November 2014

Some things may slip into our daily life with a conventional process, but there may be some deviations about how they are made. Here’s a recipe to mak...

What does Albanian Meatball Restaurant mean to you? If nothing, it probably will from now on! ...

Turkish coffee means peace of mind and joy. Most important of all, the conversation that accompanies it is so nicely shared. ...

There’s no harm in describing Göreme Pudding Shop, where everyone having grown up in Tatavla either has romantic ties or envies those with ties, as “t...

Before we put on school uniforms, we used to invent various methods to understand one another without talking. ...

Feriköy, Dolapdere, Balat and Sarıyer have the most passionate flea markets of Istanbul. ...

Each one in different color, each one has a different life, different stories… ...

Istanbul means watching Bosphorus, daydreaming at Maiden’s Tower, gazing upon the view from Galata for some, ferry trip pleasure, eating fried fish sa...

Don’t say that a mosque cannot get lost, it sometimes does… ...

The hidden paradise across the Historical Peninsula opened its doors to everyone. ...

As Cemal Süreya said: “Breakfast must have something to do with happiness!” ...

The first ferryboat of the world is also a Dardanelles hero! ...

Dersaadet, i.e. “gate of happiness”. ...

There’s a tree hidden in Müşküle village. This is the first and only sycamore in Turkey planted after a dead person, in his memory. ...

Naturally, it’s difficult to visit seven hills in one day. ...

First of the many bridges connecting old Istanbul and Karaköy was built in the 6th century. Until today’s bridge, five bridges were built and destroye...

There was a tradition in the Ottoman Empire: A big tray of baklava was given per 10 janissaries in the middle of Ramadan. ...

2 Emperors, 2 Empires,130 years ago, 1 Watchmaker....A matter of time between two cultures... ...

You can encounter shadow play in many different countries around the world. However, Karagöz, the most developed and world-famous of these, attained h...

They call him the master of masters, “Father Gramophone”. ...

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You can discover a new street, a new person, a new emotion, a new colour in İstanbul every day! ...

Maybe you have heard the term 'palate cracking' many times from Mehmet Yaşin, who tracks down taste. ...

Veliye Martı's block-printing adventure is a long road paved with passion, hard work and hope. ...

Everything changes but the taste... And in Istanbul, "Eminönü is the taste!" ...

Build a post office, you create an economy... Even in the streets! At least, that was the case back in 1890s... ...

Grand Bazaar... Always in your list of "mustsee places." How about 100 years ago?“There is nothing dull or commonplace about shopping or shopkeeping i...

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Çiçek Pasaji (Flower Passage) is still one of the favorite venues of Beyoğlu, as much today as it was at the beginning of the last century. This is a ...

There’s not only a subterranean mosque in Karaköy, but also churches on roofs. ...

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