Museum admission fees can add up quickly (and most attractions actually charge tourists in Euros rather than Turkish lira).

Visiting a mosque is not unlike visiting a cathedral, a synagogue, or any other place of worship. As long as you’re ...

It has made the city a hub of cultures, influenced by Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans. This history is seen in a ...

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the Blue Mosque has been quite the sight to behold, with an array of domes, semidomes and minarets (or narrow towers). It's also one of the biggest tourist draws in Istanbul. Visitors say this ...

I could not help but recall that encounter while taking in the exhibition, “Turkey Saved My Life – Baldwin in Istanbul, ...

Hikmet sources carpets and kilims – flatweave rugs – from small traders around Turkey ... at Istanbul’s Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum exhibits a majestic indigo blue and ruby red carpet ...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Until the completion of Istanbul's Blue Mosque in 1616 the Hagia Sophia was the main mosque in the city, and its architecture inspired builders of ...

the capital of Turkey. Straddling Europe and Asia, the city is famous for its diverse cultures and stunning buildings, including the incredible Blue Mosque. A lesser-known fact about Istanbul is ...

From my hotel balcony, I watch Istanbul’s ancient waterway come ... Beyond, the massive Hagia Sophia dome and the Blue Mosque’s six minarets pierce the morning sky, their silhouettes defining ...

Spread across two continents and between two seas, Istanbul is a city of empires past. The Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Galata Tower are just some of the many historic structures ...