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MUSEUM OF COUCH LITERATURE (DIVAN EDEBIYATI MÜZESI, GALATA MEVLEVIHANESI).
Museums
Old. in. In Turkey, a dervish, a word originating in Persian, designates ...Read more
2024
BEYKOZ PARK (BEYKOZ KORUSU)
Parks and gardens
It is a 27.9 ha park that has been set up as a walk, leisure and picnic, ...Read more
2024
SADULLAH PASA YALISI
Mansion to visit
This is one of the most beautiful yalı (villa) in Turkey with an ...Read more
2024
AYA TRIADA (HOLY TRINITY)
Religious buildings
At the beginning of Istiklal Caddesi, from Takism Square, the bell towers ...Read more
2024
STREET SOĞUK ÇEŞME (ÇEŞME ÇEŞME SOKAK)
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Once in a sorry state, the traditional Ottoman houses were completely ...Read more
2024
KALENDERHANE MOSQUE (KALENDERHANE CAMII)
Religious buildings
The building was originally an old thermal establishment, on the ruins of ...Read more
2024
PASSAGE OF LABOUR (EMEK PASAJI)
Contemporary architecture
Dating back to 1870, at the beginning of the century, it welcomed the East ...Read more
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CAMONDO PALACE (KAMONDO SARAYI, KUZEY DENIZ SAHA KOMUTANLIGI)
Monuments to visit
Fleeing the Inquisition, the Camondo family found refuge in Venice and then ...Read more
2024
FITAS PASSAGE (FITAS PASAJI)
Contemporary architecture
Later than its peers, this passage dates back to 1960 and not from the ...Read more
2024
FRESCO PASSAGE (FRESKO PASAJI)
Contemporary architecture
Built at the end of the th century, it is more known as the Small-Champs ...Read more
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BUREAU DE TOURISME DE BEYAZIT
Tourist office
Easy to locate, it is on the square, in front of the university (roof ...Read more
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TOPHANE FOUNTAIN (TOPHANE ÇEŞMESI)
Monuments to visit
Founded in 1732 by the main imperial architect Mehmet Ağa for Sultan ...Read more
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PASSAGE MARQUIZ (MARQUIZ PASAJI)
Contemporary architecture
Built in 1840, it hosted the city's first art gallery and the famous Café ...Read more
2024
KIREÇBURNU AND KEFELIKÖY
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The districts of Kireçburnu and Kefeliköy are known for their coastal ...Read more
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RUMELI PASAJI
Mansion to visit
Its facade is a beautiful composition of several styles, but the ...Read more
2024
MOSQUE OF THE MOTHER SULTAN (VALID SULTAN CAMII)
Religious buildings
Abdülaziz had it built in 1871 by the Italian architect Montini, for his ...Read more
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GUN FOUNDRY (TOPHANE-I AMIRE)
Public buildings to visit
The canon is associated in Ottoman history with Sultan Mehmed II, the ...Read more
2024
ELGİZ MÜZESİ
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
It is the first Turkish contemporary art museum, founded in 2001 by the ...Read more
2024
MADAME TUSSAUDS ISTANBUL
Museums
Like Madame Tussauds' museum in London or the Grévin museum in Paris, this ...Read more
2024
ARA GULER MUSEUM
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
Photography lovers, this museum is for you! Ara Güler (1928-2018), ...Read more
2024
CITERNE SEREFIYE (ŞEREFİYE SARNICI)
Ancient monuments
This is a cistern that dates back over 1,600 years. Indeed, it was built ...Read more
2024
RELIGIOUS COMPLEX OF SULTAN SELIM (SULTAN SELIM KÜLLIYESI)
Religious buildings
Composed of a mosque, a hospice, a popular dining hall, a basic school, a ...Read more
2024
BUREAU DE TOURISME DE KARAKÖY
Tourist office
In the terminal of Turkish shipping lines.Read more
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MOSQUE NUSRETIYE CAMII (NUSRETIYE CAMII MOSQUE)
Religious buildings
Its construction is entrusted by Mahmud II to the architect Kirkor Balyan, ...Read more
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AVENUE DE BAGDAD (BAĞDAT CADDESI)
Street square and neighborhood to visit
This avenue is the equivalent of the Champs-Elysées in a Istanbul version. ...Read more
2024
KIOSK OF AYNALI KAVAK (AYNALIKAVAK KASRI)
Mansion to visit
This building, known today as the pavilion of Aynalı Kavak (Palais des ...Read more
2024
PLACE AKSARAY (AKSARAY MEYDANI)
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The Aksaray square occupies the location of one of the most important ...Read more
2024
SADBERK HANIM MUSEUM (SADBERK HANIM MÜZESI)
Museums
Sadberk Hanım is the first private museum created by the Koç family. The ...Read more
2024
PANORAMA 1453 (PANORAMA MUZE)
Museums
The last-born of Istanbul museums, in the cultural park of the Topkapı ...Read more
2024
MAUSOLEUM OF ABDÜLHAMID IER (SULTAN I. ABDÜLHAMIT TÜRBESI)
Monuments to visit
The mausoleum was part of a religious complex (külliye) whose construction ...Read more
2024
MOSQUE OF THE HOLY MAHMUD HÜDAYI EFENDI (AZIZ MAHMUD HÜDAYI EFENDI CAMII VE TEKKESI)
Religious buildings
The mosque is part of a set that was built in 1594 at the request of the ...Read more
2024
ÇINILI MOSQUE (ÇINILI CAMII)
Religious buildings
Composed of a mosque, a medersa, an elementary school, a public fountain, a ...Read more
2024
NEVE SHALOM SYNAGOGUE
Synagogue to visit
Neve Shalom, an oasis of peace opened in 1951 in the heart of Istanbul, is ...Read more
2024
TÜNEL PASAJI
Works of art to see
Known rather like the Tünel Geçidi, it connects Tünel Square to General ...Read more
2024
AYAZMA MOSQUE (AYAZMA CAMII)
Religious buildings
Commissioned in 1760 to the architect Mehmed Tahir Ağa at the time of ...Read more
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NEW MOSQUE OF THE MOTHER SULTANA (YENI CAMII)
Religious buildings
The word Valid refers to the Mother Sultana. Because there are several ...Read more
2024
BEYAZIT TOWER (BEYAZIT KULESI)
Towers to visit
The building that dominates the square is located within the central ...Read more
2024
CHURCH OF SAINT ETIENNE DES BULGARES (AYA STEFANOS BULGAR KILISESI)
Religious buildings
The neo-Gothic and green grey style was built, as explained by the plaque ...Read more
2024
MAUSOLEUM OF THE SULTAN HATICE TURHAN (VALID SULTAN TÜRBESI HATICE TURHAN)
Memorial to visit
It depended, in reality, on the Yeni Camii mosque. The redevelopment work ...Read more
2024
AHMET III FOUNTAIN (AHMET III ÇEŞMES)
Fountains to see
It is a monumental fountain with four facades covered with a wooden roof, ...Read more
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ROXELANE STEAM ROOM
Local history and culture
The destiny of Roxelane, first slave then wife of Sultan Soliman the ...Read more
2024
MEDERSA KÜÇÜK HÜSEYIN AGA (KÜÇÜK AYASOFYA MEDRESESI)
Mosque to visit
Outside the beaten paths, this intimate place is quiet and houses a ...Read more