“With Candles” Old names: Ekhia, Broktoi, Moltorino, Bosphorus Nikopolis Far up the Bosphorus on its Asian shore, Kandilli is an upmarket neighbourhood that…
Almost every visitor to İstanbul gets to hear about the great Ottoman architect Sinan. Far fewer hear about the extraordinary Balyans, even though…
Midway between Kandilli and Anadolu Hisarı stands Küçüksu Kasrı, a small palace – or rather hunting lodge – that was built by Sultan…
The Ottoman golden years are usually seen as stretching from 1453, when Sultan Mehmed II seized Constantinople from the Byzantines, to 1571, when…