A mosque is a mosque is a mosque, right? Wrong! You could perhaps be forgiven for thinking in this way while travelling around…
Open daily outside prayer times. Closed Friday mornings for cleaning. Dress code requires both men and women to be modestly attired Standing to…
All things Ottoman have rarely seemed more fashionable in Turkey. Whether it’s Ottoman motifs in fabrics, Ottoman houses finding new life as boutique…
Stadium for chariot races Other name: Atmeydanı (Turkish) Festival: Post-iftar stalls and celebrations during Ramazan Once the venue for hotly contested Byzantine chariot…
For visitors to İstanbul all paths lead to Sultanahmet, the ancient heart of the city where first the Byzantines and then the Ottomans…