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Galata, Beyoğlu & Karaköy

Galata Tower, İstiklal, Cihangir, Çukurcuma and Karaköy.

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Yeraltı Camii: The Underground Mosque of Karaköy and the Story of the Golden Horn ChainGalata · 7 min read

Yeraltı Camii: The Underground Mosque of Karaköy and the Story of the Golden Horn Chain

Read moreGalata Tower: A Genoese Fortress, a Fire Watch, and the One Tower I Apparently Can Never Photograph EnoughGalata · 8 min read

Galata Tower: A Genoese Fortress, a Fire Watch, and the One Tower I Apparently Can Never Photograph Enough

Read moreİstiklal Avenue: Churches, Arcades, Embassies, and the Street Where Pera Reinvented ItselfBeyoğlu · 8 min read

İstiklal Avenue: Churches, Arcades, Embassies, and the Street Where Pera Reinvented Itself

Read moreTaksim Square: A Water Distributor, the Republic Monument, May Day, and Gezi — Why This Square Is So Politically ChargedBeyoğlu · 8 min read

Taksim Square: A Water Distributor, the Republic Monument, May Day, and Gezi — Why This Square Is So Politically Charged

Read moreGalataport: From a Sealed-Off Harbour to a Bosphorus Promenade — and Why the Cruise Terminal Sits UndergroundKaraköy/Tophane · 8 min read

Galataport: From a Sealed-Off Harbour to a Bosphorus Promenade — and Why the Cruise Terminal Sits Underground

Read moreAtatürk Museum Şişli: The Flat Where an Officer Became the Organiser of a National MovementŞişli · 8 min read

Atatürk Museum Şişli: The Flat Where an Officer Became the Organiser of a National Movement

Read moreThe Museum of Innocence: Orhan Pamuk's Novel as an Actual Museum — and Why a Fictional Love Story Gets Real Objects HereÇukurcuma · 8 min read

The Museum of Innocence: Orhan Pamuk's Novel as an Actual Museum — and Why a Fictional Love Story Gets Real Objects Here

Read moreThe Galata Mevlevi Lodge: Dervishes, Music, Poetry — and Why Sema Is Much More Than "Men Twirling in White Skirts"Beyoğlu · 8 min read

The Galata Mevlevi Lodge: Dervishes, Music, Poetry — and Why Sema Is Much More Than "Men Twirling in White Skirts"

Read moreThe Tünel: Opened in 1875, Only a Few Hundred Meters Long — and Still One of Old Pera's Most Important Transport IdeasBeyoğlu · 8 min read

The Tünel: Opened in 1875, Only a Few Hundred Meters Long — and Still One of Old Pera's Most Important Transport Ideas

Read moreSt. Anthony's on İstiklal: A Catholic Church in the Middle of Beyoğlu's Biggest CrowdBeyoğlu · 8 min read

St. Anthony's on İstiklal: A Catholic Church in the Middle of Beyoğlu's Biggest Crowd

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