The following museums in and around Istanbul are free of charge—not just on certain days of the week or for certain folks but ...

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Inside a stunning waterfront structure by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Istanbul Modern is the city's most important hub for contemporary art with its permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Experiencing baklava is almost a given when visiting Turkey. In Istanbul, particularly ... delicious journeys into the heart ...

Modern-day Turkey is accepted ... hotels to museums, art galleries, and even a humble Turkish teahouse: If you’re only going to have time to visit one palace while in Istanbul, make it the ...

Topkapi Palace served as the home of the Ottoman Sultans from 1478 to 1856 and is one of Istanbul's most popular ... porcelain, cutlery, art and fabric collections. Previous visitors loved ...

Turkish Carpets: The Art Knotted with Love ... history in the land that is now Turkey, and across the Middle East and central Asia. A new exhibition at Istanbul’s Turkish and Islamic Arts ...