The Maiden’s Tower (Kız Kulesi) is a structure built on a small islet located off the coast of Salacak, in the Bosphorus close to the Marmara Sea in Istanbul. After the naval victory at Cyzicus, in 408 BC, the Athenian general Alcibiadis built a special station…

Dolmabahçe Palace (Dolmabahçe Sarayı) is an Ottoman palace located in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, between Dolmabahçe Street extending from Kabataş to Beşiktaş and the Bosphorus, on an area of 250,000 m². It is located on the left bank at the sea entrance to the Bosphorus…

Dolmabahçe Clock Tower is the clock tower located between Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan Mosque and Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. It was built between 1890 and 1895 by Abdulhamid II in neo-baroque and Empire style. The tower, which is 27 meters high and has 4…

The Dolmabahçe Mosque (Dolmabahçe Camiiis) a baroque waterside mosque in Kabataş in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, close to the Dolmabahçe Palace and Dolmabahçe Clock Tower. It was commissioned by Queen Mother Bezmialem Valide Sultan and designed…

Public transportation in Istanbul consists of various services such as suburban train, metro, tram, nostalgic tram, funicular, cable car, bus network, metrobus, ferry and sea bus, serving a population of more than 15 million that encompass an area of 5712…

Istanbul Airport (Turkish: İstanbul Havalimanı, IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM) is the larger of two international airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city. All scheduled commercial passenger flights…

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (IATA: SAW, ICAO: LTFJ) is the second airport of Istanbul, built within the borders of Pendik district. The airport was named after Sabiha Gökçen, the world’s first female fighter pilot and Turkey’s first female…

Until the middle of the 20th century the cityscape of İstanbul was dominated by wooden houses, which then vanished in a dramatic process. The German Archaeological Institute in İstanbul (DAI) has researched the wooden buildings of İstanbul in many investigations…

Galata Tower (Galata Kulesi), or the Galata Tower Museum as it was known after it was used as a museum, is a tower located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul (Turkey). It takes its name from the Galata district where it is located. Built as a watchtower…

Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Complex is a work of Mimar Sinan, located on the Martyr Mehmet Pasha slope in Kadırga, Istanbul, and consists of a mosque and a social complex. It is considered one of Sinan’s most beautiful works. It was built in 1571 on behalf of Sokollu…

İstiklal Caddesi is a popular street located between Tünel Square and Taksim Square in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul. The street, which has maintained its title as the most popular street in Turkey sincethe late 19th Century, is 1.4 km long. It is considered…

Taksim Mosque (Taksim Camii) is a mosque located in Taksim Square in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, designed by architects ŞefikBirkiye and Selim Dalaman. The construction of the mosque started on February 9, 2017. It was opened for worship on Friday,…

Taksim Square (Taksim Meydanı) is a square located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul and is one of the most famous points of the city of Istanbul. It is one of the biggest tourist attraction centers of Istanbul with its surrounding restaurants, shops, hotels…

Pera Museum (PeraMüzesi) is a private museum located in the Tepebaşı district of Istanbul. It was founded in 2005 by the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation to provide qualified and large-scale culture and arts services. It operates in a building that was designed…

The New Mosque (Yeni Mosque or Valide Sultan Mosque) was built in Istanbul in 1597 by Sultan III. Its foundations were laid by the order of Murad’s wife, Safiye Sultan, and was built in 1665. It is a mosque that was completed and opened for worship with the…

Galata Bridge (Galata Köprüsü) is the bridge built on the Golden Horn in Istanbul, connecting Karaköy and Eminönü. The first bridge connecting the Golden Horn, known as the “Galata Bridge”, was built in 1845. This bridge was renovated in 1863, 1875 and 1912.In…

The Bosphorus Bridge (Boğaziçi Köprüsü), known officially as the July 15 Martyrs Bridge (15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü) and colloquially as the First Bridge (Birinci Köprü), is the southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Boğaziçi)…

Gülhane Park (Gülhane Parkı) is a historical park located in the Eminönü of Fatih district of Istanbul. Gülhane Park was the outer garden of Topkapı Palace during the Ottoman Empire and contained a grove and rose gardens. The Tanzimat Edict, the first concrete…

The Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı, lit. ’Cannon Gate Palace’), or the Seraglio, is a large museum complex and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. Nearly 4,000 people once lived in it. Topkapı Palace was built by Mehmed the Conqueror…

Hagia Sophia (meaning: “Holy Wisdom”), formerly known as the Church of Holy Wisdom and Hagia Sophia Museum or today officially known as Hagia Sophia-i Kebîr Câmi-i Şerîfi (Holy Great Hagia Sophia Mosque) is a mosque and former basilica, cathedral and museum…