Only slight remains of the once important Byzantine Damatrys Palace survive in Sancaktepe in the Asian part of the city. Believed to date…
Described by Newcastle University researchers as “the most monumental linear fortification dating from antiquity in continental Europe, comparable only with Hadrian’s Wall in…
In 2014 the radically designed Sancaklar Cami designed by Emre Arolat opened in Beylikdüzü on the western outskirts of the city. Set into…
“Little Waterside Mansion” Market: Thursday Küçükyalı is a quiet residential suburb on Bağdat Caddesi between Bostancı and Maltepe. It’s Thursday market is lively…
Erenköy is a smart residential neighbourhood on the Asian side of İstanbul between Göztepe and Suadiye. Much of its architecture is relentlessly modern…
“Start of the vineyards” Bağlarbaşı is a suburb due east of Üsküdar that rarely sees a foreign visitor despite having a couple of…
Osmanbey is one of those vague places you pass through on your way along Halaskargazi Caddesi or when using the Metro from Taksim.…
“Gardner/Imperial Guard” Old name: Poleatikon At first glance, Bostancı, on the Asian side of İstanbul between Caddebostan and Küçükyalı, does not look as…
Squeezed in between Aynalıçeşme and Kasımpaşa, just below busy Tarlabaşı Bulvari, Çatmamescid is a small area with a mix of rundown wooden buildings…
“Suad’s place” Suadiye is a rather chi-chi residential neighbourhood on the Asian side of İstanbul between Caddebostan and Bostancı. Most people will either…