Kemeraltı Caddesi is the busy main road that runs parallel to the Bosphorus from Karaköy to Tophane where it mutates into Meclis-i Mebusan…
“Thursday Market” Strictly speaking the name of a short street linking busy Tersane Caddesi to Voyvoda (Bankalar) Caddesi, Perşembe Pazarı is also the…
It’s one of those great İstanbul landmarks that every visitor to the city sees without necessarily paying it the attention it deserves. The…
Old name: Karay Köy The waterside suburb of Karaköy almost feels like four separate places. There’s Karaköy Meydanı, the frantically busy square through…
Two years ago while doing the research for Istanbul The Ultimate Guide one of the parts of the city that most set my…