Almost every visitor to İstanbul gets to hear about the great Ottoman architect Sinan. Far fewer hear about the extraordinary Balyans, even though…
Çırağan is a little stretch of the Bosphorus coast road west of Beşiktaş that is best known for the super-posh Çırağan Palace Kempinski Hotel,…
Standing in a wonderful park above the Çırağan Palace Hotel, Yıldız Sarayı in Beşiktaş is the least known of İstanbul’s imperial palaces which…