About Istanbul City

Istanbul, the unique and charming city, admired by all who visits her has been starting point of many historical events and the cradle of civilizations. This is a mega city, with a population exceeding 15 million, one of the international business centres and more importantly, it is an ancient city, blends history with modernity.

Istanbul is one of the world’s fascinating cities with its historical peninsula, Bosphorus Strait, various types of architecture from both Ottoman and Byzantine era. Charmingly situated both the European and Asian sides. The only city around the world located on two continents and divided by the fascinating Bosphorus Strait.

Without a shadow of a doubt, Beyoglu is the most popular place to visit for both locals and foreigners. The main street is İstiklâl Caddesi, is a district located on Taksim Square, a pedestrianised 1 mile long street of various types of food restaurants and shops, cafes, bars, clubs, art galleries, antique shops, cinemas and theatres.

Beyoglu unites a mixture of cultures, religions and ethnicities while retaining the ruins and traces of past empires in its colourful street.
 

Istanbul’s oldest Neighborhoods “ÇUKURCUMA”

ÇUKURCUMA

One of Istanbul’s oldest neighborhoods,Çukurcuma, as its name, ’’çukur’’, indicates, nestles in a hollow between two steep slopes. If you check a map, you’ll spot it where İstiklal Street intersects the districts of Taksim and Cihangir.

NAMED BY MEHMED THE CONQUEROR

Appealing to everyone interested in old things with its antique shops and art galleries, Çukurcuma takes its name from an incident that occurred in the time of Mehmed the Conqueror. Coming to the area to pray on the eye of the conquest, he declared, ’’Let us perform a Friday (Cuma) prayer in this hollow,’’ since there was no mosque or masjid here at the time. His words were subsequently corrupted to ‘’Çukurcuma’’, and the appellation stuck.

NEIGHBORHOOD MUSEUM

Yet another of the deservedly famous buildings in this quarter, where you can buy everything old from vintage clothes to antique toys, is the Museum of Innocence, opened in 2012 by writer Orhan Pamuk. This museum, which garnered the European Museum Forum’s ‘’2014 European Musaum of the Year’’ award, is an İstanbul museum that chronicles in a display of artifacts of everday life a love that began in the 1950’s and lasted into the 2000’s.

LA BOHEME

Synonymous with concepts like ‘’original’’ and ‘’authentic’’, this quarter was the haunt of Armenian and Rumelian rag-and-bone men until 25-30 years ago. When Turks began opening shops as well, it took on a certain cachet and was quickly transformed into a gentrified antiques district. Close to a hundred shops have made it a virtual trademark today. Shops selling old doors, old shoes and bags, ceramic knickknacks, silverand copper and semi-precious gemstone jewelry occupy its second-class historical monument buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries, and streetsof row houses give it a quintessential Bohemian feel. You’ll think you’re in Paris here, where you can take a break in a typical cafe and finally finish that book  you’ve been carrying around in your bag.

Best Honeymoon Hotel in Istanbul

A historical texture is re-established with a contemporary touch.
Designed by the best architect of his period Mimar Kemaleddin, the building is one of the finest examples of the Neo-classical Ottoman style.
The building was built in 1911 and from its rooftop terrace, views of Sultanahmet, Süleymaniye and Beyazıt Mosques, Hagia Sophia, Galata Tower and Princess Islands can be enjoyed.

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