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What to take home: edible souvenirs from Turkey

  • Posted on 15 February 2019
  • byThe Guide Team
After trying all the delicious food in Istanbul, you won’t want to leave without bringing some of it home. Here are some tips about what to buy for gifts and…
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Right in time for Valentine’s Day: best Turkish designer jewelry

  • Posted on 11 February 201911 February 2019
  • byThe Guide Team
Building on centuries of jewelry-making know-how, Turkish designers transform precious materials into works of art that are suitable for daily wear as well special events. Check out our favorite Istanbul…
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Five love stories from Turkish culture

  • Posted on 6 February 201913 February 2019
  • byThe Guide Team
Drawing on different cultures, Turkish literature has many great love stories that stem from legends, told and retold over centuries. These dramatic tales became something for people to hold onto…
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Beykoz Kundura: from factory to creative hub

  • Posted on 25 January 201931 January 2019
  • byYao Hsiao
The opening of Beykoz Kundura’s cinema not only offers cinephiles a unique selection of movies, it also brings the former leather and shoe factory a step closer to becoming a…
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Best bookstores in Istanbul

  • Posted on 21 January 201911 February 2019
  • byThe Guide Team
There are many places for bookworms to shelter and read in this bustling megacity. Around Galatasaray, Homer Kitabevi is an established gem appreciated by book lovers since 1995. Besides academic…
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Moda’s best kept secret: hidden mansions by Constantine Pappa

  • Posted on 28 December 201814 January 2019
  • byLorenza Mussini
The Kadıköy neighborhood of Moda is home to several underrated architectural treasures. Many were designed by one man: the versatile, talented, but little known architect Constantine Pappa. n Moda Caddesi,…
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Santa Claus the Turk? Alternative Turkish Christmas ideas

  • Posted on 24 December 201828 December 2018
  • byThe Guide Team
n a country where Christians make up less than 0.2 percent of the population, it is no surprise that most Turks do not celebrate Christmas. The secular alternative of New…
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Sustainable art in Burgazada: turning trash into treasure

  • Posted on 14 December 201814 February 2019
  • byLorenza Mussini
Koenraad Van Lier was appalled when he saw the environmental degradation at a beach on his new home of Burgazada: so he decided to make the trash into art. adam…
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The real story of Rumi and Sufism in modern Istanbul

  • Posted on 12 December 201824 December 2018
  • byJoshua Bruce Allen
It may be a surprise that Jalal ad-Din Rumi—the thirteenth century mystic known as Mevlana in Turkey, the Middle East, and Central Asia—is the best-selling poet in the United States.…
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A Torah, a Koran, and a Christmas tree: Mario Levi’s Istanbul

  • Posted on 30 November 20182 January 2019
  • byJoshua Bruce Allen
While Istanbul’s overall population has swelled from around one million in 1945 to 15 million today, various splits and calamities have caused much of the city’s Christian and Jewish populations…
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  • byCaner Kocamaz
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