Kemeraltı Caddesi is the busy main road that runs parallel to the Bosphorus from Karaköy to Tophane where it mutates into Meclis-i Mebusan…
Old names: Pharmakeus, Therapeia These days it’s a rare foreign visitor who makes it as far up the Bosphorus as Tarabya which is a…
In between Yeniköy and Tarabya the tiny Bosphorus suburb of Kalender is sometimes said to have been named after a lost lodge of…
“Haydar Pasha” Haydarpaşa is the area directly north of Kadıköy on the Asian side of İstanbul which used to be home to the…
Maçka is the wealthy suburb that rubs up against Nişantaşı and Teşvikiye. Unlike most of central İstanbul it’s fortunate in having acess to…
“With a Skewer (or a Swelling)”? Şişlı is a sprawling neighbourhood of central İstanbul north of Taksim Square with Halaskargazi Caddesi (Veteran Hero…
“Cradle Stone” Market: Saturday (Nüzhetiye Caddesi) Overlooked by most visitors to İstanbul, Beşiktaş (“Cradle Stone” in an allusion to a story that a piece…
Stadium for chariot races Other name: Atmeydanı (Turkish) Festival: Post-iftar stalls and celebrations during Ramazan Once the venue for hotly contested Byzantine chariot…
Born in Italy in 1857, architect Raimondo d’Aronco arrived in İstanbul in 1893 to work on designs for a planned İstanbul exhibition of…
“With a Pipe, or With a Twig” The main reason to visit the Asian Bosphorus suburb of Çubuklu is to see the splendid…