“Top of the Hill İstiklal Caddesi looking uncomfortably crowded? Then duck down a side street into Meşrutiyet Caddesi (Constititional Monarchy Street) that runs…
“The Mescid under the Grapevine” Just off İstiklal Caddesi, Asmalimescit is the small, confined area near the Tünel exit of the Tünel-Karaköy funicular.…
Şişhane is the small district to the west of İstiklal Caddesi at the southern end of Refik Saydam Caddesi, the extension of Tarlabaşı…
“Tunnel” Technically it may be the name given to the 573-metre-long funicular that runs uphill to İstiklal Caddesi from Karaköy but Tünel is also the…
In 2024 Turkey had twenty-six towns that had signed up with the Cittaslow movement whose symbol is a snail. They are: Ahlat Akyaka…
“Thursday Market” Strictly speaking the name of a short street linking busy Tersane Caddesi to Voyvoda (Bankalar) Caddesi, Perşembe Pazarı is also the…
“Gate of Torment” Considering all the fuss that was made about the Metro bridge across the Golden Horn, it’s extraordinary to think that…
“Kasım Paşa” Market: Sunday (Toprak Tabya Sokak, Küçük Piyale) Named after Kasım Paşa (? – 1543), one of Süleyman the Magnificent’s commanders who…
“Imperial Village” The main reason to come to the Golden Horn suburb of Hasköy is to visit the Rahmi M Koç Museum, Turkey’s…
“Cannon Gate” Not to be confused with Topkapı Sarayı, the Ottoman palace in Sultanahmet, Topkapı is the area around the “Cannon Gate” on…