Saksagan
Mihrimah Mosque
Mimar Sinan built this extremely beautiful mosque on the highest point of the city for Mihrimah Sultan, the daughter of Suleyman the Magnificent in...
The Topkapi Palace
The famous Ottoman historian Evliya Celebi describes the Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi) as “the loveliest sultanate palace that human skill could have created. One...
Best Port Coffee House
The biggest and the most prominent coffee house in Eyup is without a doubt the Bostan Port Coffee House. The significance of the coffee...
The Military Expedition to Nahcivan
On 28 August 1553, the Sultan started from Istanbul for a new military expedition to Iran. This was his twelfth mili-taiyexpedition. He was quite...
Small But Yummy
How do you eat finger-food with style and finesse?
Our expert offers some tips on how to eat classy snacks with dignity.
They`re the tiny snacks...
Tram in Istanbul
In his book entitled "A Tramway from Dersaadet to Istanbul," R. Sertag Kayserilioglu tells the story of public transport, beginning in 1871 with the...
Istanbul Palaces and Kasirs
Dolmabahce Palace
Sultan Abdulmecit moved his court from Topkapi Palace to Dolmabahce Palace in 1855.
The palace that was built in showy style called Sekerci Style,...
How the Bosphorus was frozen in 1954
Curious Eyes
The next day, it`s reported that the wind changed direction and the ices move rather to the shores of Sile and this fact...
