburb…
“Rather bloody” Old name: Glaros Important date: In late August Kanlıca is the launchpad for the trans-continental Bosphorus swim On the Asian shore…
Old name: Kosinitsa Until recently not much known to outsiders, the Kuzguncuk suburb of Asian İstanbul is very popular as a place to…
“Quite Pine-Filled” Traditionally the Asian suburb of Çamlıca was best known for two large hilltop parks. Büyük Çamlıca was familiar to 19th-century visitors…
“Greenfinch” Way out west of the Old City of İstanbul, Florya might not seem the most obvious place for a day trip. However,…
Istanbul’s Belgrade Forest is a vast expanse of woodland (almost 5,500 hectares for those who like the figures) that stretches out around Bahçeköy…
“Baby” or “Doll” To take the pulse of Turkish high society at play you could do worse than head for Bebek, between Arnavutköy…
Osman Hamdi was born in İstanbul in 1842, the son of İbrahim Erdhem Pasa, a man important enough to have briefly held the…