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Üsküdar, Kadıköy & the Asian Side

Üsküdar, Kadıköy, Beykoz and the Princes' Islands – Istanbul on the Asian side.

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Beylerbeyi Palace: A Summer Residence, State Guests, and Where Abdülhamid II Spent His Last YearsÜsküdar · 8 min read

Beylerbeyi Palace: A Summer Residence, State Guests, and Where Abdülhamid II Spent His Last Years

Read moreKız Kulesi: The Maiden's Tower, a Quarantine Station, and the Famous Princess and the SnakeÜsküdar · 8 min read

Kız Kulesi: The Maiden's Tower, a Quarantine Station, and the Famous Princess and the Snake

Read moreMihrimah Sultan Mosque in Üsküdar: The Foundation of a Sultan's Daughter Who Wrote Her Own Name Into the SkylineÜsküdar · 8 min read

Mihrimah Sultan Mosque in Üsküdar: The Foundation of a Sultan's Daughter Who Wrote Her Own Name Into the Skyline

Read moreŞemsi Pasha Mosque: Sinan's Smallest Bosphorus Staging, and the Legend of the Bird That Never Lands on the RoofÜsküdar · 8 min read

Şemsi Pasha Mosque: Sinan's Smallest Bosphorus Staging, and the Legend of the Bird That Never Lands on the Roof

Read moreAtik Valide Sultan Külliyesi: Nurbanu Sultan, Mimar Sinan, and a Foundation That Was Far More Than a MosqueÜsküdar · 8 min read

Atik Valide Sultan Külliyesi: Nurbanu Sultan, Mimar Sinan, and a Foundation That Was Far More Than a Mosque

Read moreHaydarpaşa Station: German Railway Architecture, Anatolia's Trains, and a Building That Stands Like a Castle in the SeaÜsküdar · 8 min read

Haydarpaşa Station: German Railway Architecture, Anatolia's Trains, and a Building That Stands Like a Castle in the Sea

Read moreGreat Çamlıca Mosque: The Republic's Largest Mosque, and a Building That Deliberately Changes Istanbul's Modern SkylineÜsküdar · 8 min read

Great Çamlıca Mosque: The Republic's Largest Mosque, and a Building That Deliberately Changes Istanbul's Modern Skyline

Read moreÇamlıca Tower: 369 Metres of Technology, a View, and an Attempt to Tame Istanbul's Forest of AntennasÜsküdar · 8 min read

Çamlıca Tower: 369 Metres of Technology, a View, and an Attempt to Tame Istanbul's Forest of Antennas

Read moreFenerbahçe Stadium: Kadıköy, Şükrü Saracoğlu, and Why This Stadium Is Far More Than a Football Ground for Many FansKadıköy · 8 min read

Fenerbahçe Stadium: Kadıköy, Şükrü Saracoğlu, and Why This Stadium Is Far More Than a Football Ground for Many Fans

Read moreBüyükada and the Princes' Islands: Exiled Princes, Wooden Mansions, Beaches, and Why You Should Really Set Off Early for This TripAdalar · 8 min read

Büyükada and the Princes' Islands: Exiled Princes, Wooden Mansions, Beaches, and Why You Should Really Set Off Early for This Trip

Read moreAnadolu Hisarı: The Older Bosphorus Fortress — and Why Bayezid I Was Already Pressuring Constantinople Decades Before Mehmed IIBeykoz · 8 min read

Anadolu Hisarı: The Older Bosphorus Fortress — and Why Bayezid I Was Already Pressuring Constantinople Decades Before Mehmed II

Read moreKüçüksu Kasrı: A Small Bosphorus Palace That Looks Almost Bigger From Outside Than It Actually Is InsideBeykoz · 8 min read

Küçüksu Kasrı: A Small Bosphorus Palace That Looks Almost Bigger From Outside Than It Actually Is Inside

Read moreAnadolu Kavağı: Where the Bosphorus Almost Ends, the City Grows Quieter, and a Byzantine Fortress Watches Over the Black SeaBeykoz · 8 min read

Anadolu Kavağı: Where the Bosphorus Almost Ends, the City Grows Quieter, and a Byzantine Fortress Watches Over the Black Sea

Read moreÇamlıca Hill: The Viewpoint Ottoman Day-Trippers Already Loved — Long Before the Mosque and TV Tower Changed the SkylineÜsküdar · 8 min read

Çamlıca Hill: The Viewpoint Ottoman Day-Trippers Already Loved — Long Before the Mosque and TV Tower Changed the Skyline

Read moreThe Kadıköy Bull: Why a French Bull Became the Meeting Point of an Entire Asian-Side City CenterKadıköy · 8 min read

The Kadıköy Bull: Why a French Bull Became the Meeting Point of an Entire Asian-Side City Center

Read moreAya Efimia in Kadıköy: A Greek Orthodox Church in the Center of a City Whose Christian Communities Have Grown Much SmallerKadıköy · 8 min read

Aya Efimia in Kadıköy: A Greek Orthodox Church in the Center of a City Whose Christian Communities Have Grown Much Smaller

Read moreTellalzade Sokak: Antiques, Records, and Why Kadıköy's Past Suddenly Sits in Shop Windows Along a Single StreetKadıköy · 8 min read

Tellalzade Sokak: Antiques, Records, and Why Kadıköy's Past Suddenly Sits in Shop Windows Along a Single Street

Read moreThe Süreyya Opera House: Built as an Opera House in 1927, Almost Never Used as One for Eighty Years — Then Finally Returned to Its Original PurposeKadıköy · 8 min read

The Süreyya Opera House: Built as an Opera House in 1927, Almost Never Used as One for Eighty Years — Then Finally Returned to Its Original Purpose

Read moreSurp Levon: Armenian Catholic Life in Kadıköy, and Why Istanbul's Christian History Isn't Only Greek OrthodoxKadıköy · 8 min read

Surp Levon: Armenian Catholic Life in Kadıköy, and Why Istanbul's Christian History Isn't Only Greek Orthodox

Read moreBarış Manço in Moda: The House of a Musician Almost Everyone in Turkey Knows by His First NameKadıköy · 8 min read

Barış Manço in Moda: The House of a Musician Almost Everyone in Turkey Knows by His First Name

Read moreModa Pier: From an Early-Republic Ferry Landing to Kadıköy's Favorite Sunset SpotKadıköy · 8 min read

Moda Pier: From an Early-Republic Ferry Landing to Kadıköy's Favorite Sunset Spot

Read moreYeldeğirmeni: From Windmill Quarter to Kadıköy's Street Art StrongholdKadıköy · 7 min read

Yeldeğirmeni: From Windmill Quarter to Kadıköy's Street Art Stronghold

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