There is nowhere in the world quite like Istanbul. Spread across two continents, Istanbul is a city of layers and contrasts. With historical sights like the Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace brushing up ...

Book a room at the luxurious Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, located on the shores of the Bosphorus. Shop the wares and have tea with a vendor along one of the centuries-old market streets. Visit ...

Shopping in Istanbul is an experience in and of itself—and narrowing down exactly what to buy and bring back home can be tricky. You could opt for the classic tourist trinkets or you could do a little ...

If you have traveled to Istanbul, what are your favorite memories of the city? Join the conversation below. FOR MOST AMERICAN visitors, Turkey’s biggest city is familiar and surprising at the same ...

Karagümrük isn’t a part of Istanbul that tourists visit, but it is a microcosm of Turkey’s cultural tensions.

In the grand old city of Istanbul, there is a lot that’s newly built and stridently flashy. In the last decade or so entire swaths of steep, winding streets have been dug up and replaced with ...

As much as we're digital-first around here, we love a good guidebook. By which we mean an actual, hold-in-your-hand, made-of-paper book. (We've even written a few ourselves. Our latest was an ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) - Laden with hundreds of light bulbs a breathless Kahraman Yildiz emerges at the top of one of the Suleymaniye mosque's minarets, ready to string up a Ramadan message and ...