Walking around Turkish towns you may occasionally see men with a mother rabbit and several babies sitting on a box beside little slips…
As all over the world, traditional handicrafts are dying an ever faster death in Turkey as the life-style they were part of gives…
Time has not been kind to Kağıthane, a messy suburb at the inland end of the Golden Horn that was once a famous…
“Mecid’s place” (presumably Abdülmecid’s) Poor old Mecidiyeköy has an unenviable location at the north-easterly end of Şişli’s Halaskargazi Caddesi where it meets up…
4.Levent is not an area most non-business visitors to İstanbul would normally think of visiting. However, on the quiet it is home to…
“Linden trees” On a sunny day in spring it’s well wort heading inland from the waterfront at Beşiktaş along Ortabahçe Caddesi to find…
“Eagle” Old names: Kartalimen, Kartalimin On the Asian shore of the Sea of Marmara, the İstanbul suburb of Kartal sits between Maltepe and…
Caddebostan is a middle-class residential suburb on the Asian side of İstanbul beween…
Closed Tuesdays. Open 9am to 6pm. Admission to Palace including Harem and Aya Eirene: TL650 (TL500 without Harem), Turks TL140 (TL110 without Harem).…
With its odd name that seems to mean “Cutting the Bosphorus”, Boğazkesen is the steep and busy road that runs down from beside…
