Istanbullu Dictionary of Istanbul

istanbullu
Dictionary of stanbulians
Ali Akpnar
dem
publishing
Published by Dem Publishing & Training Services stanbul, Trkiye
Dem Publications / 8 Istanbul Books / 1 4. Edition, April 2013
stanbullu, Dictionary of Istanbulians By Ali Akpnar
Copyright 2013 Ali Akpnar
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ISBN: 978-605-89268-7-5
Dem Yaynclk ve Eitim Hizmetleri, Istanbul, Trkiye www.demturkishcenter.com aliakpinar@hotmail.com www.istanbulcentric.com
Introduction Thank you very much for downloading stanbullu, A Dictionary of stanbulians. I wanted to write a single book about stanbul that functions as a useful Turkish-English dictionary, as an stanbul encyclopedia, and stanbul guide book. stanbullu is intended to be useful for tourists and for people who are residing in stanbul. Once in the city, a non-native visitor will be confronted with words like vapur, ezan, Adalar, Kuru Kahveci Mehmet Efendi, simit, tepe, dolmu, tavukgs, bay, bayan, akbil, kahvalt, abi, abla, naralt, balk ekmek, aure, bozuk para, paanga, 50lik, yakamoz, Adalar, ocakba, ky and more. The reader of this book will learn what those words mean. I hope the same reader will take away more from the book than Turkish vocabulary and that he or she will want to read it while drinking tea or coffee by the Bosphorus. Of course, it is not possible to write about all aspects of a city in one book. This is especially true for stanbul, a city with about 15 million inhabitants and a city that is one of the oldest in the world. However, I tried to show as much of the surface of the city as possible and I hope that this book will make readers want to learn more about the city and the people living there than any book could ever teach them. Ali Akpnar
Acknowledgements Many thanks to Sanda Vladescu, Steven Hanson and Mark Schwindt for their help and support. I am also grateful to the contributers below for permission to reproduce copyright materials on the cover: Linda Caldwell people at the ferry station zal Ik mosque & cat & nn Stadium & ferry Istvn Tth old houses & the Bosphorus Bridge Kristina Kellermann backgammon board Sevgi Durmaz candies Abdullah Eyles akbil Tavane Symington Mimar Sinan statue & street car in Taksim H. Volkan Cengiz judas tree & tulip Aisling Mckenna simit David Fernndez Zumalacrregui Efes Pilsen Els Alphenaar dolma, stuffed pepper Steven Hanson dooms, A2d (http://www.flickr.com/photos/a2d/) a cup of tea
Turkish Alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh I i Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Yy Zz // /b/ /d/ /t/ /d/ /e/ /f/ /g/ // /h/ // /i/ // /k/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /o/ // /p/ // /s/ // /t/ /u/ /y/ /v/ /j/ /z/ As u in funny As b in bat As j in job, jacket As chiin cheap As d in dog As e in red As f in far As g in gap, garlic No English equivalent As h in hot As e in open As i in hit As s in measure As k in kangaroo As l in let As m in man As n in nay As a shortened o in no As e in her As p in put As the r in rapid As s in sand As sh in shoes As t in top As oo in boot As in few, ber in German As v in valve As y in you As z in zip
Notes is not pronounced. It lengthens preceding vowel slightly. There is not Q, X, W in Turkish. X is written as KS, and W is pronounced as V.
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Contents
A ............................................................................................................. 27 ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... 27 ACCOMMODATION ................................................................................................. 27 Historical Hotels in stanbul ........................................................................... 28 AIRLINES HAVA YOLLARI ......................................................................................... 29 Turkish Airlines & Services .............................................................................. 29 Foreign Airlines ................................................................................................... 29 AKDE CANDY AKIDE EKERI ................................................................................. 31 ANCHOVY HAMSI ....................................................................................................... 31 HAMSI DOLMASI ............................................................................................................ 32 Hamsi Tava............................................................................................................ 32 AQUEDUCTS IN ISTANBUL .................................................................................. 32 ARA GLER PHOTOGRAPHER .................................................................................. 33 Ara Caf .................................................................................................................. 33 ARASTA BAZAAR SULTANAHMET ......................................................................... 33 The Shops at the Arasta Bazaar.................................................................... 34 ART GALLERIES SANAT GALERISI ......................................................................... 35 Art Galleries on the European Side .............................................................. 35 Art Galleries on the Asian Side ....................................................................... 37 ASIAN SIDE ANADOLU YAKASI ................................................................................ 38 Anatolia .................................................................................................................. 38 Things To Do on the Asian Side ..................................................................... 38 Asian Side vs. European Side .......................................................................... 39 AURE NOAHS PUDDING........................................................................................... 41 B ............................................................................................................. 43 BABA.............................................................................................................................. 43 Baba Musicians .................................................................................................... 43 Baba Restaurants ............................................................................................... 43 BACKGAMMON TAVLA ............................................................................................ 43 BALYAN ROYAL ARCHITECTS ................................................................................... 44 BARS & PUBS .............................................................................................................. 45 BAYLAN PATTIESSERIE ............................................................................................. 46 BAYRAM ....................................................................................................................... 46 BEACHES ..................................................................................................................... 46 BEER BIRA .................................................................................................................... 47 Beer Glasses ........................................................................................................... 47 Biraver..................................................................................................................... 47 Efes Pilsen .............................................................................................................. 47 BEGGARS DILENCI ..................................................................................................... 47
Common Types of Begging .............................................................................. 47 BEKTA GUIDE ........................................................................................................48 Akaretler ................................................................................................................. 49 Arnavutky ............................................................................................................ 49 Bebek ........................................................................................................................ 50 Beikta ars / Shopping Street................................................................ 50 nn Stad............................................................................................................. 50 Kaymak Pando .................................................................................................. 50 Kurueme.............................................................................................................. 50 Ortaky.................................................................................................................... 51 BEKTA JK, SPORTS CLUB .....................................................................................51 Alen Markaryan ................................................................................................... 51 ar (Grubu), Fan Group ................................................................................. 51 Sleyman Seba ..................................................................................................... 52 BEVERAGES ECEKLER ...........................................................................................52 Ayran ........................................................................................................................ 52 Boza .......................................................................................................................... 52 ay............................................................................................................................. 52 Ihlamur.................................................................................................................... 52 Neskafe .................................................................................................................... 52 Maden Suyu ........................................................................................................... 52 Neskafe .................................................................................................................... 52 Salep ......................................................................................................................... 52 algam ..................................................................................................................... 53 Turkish Coffee ....................................................................................................... 53 BEYKOZ GUIDE ............................................................................................................53 Anadoluhisar ....................................................................................................... 53 Anadolukava ..................................................................................................... 54 Yoros Fortress ....................................................................................................... 54 em-i Blbl ........................................................................................................ 54 Kanlca..................................................................................................................... 54 Kanlca Yoghurt ................................................................................................... 54 Paabahe .............................................................................................................. 54 Polonezky ............................................................................................................. 54 BEYOLU GUIDE .........................................................................................................55 Beyolu Fish Market .......................................................................................... 55 iek Pasaj, Cit de Pra ................................................................................. 55 Cihangir .................................................................................................................. 55 French Street, Fransz Soka, Beyolu ...................................................... 56 Galata Tower ........................................................................................................ 56 stiklal Street ......................................................................................................... 56 Kabata ................................................................................................................... 56
Karaky................................................................................................................... 57 Nevizade ................................................................................................................. 57 Pera .......................................................................................................................... 57 Pera Palace Hotel................................................................................................ 58 Tophane .................................................................................................................. 58 BOSPHORUS BOAZ.................................................................................................. 59 Bosphorus Facts & Figures .............................................................................. 59 Bosphorus Myth ................................................................................................... 59 Major Maritime Accidents on the Bosphorus ........................................... 59 BOSPHORUS BRIDGE BOAZ KPRS .............................................................. 61 BOSPHORUS TOURS ............................................................................................... 62 Short Circle Bosphorus Cruise (Ksa Boaz Turu) ................................. 62 Long Circle Bosphorus Cruise (Uzun Boaz Turu) ................................ 62 Full Bosphorus Cruise by night (Mehtap Turu)....................................... 62 BREK FLAKY PASTRY ............................................................................................... 62 i Brek ................................................................................................................ 63 Gzleme................................................................................................................... 63 Kol Brei .............................................................................................................. 63 Krt Brei ............................................................................................................ 63 Paanga .................................................................................................................. 63 Sigara Brei ........................................................................................................ 63 Su Brei ................................................................................................................ 63 BREAKFAST KAHVALTI ............................................................................................ 63 Beyaz Peynir ......................................................................................................... 64 Kaar Peyniri ........................................................................................................ 64 Zeytin ....................................................................................................................... 64 Balkaymak ............................................................................................................. 64 Yumurta .................................................................................................................. 64 Menemen ................................................................................................................ 64 Brek ........................................................................................................................ 64 orba........................................................................................................................ 64 Simit & Poaa & Tost....................................................................................... 64 BLENT ERSOY BIOGRAPHY................................................................................... 65 BYZANTIUM BIZANS ................................................................................................. 65 C ............................................................................................................. 67 CHICKEN MEALS TAVUK......................................................................................... 67 CHURCH KILISE .......................................................................................................... 67 Greek Orthodox Churches ................................................................................ 68 Armenian Churches ............................................................................................ 68 Catholic Churches ............................................................................................... 68 Anglikan Churches .............................................................................................. 69
Protestant Churches ........................................................................................... 69 Other Churches ..................................................................................................... 69 KFTE RAW MEATBALLS ...................................................................................69 INARALTI CAFS & RESTAURANTS ......................................................................69 CONCERT HALLS ......................................................................................................70 Live Music Venues ............................................................................................... 70 Open-Air Theatre, Harbiye .............................................................................. 70 CONSTANTINE I, CONSTANTINE THE GREAT ......................................................71 CONSTANTINOPLE KONSTANTINIYYE .................................................................71 CONSULATES KONSOLOSLUKLAR ...........................................................................72 D ............................................................................................................ 75 DOLMA STUFFED MEALS ...........................................................................................75 Biber Dolmas ....................................................................................................... 75 Kabak Dolmas ..................................................................................................... 75 Lahana Dolmas ................................................................................................... 75 Yaprak Dolmasi/Sarma .................................................................................... 75 Midye Dolmas ...................................................................................................... 75 HAMSI DOLMASI ............................................................................................................76 Uskumru Dolmas ................................................................................................ 76 Mumbar................................................................................................................... 76 Cier Sarmas........................................................................................................ 76 Kokore ................................................................................................................... 76 Kadayf Dolmas ................................................................................................... 76 E ............................................................................................................. 77 EARTHQUAKE DEPREM ...........................................................................................77 EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE DOU ROMA MPARATORLUU ..........................77 Timeline of the Eastern Roman Empire ..................................................... 77 EBRU PAPER MARBLING ............................................................................................79 EGYPTIAN MARKET MISIR ARISI .....................................................................79 Aktar, Herbalist.................................................................................................... 80 Most Common Spices ......................................................................................... 80 Lokman Hekim ..................................................................................................... 80 EMERGENCY TELEPHONES ACIL TELEFONLAR ..............................................80 EVLYA ELEB BIOGRAPHY....................................................................................80 F ............................................................................................................. 83 FASTFOOD ...................................................................................................................83 Ama......................................................................................................................... 83 Ayvalk Tostu......................................................................................................... 83 Balk Ekmek ........................................................................................................... 83
Bfe........................................................................................................................... 83 Dner ....................................................................................................................... 83 Drm ..................................................................................................................... 83 Gzleme................................................................................................................... 83 Islak Hamburger / Taksim Hamburgeri.................................................... 83 Karper ..................................................................................................................... 84 Kokore ................................................................................................................... 84 Kol Brei .............................................................................................................. 84 Kumpir .................................................................................................................... 84 Krt Brei ............................................................................................................ 84 Lahmacun .............................................................................................................. 84 Midye Dolma ......................................................................................................... 84 Patso ........................................................................................................................ 84 Pide ........................................................................................................................... 84 Poaa ..................................................................................................................... 84 Simit ......................................................................................................................... 85 Sosisli ....................................................................................................................... 85 Su Brei ................................................................................................................ 85 Tost ........................................................................................................................... 85 FASTFOOD RESTAURANTS ................................................................................. 85 Kzlkayalar ........................................................................................................... 85 Kristal Bfe ............................................................................................................ 85 Mercan .................................................................................................................... 85 Simit Saray ........................................................................................................... 85 FATH SULTAN MEHMET BIOGRAPHY ............................................................... 85 FENERBAHE SK SPORTS CLUB ............................................................................ 86 FESTIVALS .................................................................................................................. 87 FISH BALIK.................................................................................................................... 87 Common Types of Fish ...................................................................................... 88 Which month, which fish? ................................................................................ 88 Most Popular Fish Restaurants ..................................................................... 89 Fish Restaurants .................................................................................................. 89 FISHING IN ISTANBUL ........................................................................................... 90 FLOWERS IEK......................................................................................................... 90 Erguvan .................................................................................................................. 91 Lale, Tulip .............................................................................................................. 91 FOOD DICTIONARY ................................................................................................. 91 Appetizers .............................................................................................................. 91 Breakfast ................................................................................................................ 91 Fruits ........................................................................................................................ 91 Meat ......................................................................................................................... 92 Offal Foods ............................................................................................................. 92
Rice............................................................................................................................ 92 Salads ....................................................................................................................... 92 Spices........................................................................................................................ 92 Stuffed Meals ......................................................................................................... 92 Types of Cooking .................................................................................................. 92 Vegetables .............................................................................................................. 93 Miscellanous .......................................................................................................... 94 FOREIGN CULTURAL CENTERS IN ISTANBUL ............................................94 FOREIGN RESTAURANTS .....................................................................................95 Chinese Restaurants ........................................................................................... 95 Italian Restaurants ............................................................................................. 95 Indian Restaurants ............................................................................................. 95 Japanese Restaurants ........................................................................................ 95 Mexican Restaurants ......................................................................................... 95 Russian Restaurants........................................................................................... 95 FORTUNE TELLING FAL .........................................................................................96 How to fortune tell .............................................................................................. 96 Meaning of the Shapes in the Coffee Ground ............................................ 96 FOUNTAINS EME ...................................................................................................98 Ayazma .................................................................................................................... 98 Sebil .......................................................................................................................... 98 Selsebil ..................................................................................................................... 98 eme ....................................................................................................................... 98 G........................................................................................................... 101 GALATA BRIDGE GALATA KPRS .................................................................. 101 Galata Bridge Restaurant Guide ................................................................ 101 GALATASARAY SK SPORTS CLUB ....................................................................... 102 GALATASARAY ISLET GALATASARAY ADASI .................................................. 102 GECEKONDU............................................................................................................ 102 GOLDEN HORN HALI........................................................................................... 102 Bahariye Islets ................................................................................................... 103 GRAND BAZAAR KAPALIARI ............................................................................ 103 Grand Bazaar Facts & Figures .................................................................... 103 Gramafon Baba ................................................................................................. 103 GYPSY ......................................................................................................................... 104 H .......................................................................................................... 105 HACI BEKR FATHER OF TURKISH DELIGHT ...................................................... 105 HALK EKMEK .......................................................................................................... 105 HAMAM TURKISH BATH ......................................................................................... 105 Parts of Hamam ................................................................................................ 106
HEZARFEN AHMET ELEB BIOGRAPHY ....................................................... 106 Lagari Hasan elebi .........................................................................................106 HIDRELLEZ SPRING FESTIVAL ............................................................................. 107 HOSPITALS HASTANE ............................................................................................ 107 Hospitals on the European Side ..................................................................107 Hospitals on the Asian Side ...........................................................................110 I ........................................................................................................... 113 ICE CREAM DONDURMA ........................................................................................ 113 IM LISTENING TO ISTANBUL, WITH MY EYES CLOSED STANBULU DINLIYORUM, GZLERIM KAPALI, POEM ................................................................. 113 STANBUL................................................................................................................. 114 What is stanbul? ..............................................................................................114 Names of stanbul .............................................................................................114 STANBUL IN NUMBERS .................................................................................... 115 Buildings ...............................................................................................................115 Climate ..................................................................................................................115 Culture ...................................................................................................................115 Demography in General .................................................................................115 Districts in stanbul ..........................................................................................115 Economy ...............................................................................................................115 Education .............................................................................................................115 Geography ............................................................................................................115 Health ....................................................................................................................116 Population Growth Rate.................................................................................116 Sports .....................................................................................................................116 Tourism .................................................................................................................116 Traffic ....................................................................................................................116 Utilities ..................................................................................................................116 STANBUL MARATHON AVRASYA MARATONU.............................................. 116 STANBUL VIEW .................................................................................................... 116 Istanbul View from the Asian Side..............................................................116 Istanbul View from the European Side .....................................................117 J ........................................................................................................... 119 JAZZ ............................................................................................................................. 119 K .......................................................................................................... 121 KADIKY GUIDE ...................................................................................................... 121 Badat Street......................................................................................................121 Aya Triada Orthodox Church .......................................................................121 Bahariye Street ..................................................................................................121
Bar Street / Kadife Sokak ............................................................................. 121 Boa, The Bull Statue ..................................................................................... 122 Bomonti................................................................................................................ 122 British Cemetery ............................................................................................... 122 Haydarpaa ........................................................................................................ 122 Kadky Fish Market ....................................................................................... 122 Myth, Country of the Blind ............................................................................ 123 Sreyya Opera House ...................................................................................... 123 KAHVE DNYASI COFFEE WORLD ..................................................................... 124 Kahve Dnyas on the European Side....................................................... 124 Kahve Dnyas on the Asian Side ............................................................... 124 KEBAB ........................................................................................................................ 125 Adana & Urfa Kebap ....................................................................................... 125 Drm ................................................................................................................... 125 skender Kebap.................................................................................................. 125 Kanat ..................................................................................................................... 125 Ocakba............................................................................................................... 125 Popular Kebap Restaurants ......................................................................... 126 KFTE MEATBALLS ................................................................................................. 126 KY VILLAGE.............................................................................................................. 126 KURUKAHVEC MEHMET EFEND ................................................................. 127 L ........................................................................................................... 129 LAHMACUN.............................................................................................................. 129 LIGHTHOUSES ........................................................................................................ 129 Lighthouses on the Europen Side ............................................................... 129 Lighthouses on the Asian Side ..................................................................... 129 LODOS ........................................................................................................................ 129 LOKANTA .................................................................................................................. 130 M .......................................................................................................... 131 MARINA ..................................................................................................................... 131 MARKETS PAZAR..................................................................................................... 131 Street Markets in stanbul ............................................................................ 131 Ecological Markets in stanbul ................................................................... 131 MARMARA ................................................................................................................ 132 Marmara Beer ................................................................................................... 132 Marmara Island ................................................................................................ 132 Marmara Newspaper...................................................................................... 132 Marmara Region .............................................................................................. 132 Marmara Sea ..................................................................................................... 132 Marmara University ........................................................................................ 132
MEYHANE TAVERN................................................................................................. 132 MEZE APPETIZER ..................................................................................................... 133 Arnavut Cieri ....................................................................................................133 Badem....................................................................................................................133 Beyaz Peynir .......................................................................................................133 Beyin Salatas .....................................................................................................133 Cack .......................................................................................................................133 ilingir Sofras....................................................................................................134 iroz .......................................................................................................................134 oban Salatas....................................................................................................134 Dolma ....................................................................................................................134 Ezme .......................................................................................................................134 Hamsi .....................................................................................................................134 Haydari .................................................................................................................134 Karides Gve .....................................................................................................134 Lakerda .................................................................................................................134 Mcver ...................................................................................................................134 Paanga ................................................................................................................134 Pilaki ......................................................................................................................134 Piyaz .......................................................................................................................134 Rus Salatas .........................................................................................................135 akuka .................................................................................................................135 Sigara Brei ......................................................................................................135 Turu ......................................................................................................................135 MMAR SNAN Biography ..............................................................................135 MONEY....................................................................................................................... 136 Alman Usl ........................................................................................................136 Bahi .....................................................................................................................136 Bozuk Para ..........................................................................................................136 Dviz ......................................................................................................................136 Hesap .....................................................................................................................136 Nakit ......................................................................................................................136 Para ........................................................................................................................136 Pazarlk .................................................................................................................136 MONUMENTS.......................................................................................................... 136 Abide-i Hirriyet Ant, ili .............................................................................136 Barbaros Monument, Beikta.....................................................................136 emberlita Column, Beyazt .......................................................................137 Column of Arcadius, Fatih .............................................................................137 Column of Goths, Gotlar Stunu, Sultanahmet ......................................137 Taksim Monument ............................................................................................137 MOSQUE 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Parts of a Mosque ............................................................................................. 138 Abdest ................................................................................................................... 138 Allah ...................................................................................................................... 138 Cuma ..................................................................................................................... 138 Ezan ....................................................................................................................... 138 Namaz................................................................................................................... 139 First Mosques in Istanbul .............................................................................. 139 MOVIE THEATRES SINEMA ................................................................................. 139 Movie Theatres on the European Side ..................................................... 140 Movie Theatres on the Asian Side .............................................................. 140 MUSSEL MIDYE ........................................................................................................ 140 Midye Dolma ...................................................................................................... 140 Midye Tava.......................................................................................................... 140 Tarator ................................................................................................................. 140 MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATRK BIOGRAPHY ..................................................... 141 MUSEUMS MZE ..................................................................................................... 143 Museums on the European Side .................................................................. 143 Museums on the Asian Side .......................................................................... 144 N .......................................................................................................... 145 NAMES ....................................................................................................................... 145 Unisex Names in Turkish ............................................................................... 145 Turkish Versions of Foreign Names .......................................................... 145 NARGLE.................................................................................................................... 145 Parts of Nargile ................................................................................................. 145 NATIONAL DAYS MILLI GNLER ........................................................................ 146 Republic Day ...................................................................................................... 146 Childrens Day .................................................................................................... 146 Youth Day ............................................................................................................ 146 Victory Day ......................................................................................................... 146 CHP: First Political Party in Turkey .......................................................... 146 Turkish National Anthem ............................................................................. 147 NEWSPAPERS GAZETE.......................................................................................... 147 Popular Turkish Newspapers ...................................................................... 147 Newspapers in Other Languages ............................................................... 148 Turkish Newspapers in English .................................................................. 148 NIGHT CLUBS .......................................................................................................... 148 NUSRET OLPAN BIOGRAPHY............................................................................. 149 O .......................................................................................................... 151 ORIGINS OF NAMES OF TOWNS, NEIGHBOURHOODS ........................................... 151 ORHAN VEL BIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................... 152
OTTOMAN EMPIRE OSMANLI MPARATORLUU ............................................ 153 Timeline of the Ottoman Empire ................................................................153 Ottoman Sultans ................................................................................................157 P .......................................................................................................... 159 PALACES SARAY ...................................................................................................... 159 Palaces from Byzantine Period....................................................................159 Palaces from Ottoman Period ......................................................................159 PARKS ........................................................................................................................ 160 Fenerbahe Park ..............................................................................................160 Yldz Park ..........................................................................................................160 PATISSERIE PASTANE............................................................................................ 160 PICNIC AREAS......................................................................................................... 161 PLACES TO SEE IN ISTANBUL.......................................................................... 161 POPULAR FOOD & MEALS ................................................................................. 161 Brek ......................................................................................................................161 Cier .......................................................................................................................161 orba......................................................................................................................161 Dolma ....................................................................................................................161 Dner .....................................................................................................................161 Fastfood ................................................................................................................161 mam Bayld ......................................................................................................161 Gve ......................................................................................................................161 Kavurma ...............................................................................................................162 Kebap .....................................................................................................................162 Kfte .......................................................................................................................162 Kuru Fasulye .......................................................................................................162 Kuzu .......................................................................................................................162 Mant ......................................................................................................................162 Pilav ........................................................................................................................162 Sakatat ..................................................................................................................162 Trl ......................................................................................................................163 Yahni ......................................................................................................................163 POPULAR RESTAURANTS ................................................................................. 163 POPULAR FOOD & RESTAURANTS................................................................ 163 Yemeksepeti.com ...............................................................................................163 Breakfast & Fastfood .......................................................................................164 Fish & Seafood ....................................................................................................164 Meals ......................................................................................................................164 Meat Meals & Kebab ........................................................................................165 Meze & Appetizers ............................................................................................165 Soups ......................................................................................................................166
Sweets & Desserts ............................................................................................. 166 PRINCES ISLANDS ADALAR................................................................................ 166 Island Ferry, Ada Vapuru .............................................................................. 167 What to do on the Islands ............................................................................. 167 Burgazada........................................................................................................... 168 Bykada............................................................................................................. 168 Aya Yorgi ............................................................................................................. 169 Aya Yorgi Kr Lokantas................................................................................. 169 Heybeliada .......................................................................................................... 169 Knalada ............................................................................................................. 169 Vordonisi, Lost in Istanbul ............................................................................ 169 R .......................................................................................................... 171 RAKI LIONS MILK .................................................................................................... 171 What experts say .............................................................................................. 171 ilingir Sofras, Rak Table ........................................................................... 171 How not to drink rak ..................................................................................... 171 Maydanoz, Parsley ........................................................................................... 171 Meze....................................................................................................................... 171 Rak Bottles......................................................................................................... 171 Rak Dictionary ................................................................................................. 172 RELIGIOUS DAYS .............................................................................................. 172 Ramadan / Ramazan...................................................................................... 172 eker / Ramazan Bayram ........................................................................... 172 Ramadan Dictionary ....................................................................................... 172 The Sacrifice Feast / Kurban Bayram .................................................... 173 Kandil / Islamic Nights .................................................................................. 173 Mevlid Kandili .................................................................................................... 173 Regaip Kandili ................................................................................................... 173 Mira Kandili ..................................................................................................... 173 Berat Kandili ...................................................................................................... 173 Kadir Gecesi ........................................................................................................ 173 Muharrem Gecesi.............................................................................................. 173 RICE PILAV ................................................................................................................. 173 RUM ............................................................................................................................. 174 Apokries ............................................................................................................... 174 Ayios Stefanos .................................................................................................... 174 Ta Fota ................................................................................................................. 174 Tessarakosti ....................................................................................................... 174 Zoodohu Piis .................................................................................................... 174 S ........................................................................................................... 175
SAHAF OLD BOOKSHOPS......................................................................................... 175 Sahaflar ars ..................................................................................................175 SAINTS OF ISTANBUL ......................................................................................... 176 SAT FAK ABASIYANIK BIOGRAPHY ............................................................... 176 Sait Faik Museum, Burgazada .....................................................................176 SANTA CLAUS NOEL BABA ................................................................................... 176 SARIYER GUIDE ....................................................................................................... 177 Belgrad Forest ....................................................................................................177 Emirgan ................................................................................................................177 Breakfast in Emirgan ......................................................................................178 stinye ....................................................................................................................178 Kilyos......................................................................................................................178 Telli Baba .............................................................................................................178 Rumelihisar ........................................................................................................178 Rumelikava ......................................................................................................179 Tarabya ................................................................................................................179 SEAFOOD & FISH DICTIONARY....................................................................... 179 SEVEN HILLS YEDI TEPE....................................................................................... 180 SEVEN WONDERS OF ISTANBUL ................................................................... 180 Hagia Sophia Museum ....................................................................................180 Blue Mosque ........................................................................................................180 Grand Bazaar .....................................................................................................181 Topkap Palace ..................................................................................................181 Sleymaniye Mosque .......................................................................................181 Chora Museum ...................................................................................................181 The Archaelogical Museum ...........................................................................181 SHOPPING MALLS ALIVERI MERKEZI ........................................................... 181 Shopping Categories ........................................................................................181 Turkish: Shopping For Clothes.....................................................................181 Shopping Malls on the Asian Side ...............................................................182 Shopping Malls on the European side .......................................................182 LE GUIDE................................................................................................................. 182 Ava........................................................................................................................182 Riva .........................................................................................................................183 SOUPS ORBA ........................................................................................................... 183 Ezo Gelin orbas ..............................................................................................183 Cack .......................................................................................................................183 Domates orbas ...............................................................................................183 kembe orbas ................................................................................................183 Kelle Paa orbas ............................................................................................184 Mantar orbas ..................................................................................................184 Mercimek orbas .............................................................................................184
Paa orbas....................................................................................................... 184 Sebze orbas ..................................................................................................... 184 Tarhana orbas ............................................................................................... 184 Yayla orbas ..................................................................................................... 184 Yuvalama............................................................................................................. 184 SPECIAL OCCASIONS & DAYS ........................................................................... 184 Christmas............................................................................................................. 184 Gaant .................................................................................................................. 185 Labour Day ......................................................................................................... 185 Mothers & Fathers Day ................................................................................ 185 New Years Day ................................................................................................. 185 November 10th, Rememberance Day ....................................................... 185 Teachers Day..................................................................................................... 185 Valentines Day .................................................................................................. 185 STARBUCKS ............................................................................................................. 185 Starbucks on the Asian Side ......................................................................... 185 Starbucks on the Asian Side ......................................................................... 187 SULTANAHMET GUIDE ......................................................................................... 188 Ahrkap, Fatih................................................................................................... 188 Beyazt Meydan ............................................................................................... 188 City Walls ............................................................................................................. 189 Coppersmiths Bazaar, Beyazt ................................................................... 189 Galata Bedesteni / Fatih ars, Fatih .................................................... 189 Kumkap ............................................................................................................... 189 Soukeme Soka ......................................................................................... 190 Sultan Ahmet Kftecisi ................................................................................... 190 Sahaflar ars ................................................................................................. 190 Sirkeci ................................................................................................................... 190 Sirkeci Gar ......................................................................................................... 190 SURVIVAL TURKISH ............................................................................................. 190 Bilmek ................................................................................................................... 190 Demek ................................................................................................................... 190 stemek ................................................................................................................. 191 Ka ......................................................................................................................... 191 Nasl ....................................................................................................................... 191 Nasl gidiyor? ..................................................................................................... 191 Naslsn? ............................................................................................................... 191 Ne............................................................................................................................ 191 Nere ....................................................................................................................... 191 Transportation .................................................................................................. 191 Var .......................................................................................................................... 191 Yardm .................................................................................................................. 191
Yok ..........................................................................................................................191 SWIMMING POOLS HAVUZ ................................................................................. 191 SYNAGOUES SINAGOG ........................................................................................... 192 T .......................................................................................................... 193 TEA AY...................................................................................................................... 193 Ada ay ................................................................................................................193 ay Bahesi..........................................................................................................193 Dem ........................................................................................................................193 Ihlamur .................................................................................................................193 nce Belli ...............................................................................................................193 Kuburnu ..............................................................................................................193 Tea Dictionary....................................................................................................193 TEKEL LIQUOR & TOBACCO SHOP ........................................................................ 193 TESPH BEADS .......................................................................................................... 193 THEATRES TIYATRO .............................................................................................. 194 Afife Jale, The First Muslim Acctress..........................................................194 Theatres on the European Side ...................................................................194 Theatres on the Asian Side ............................................................................194 THEME PARKS........................................................................................................ 195 THINGS TO DO IN ISTANBUL ........................................................................... 195 TIMELINE OF STANBUL ................................................................................... 196 TOPKAPI PALACE TOPKAPI SARAYI .................................................................. 198 TRANSPORTATION ULAIM ............................................................................... 198 Akbil .......................................................................................................................198 Araba Vapuru .....................................................................................................198 ift Katl (Otobs) .............................................................................................198 Deniz Otobs ....................................................................................................198 Dolmu ..................................................................................................................199 Durak .....................................................................................................................199 Halk Otobs ......................................................................................................199 DO ..........................................................................................................................199 ETT ........................................................................................................................199 skele ......................................................................................................................199 Marmaray ............................................................................................................200 Metrobs ..............................................................................................................200 Minibs..................................................................................................................200 Motor .....................................................................................................................200 Otogar ...................................................................................................................200 Taksi .......................................................................................................................200 Taksiyle.com .......................................................................................................200 Teleferik ................................................................................................................200
Tklm tklm ....................................................................................................... 200 Traffic Facts & Figures ................................................................................... 200 Tramvay ............................................................................................................... 201 Tnel...................................................................................................................... 201 TUESDAY MARKET SALI PAZARI ....................................................................... 201 TURKISH: CITY ....................................................................................................... 202 TURKISH COFFEE TRK KAHVESI...................................................................... 202 Characteristics of Turkish Coffee ............................................................... 202 How to make Turkish Coffee ........................................................................ 203 Best Cafs for Turkish Coffee ....................................................................... 203 Fal, Fortune Telling ......................................................................................... 204 Kraathane .......................................................................................................... 204 Turkish Cofffee Dictionary ............................................................................ 204 TURKISH: DAYS ...................................................................................................... 204 TURKISH DESSERTS TATLI ................................................................................ 205 Most Common Turkish Desserts ................................................................. 205 Ali Baba, Ice Cream Shop .............................................................................. 205 Aure...................................................................................................................... 206 Badem Ezmesi ................................................................................................... 206 Baklava ................................................................................................................ 206 Glla .................................................................................................................... 206 Helva ..................................................................................................................... 206 Kadayf ................................................................................................................. 206 Kazandibi ............................................................................................................ 206 Knefe ................................................................................................................... 206 Lokma ................................................................................................................... 206 Lokum ................................................................................................................... 206 Muhallebi ............................................................................................................. 207 Profiterol ............................................................................................................. 207 Su Muhallebisi ................................................................................................... 207 Stla .................................................................................................................... 207 Stl Nuriye ........................................................................................................ 207 Tavukggs ........................................................................................................ 207 Zambo, Beyoglu ikolatas ........................................................................... 207 Zerde...................................................................................................................... 207 TURKISH: DRINKERS DICTIONARY ............................................................. 207 TURKISH: EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS ........................................................... 208 TURKISH: FORMS OF ADDRESSING PEOPLE ............................................ 210 TURKISH MUSIC..................................................................................................... 210 Anadolu Rock ..................................................................................................... 210 Arabesk................................................................................................................. 211 Balama ............................................................................................................... 211
Darbuka ................................................................................................................211 Fasl ........................................................................................................................211 Folk Music ............................................................................................................212 Halay ......................................................................................................................212 Mehteran ..............................................................................................................212 Turkish Classical Music...................................................................................212 TURKISH: NUMBERS ........................................................................................... 212 TURKISH TRAVEL OFFICES ABROAD .......................................................... 212 U .......................................................................................................... 215 UNIVERSITIES NIVERSITE ................................................................................. 215 Public Universities in stanbul .....................................................................215 Private Universities in stanbul ...................................................................215 SKDAR GUIDE ..................................................................................................... 215 Beylerbeyi ............................................................................................................216 engelky .............................................................................................................216 Harem ....................................................................................................................216 Kandilli ..................................................................................................................217 Kandilli Observatory ........................................................................................217 Kuzguncuk ...........................................................................................................217 Maidens Tower..................................................................................................217 Salacak ..................................................................................................................217 Selimiye .................................................................................................................218 Selimiye Klas...................................................................................................218 Vaniky .................................................................................................................218 V .......................................................................................................... 219 VAPUR FERRY ........................................................................................................... 219 VETS VETERINER ...................................................................................................... 219 Vets on the European Side .............................................................................219 Vets on the Asian Side .....................................................................................220 VILLAINS OF ISTANBUL ..................................................................................... 221 Sln Osman, The Man Who Sold stanbul .............................................221 Nuri Alo, Actor .................................................................................................221 Tecavzc Cokun, Actor ...............................................................................221 Maganda ..............................................................................................................222 Z .......................................................................................................... 223 ZOO .............................................................................................................................. 223
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ABBREVIATIONS AA Anadolu Ajans, Anatolian news agency aa.com.tr AKM Atatrk Kltr Merkezi, Atatrk Cultural Center located in Taksim Avenue AKP Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi, Justice and Development Party akparti.org.tr APS Acele Posta Sevisi, priority mail service, EMS ptt.gov.tr APT. Apartman, building A.. Anonim irketi, joint-stock company AVM Alveri Merkezi, Shopping Mall BJK Beikta Jimnastik Kulb, Beikta Sports Club bjk.com.tr CAD. Cadde, street, main street CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Republican Peoples Party chp.org.tr FB Fenerbahe Spor Kulb, Fenerbahe Sports club fenerbahce.org FSM Fatih Sultan Mehmet Kprs, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, the second bridge over the Bosphorus built in 1987 GATA Glhane Askeri Tp Akademisi, Glhane Military Acamedic of Medicine GS Galatasaray Spor Kulb, Galatasaray Sports Club galatasaray.org HAVA Hava Alanlar ve Yer Hizmetleri Genel Mdrl, Turkish Airlines Airport and Ground Service Management, airport shuttle service DO stanbul Deniz Otobsleri A.. stanbul Sea Bus Company ido.com.tr ETT stanbul Elektrik Tramvay ve Tnel irketi, the stanbul Electric Power, Funicular and Streetcar Board founded in 1869 iett.com.tr MKB stanbul Menkul Kymetler Borsas, Istanbul Stock Market imkb.gov.tr SK stanbul Su ve Kanalizasyon daresi, Istanbul water and systems department SMEK stanbul Sanat ve Meslek Eitim Kurslar, stanbul art and profession courses run by the stanbul Metropolitan Municipality ismek.ibb.gov.tr BB stanbul Bykehir Belediyesi, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality ibb.gov.tr TO stanbul Ticaret Odas, stanbul Chamber of Commerce ito.org.tr KDV Katma Deer Vergisi, Value Added Tax LTD. Limitet irket, limited-liability company MAH. Mahalle, neighbourhood, area, quarter, ward eg. Gazi Mahallesi, Sanayi Mahallesi MEB Milli Eitim Bakanl, The Ministry of National Education M.. Milattan nce, B.C. before Christ M.S. Milattan Sonra, A.D. Anno Domini, after Christ P.K. Posta Kutusu, Post Box PTT Post, telegraph and telephone office ptt.gov.tr SOK. Sokak, street, back street SSK Sosyal Sigortalar Kurumu, social security department STK Sivil Toplum Kuruluu, NGO, Non Governmental Organization T.C. Trkiye Cumhuriyeti, the Republic of Turkey T.C.D.D. Trkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollar, Turkish State Railways tcdd.gov.tr THY Trk Hava Yollar, Turkish Airlines turkishairlines.com TL Trk Liras, Turkish Lira TRT Trkiye Radyo Televizyon Kurumu, Turkish Radio Television Corporation trt.net.tr TSK Trk Silahl Kuvvetleri, Turkish Armed Forces tsk.tr YM Yetkili deme Merkezi, Authorized payment center where you can pay for bills (telephone, water, electricity etc) beside the official departments ACCOMMODATION The two main areas for tourists to stay in stanbul are Sultan Ahmet, the Old City, and Taksim, the New City. Before giving details about
these two main touristic areas, let me explain why I distinguished between old & new city. Sultan Ahmet, as we called today, had always been the center of the empire both during the Roman and Ottoman periods until the bureaucracy and economy were moved to the other side of the Golden Horn in the 19th century, where foreign banks, consulates, restaurants, cafes opened and therefore this part of the city became more cosmopolit and international in terms of life style. It is still possible today to see this difference between the two areas. Staying in Sultan Ahmet is a great experience if you wish to take in the history of Istanbul, one of the most important historical cities in the world and feel the history wandering around surrounded by palaces, mosques, churches and the Grand Bazaar. Taksim, on the other hand, is a great place if you wish to enjoy busy and cultural side of the city with movie theatres, bookshops, restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs, which is alive late at night. Whichever you choose, the distance between two areas is quite short to take a nice walk through the Galata Bridge to enjoy the historical and modern face of the city. Staying on the Asian side, in Kadikoy or Uskudar, is another option if you think the European side is too busy for you. You can still commute easily to the European side from the Asian side by ferries and boats from Kadikoy and Uskudar. Staying in Uskudar, a very central part of the city could be good for spending much time along the Bosphorus in addition to the European side, which only takes 10-15 minutes to travel by ferry and boats. Kadky is also good location to travel around in the city, to the European side, Bagdat Street and even the Princess Islands by seabus. The ferries, boats dolmu (shuttle) run late at night (shuttles from Taksim to the Asian side until the morning). Some people especially prefer to stay on the Asian side because the Asian side is not as touristic as the European side and this could be a good chance to practice Turkish if you are learning Turkish or improve your Turkish while walking around on the streets, at the markets etc. Historical Hotels in stanbul Have you ever wanted to stay in a palace during your travels? Istanbul offers visitors expensively and reasonaly priced historical hotels, some of which are palaces, mansions, old buildings built with different reasons in the past but used as a hotel today. Below is the list of historical hotels with a pleasant atmosphere during your stay in Istanbul. Pera Palas Tepeba amlk Sok. No:52 Beyolu perapalace.com raan Palace Kempinski raan Cad. No:32 Beikta kempinski.com Four Season Hotel raan Cad. No:28 Beikta fourseasons.com/bosphorus/ Les Ottomans Muallim Naci Cad. No:18 Kurueme Beikta lesottomans.com Hotel Au Pera Merutiyet Cad. No:7 Tnel Beyolu hotelaupera-istanbul.com
Galata Antique Hotel Merutiyet Cad. No:116 Tnel Beyolu galataantiquehotel.com Splendid Palas 23 Nisan Cad. No:53 Bykada splendidhotel.net ADALAR See PRINCES ISLANDS AVA See LE AHIRKAPI See SULTANAHMET AIRLINES Hava Yollar Turkish Airlines & Services
AnadoluJet anadolujet.com Atatrk Airport ataturkairport.com AtlasJet atlasjet.com Borajet borajet.com.tr Hava Hava Alanlar ve Yer Hizmetleri Genel Mdrl, Turkish Airlines Airport and Ground Service Management; airport shuttle service havatas.com Hezarfen Airport hezarfen.com.tr zair izair.com.tr KTHY Cyprus Turkish Airlines kthy.net MNG (Cargo) mngairlines.com OnurAir onurair.com.tr Orex (Cargo) orexaircargo.com Pegasus flypgs.com Sabiha Gken Airport sabihagokcen.aero Saga sagaairlines.com SancakAir sancakair.com.tr Saymur Helicopter saymur.com.tr SkyAir skyairlines.net SunExpress sunexpress.com THY Trk Hava Yollar, Turkish Airlines turkishairlines.com Taksiyle.com Online Taxi Service taksiyle.com TopAir topair.com.tr
Foreign Airlines
Adria Airways Ordu Cad No:206/1 Laleli Tel: 0212 512 42 32 Fax:0212 512 42 34 adria-airways.com Aeroflot Antalya International Airport Blok A No:241 Antalya Tel: 0242 330 31 06 Fax: 0242 330 34 77 Cumhuriyet Cad. No:26 B Elmada stanbul Tel: 0212 296 67 25 Fax:0212 296 67 37 aeroflot.com Air France Emirhan Cad. No:145 A Blok Atakule Kat:14 Dikilita Beikta Tel:0212 310 19 19 Fax:0212 236 92 75 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 465 54 91 Fax :0212 465 54 98 airfrance.com.tr Air China Halaskargazi Cad. Yenipalas Apt. No:129 K:3 Harbiye Tel:0212 232 7111 Fax:0212 296 70 19 Alitalia Eytam Cad. Ak Hava Apt. 16/9 Nianta Tel:0212 315 19 90 Fax:0212 315 19 80 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 465 35 74 Fax:0212 465 35 78 Call Center Tel:0216 459 99 29 Fax:0216 459 39 39 alitalia.com Atlasjet Airlines Call Center: 0216 ) 444 33 87 atlasjet.com Austrian Airlines Cinnah Cad. No:102/5 ankaya Ankara Tel:0312 442 31 00 Fax:0312 442 66 26 nn Cad. Gmsu Palas Apt. No:26/7 Gmsuyu Taksim Tel:0212 293 69 95 Fax:0312 293 65 33 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel :0212 465 56 44 Fax:0212 465 56 41 aua.com/tr/tur Azerbaijan Airlines Atatrk Cad. Kavakldere 138/A Ankara Tel:0312 427 26 77 Fax:0312 427 26 76 Cumhuriyet Cad. 163 Merkez Apt Kat:4 Elmada ili Tel:0212 296 37 33 Fax:0212 296 87 87 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 465 30 00 Fax:0212 465 45 16 azal.az/en Bon Air Orman Sok. 10 TR Florya Tel:0212 663 18 29 Fax:0212 574 01 47 bonair.com.tr British Airways Ankara Tel:0312 467 55 57 Bykdere Cad. No:209 Tekfen Tower Kat:17 4.Levent Tel:0212 317 66 00 Cumhuriyet Bulvar Bulvar Han No:109 Kat: 2 Alsancak zmir Tel:0232 441 38 29 britishairways.com Continental Airlines Panorama Havaclk Cumhuriyet Cad. Erk Apt. No:14/7 Elmada Tel:0212 296 41 20 Fax:0212 296 41 58 continental.com Corendon Badat Cad. Yaprak Apt. No:346 Erenky Tel:0216 467 81 26 Fax:0216 467 80 64
Antalya Tel:0242 323 72 86 Fax: 0242 324 42 03 corendon.com.tr Delta Airlines Adana CTO 9 Turhan Cemal Beriker Bulvar Adana Ticaret Merkezi Kat:7 No: 40 Adana Tel:0322 363 42 97 Fax:0322 363 17 08 Ankara CTO Atatrk Bulvar No:223/13 Kavakldere Ankara Tel:0312 468 78 05 Fax:0312 467 19 76 Tevikiye Cad. kbal Merkezi Kat:1 Tevikiye stanbul Tel:0212 465 81 45 delta.com Egypt Air Halaskargazi Cad. No:202 Osmanbey ili Tel:0212 231 11 26 Fax:0212 224 93 12 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 663 33 01 egyptair.com El-Al Airlines Halaskargazi Cad. Demir Baytekin Merkezi No:283/5 ili Tel:0212 219 79 97 Fax:0212 219 79 46 elal.co.il/ELAL/English Emirates Airlines ili Plaza 19 Mays Cad. No:5/7 A Blok Kat 8 ili Tel:0212 315 45 45 Fax:0212 315 45 50 emirates.com/tr/ Finnair Ismo Tours, Cumhuriyet Cad. No:309 Harbiye Tel:0212 296 88 12 Fax:0212 296 88 52 finnair.com Freebird Airlines Yeilky Cad. No:9 A Blok D:3-4 Florya Tel:0212 663 77 77 Fax:0212 663 23 53 freebirdairlines.com Germanwings Tel:0212 354 66 66 germanwings.com Gulf Air Tevikiye Cad. kbal Merkezi No:17 Kat:2 D:9 Tevikiye Tel:0212 236 04 88 Fax:0212 236 04 10 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 663 08 25 gulfair.com Iberia Tel:0212 468 80 18 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 663 08 26 iberia.com Iranair Ankara Esenboa Havaliman Tel:0312 398 21 94 ST.No.17 Vali Kona Harbiye stanbul Tel:0212 225 02 58 Fax:0212 225 22 00 iranair.com JAL Airlines Summer Travel & Tourism Kavakldere Cad. No:23/5 Silimeydan Ankara Tel:0312 466 56 40 Summer Travel & Tourism Cumhuriyet Cad. No:107/2 narck Apt. Elmada stanbul Tel:0212 233 08 40 jal.com Jordanian Airlines Cumhuriyet Cad. No:361 K:1 Harbiye Tel:0212 230 40 74 Fax:0212 234 54 10 Katar Airlines Ceylan Inter-Continental Hotel Asker Oca Cad. No:1 Taksim Tel:0212 296 61 91 Fax:0212 296 61 80 qatarairways.com KTHY Cyprus Turkish Airlines Selanik Cad. No:17/1 Kzlay Ankara Tel:0312 418 04 25 Fax:0312 418 78 17 Ankara Esenboa Havaliman Office Tel:0312 398 03 13 Fax:0312 398 09 29 Antalya Havaliman Office Tel:0242 330 34 73 Fax:0242 330 34 75 Bykdere Cad. No:56/B Mecidiyekystanbul Tel:0212 274 69 32 Fax:0212 274 59 81 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 465 35 97 Fax:0212 465 35 99 ht. Nevres Bulvar No:13/A Alsancak zmir Tel:0232 464 90 95 Fax:0232 422 21 46 zmir Adnan Menderes Havaliman Office Tel:0232 274 20 53 Fax:0232 274 22 02 kthy.net KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Emirhan Cad. No:145 Atakule A Blok Beikta Tel:0212 310 19 00 Fax:0212 236 91 63 turkey.klm.com Lot Airlines Cumhuriyet Cad. No:16 Kahan, Kat: 4 Elmada stanbul Tel:0212 315 34 60 Fax:0212 266 57 03 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 663 07 54 lot.com Lufthansa Cinnah Cad. No:102/5 ankaya Ankara Tel:0312 440 99 76 Fax:0312 442 05 85 Bykdere Cad. No:122 zsezen Merkezi C Blok Kat.5 Zincirlikuyu stanbul Tel:0212 315 34 00 Fax:0212 266 57 02 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 465 33 06 Plevne Bulvar Beerler Apt.No.1/1 D:2 Alsancak zmir Tel:0232 422 36 22 Fax:0232 422 64 12 lufthansa.com Malev Airlines Cumhuriyet Cad. No:135 Elmada stanbul Tel:0212 232 48 39 Fax:0212 230 20 34 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel: 0212 465 43 44 malev.hu MAS Airlines Valikona Cad. No:9 Nianta stanbul Tel:0212 224 85 00 Fax:0212 230 03 97 malaysiaairlines.com Egypt Airlines Halaskargazi Cad. No:202 Osmanbey stanbul Tel:0212 231 11 26 Fax:0212 224 93 12 Olympic Airways Cumhuriyet Cad. No:171A Harbiye stanbul Tel:0212 296 75 75 stanbul Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 465 33 88 Fax:0212 465 33 87 olympicairlines.com Pakistan Airlines Mete Cad. No:24/1 Taksim stanbul Tel:0212 334 29 20 Fax:0212 334 29 90 piac.com.pk Pulkovo Airlines Cumhuriyet Cad. No:155 /A Taksim stanbul Tel:0212 219 27 11 eng.pulkovo.ru/en Royal Air Cumhuriyet Cad. Besler Apt No:20/2 D:3 Elmada Tel:0212 241 32 63 Fax:0212 241 32 60 royalairmaroc.com/eng SAS Scandinavian Airlines C/O Airep stanbul Mete Cad. stanbul Tel:0212 334 29 40 Fax:0212 334 29 90 scandinavian.net
Saudi Arabian Airlines Maya Akar Centre 21.kat Bykdere Cad. No:100-102 Esentepe stanbul Tel:0212 213 09 90 saudiairlines.com Singapore Airlines GSA Turizm & Havaclk Ltd. ti EGS Business Park Plazalar B2 Kat:8 No:278 Yeilky stanbul Tel:0212 463 18 00 Fax:0212 463 18 99 singaporeair.com Syrian Arab Airlines Cumhuriyet Cad. Arzu Apt. No:303 Harbiye Tel:0212 246 17 81 Fax:0212 232 62 93 Swiss International Bykdere Cad. No:122 zsezen Merkezi C Blok Kat:5 Zincirlikuyu stanbul Tel:0212 354 99 19 Fax:0212 354 99 29 swiss.com Tarom Romanian Airlines Atatrk Havaliman Office Tel:0212 465 37 77 Fax:0212 465 37 78 tarom.ro/en/ Thai Airways International Airep Havaclk ve Turizm A.. Mete Cad. No:24/1 Taksim stanbul Tel:0212 334 29 50 Fax:0212 334 25 90 thaiair.com Tunisair Valikona Cad. Bizim Apt. No: 8 Nianta stanbul Tel:0212 225 88 53 Fax:0212 231 105 Varig 19 Mays Cad. No:4/505 Nova Baran ili stanbul Tel:0212 248 36 10 Fax:0212 240 51 06
AKARETLER See BEKTA AKBL See TRANSPORTATION AKDE CANDY Akide ekeri A kind of candy, one of the oldest products of the Ottoman cuisine. In the dictionary "akide" means faith, devotion and rule. In the Ottoman period Akide ekeri was used at the Sultan's salary ceremony for the Janissaries. On the salary day, three-month wages were given to the Janissaries and in the palace yard, they were served rice and a kind of sweet made of gelatin. After the Grand Vizier and other statesmen also ate the meal, the sugar candies were presented to the Janissaries on plates. If they accepted the offered sweets, it was a sign that they were pleased. Later stanbul confectioners began preparing sugar candy with spices like cloves and cinnamon, and thanks to famous confectioners like Hac Bekir, sugar candy became quite popular. Even in our days, especially at bayram, it is a taste that little stanbullu cannot forget. However, chocolate and other kinds of sweet have become more popular and they are taking the place of the sugar candy.
See Hac Bekir Efendi, Turkish Desserts
AKTAR See EGYPTIAN MARKET ALLAH See MOSQUE ANATOLIA See ASIAN SIDE ANADOLU YAKASI See ASIAN SIDE ANADOLUHSARI See BEYKOZ ANADOLUKAVAI See BEYKOZ ANCHOVY Hamsi Anchovy, hamsi is a very popular taste in the cities in the Black
Sea region as well as for stanbullu, especially hamsi tava and rak. Common types of hamsi meals are hamsi tava fried hamsi hamsi frn roasted hamsi hamsi gve/buulama hamsi stew hamsi kftesi hamsi meatballs hamsi orbas hamsi soup hamsi dolmas stuffed hamsi sebzeli hamsi hamsi with vegetables hamsili pilav rice with hamsi etc. Hamsi Dolmas Hamsi, a black sea fish, is also very popular in Istanbul. You can eat hamsi in many ways: hamsi tava fried hamsi hamsi frn roasted hamsi hamsi gve/buulama hamsi stew hamsi kftesi hamsi meatballs hamsi orbas hamsi soup hamsi dolmas stuffed hamsi sebzeli hamsi hamsi with vegetables hamsili pilav rice with hamsi etc. Hamsi Tava A kind of meal made of fried anchovies. This is the most popular anchovy meal. Hamsi tava is served with green vegetables, lemon and onion slices. Hamsi tava, a salad and rak could be a very enjoyable match. Afiyet olsun! APPETIZER See MEZE AQUEDUCTS IN ISTANBUL Valens / Bozdogan Kemeri, Fatih Valens / Bozdogan Kemeri (aqueduct) is the oldest aqueduct in stanbul standing in the quarter of Fatih. The construction begun during the reign of Roman Emperor Hadrian and completed in 368 during the reign of Roman Emperor of Valens. The surviving section is 921 meters long, less than 50 meters than the original one and the height is 29 metres (63 meters above the sea level). Did you know that according to tradition, the aqueduct was built using the stones of the walls of Chalcedon, Kadky today on the Asian side? Gzelce Kemeri, Kemerburgaz Gzelce Kemeri is one of the aqueducts constructed by Mimar Sinan (Sinan the Architect) during the reign of Kanuni Sultan Sleyman, Sleyman I the Magnificent. It is located near Kemerburgaz, to the north of Istanbul on the European side. It is also known as Cebeci Ky Kemeri because it was built near Cebeci Village, south of Kemerburgaz. Baheky Kemeri, Baheky The aqueduct also known as the Sultan Mahmut Aqueduct completed in 1731 during the reign of Mahmut I. It lies 1 km. From Bahceky through Bykdere. Kurt Kemeri, Kathane Kurt Kemeri is one of the Ottoman aqueducts built in 1620 during the reign of Osman II, also known as Karanlibent. It was constructed on the Topuz Creek connected with Kathane Creek. Malova Kemeri, Gaziosmanpaa Maglova Kemeri is one of the most monumental aqueducts constructed in 1554-1563 by Mimar Sinan (Sinan the Architect) on Alibey Creek. Uzun Kemer, Kemerburgaz Uzun Kemer is one of the aqueducts constructed by Mimar Sinan during the reign of Kanuni Sultan Sleyman, Sleyman I the Magnificent. It is located 1,500 m north west of Kemerburgaz.
Mualla Kemeri, Kemerburgaz Mualla Kemeri is one of the four aqueducts
build by Mimar Sinan in the Alibey river valley.
ARA GLER Photographer A world-wide famous photographer of stanbul. Ara Gler, known as one of the masters of photography in Turkey and the world, was born on August 16, 1928 in stanbul. When he was at high school he started off taking drama lessons because he wanted to be a playwriter. He started his photography career at the Yeni Istanbul newspaper. He also worked for TimeLife, Paris-Match and Der Stern as Middle East correspondant. In the course of his career he won many national and international prizes, wrote books, published photo albums and held exhibitions. Most importantly, he did photo interviews with many famous people: Ismet Inonu, Winston Churchill, Indira Ghandi, John Berger, Bertrand Russell, Bill Brandt, Alfred Hitchcock, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Salvador Dali, Maria Callas, Fikret Mualla and even Picasso, who always refused to be photographed. Because of his distinctive documentary style, Ara Gler holds a distinguished place in the history of photography. Despite his age, he continues his adventures in photography by continuing to show life through his pictures. Marc Ribound says Ara Gler is a photographer. Moreover, he is a God damn good photographer. He tells the story of his town and country better with his photos than he could tell in words Ara Caf Ara Caf named after Ara Gler, world wide famous Istanbullu photographer is located next to Yap Kredi bookstore near Galatasaray High School in Beyoglu. You can enjoy the delicious meals and the great photos on the walls taken by Ara Gler. Islak kek (wet cake) is recommended by Ara Cafe regulars.
Tomtom Mahallesi Tosbag Sok. No: 8/A Tel: 0212 245 41 05 www.araguler.com.tr
ARASTA BAZAAR Sultanahmet Arasta (shops of the same trade built in a row) Bazaar, also known as Sipahiler ars, is a small market located next to the Mosaics Museum behind the Blue Mosque in Sultanahmet, the old city center. Built in 17th century and used as the stables during hte Ottoman period, the Bazaar today is a small and simple traditional market with 40 shops selling traditional items such as jewelry, pottery, spice, textile, and carpet shops. The Bazaar has a cafe, Mesale Caf, a tea-garden (which also serves as a restaurant) where you can have a tea, coffee, smoke nargile and watch the free show of Whirling Dervishes Show (8-10 pm). The Bazaar also contains the Great Palace Mosaics Museum displaying a collection of mosaics, dating back to 5th century A.D. excavated from the site of the Byzantine Great Palace. Arasta Bazaar is a nice spot in the Old City to go for shopping, visiting the museum and enjoy the tea garden after a long day around the Sultanahmet Avenue.
The Shops at the Arasta Bazaar

Anatolian Textile No:55 Tel:0212 518 43 94 Ata Ceramic No:57 Tel:0212516 30 22 Akgn Jewellery No:59 Efe Jewellery Silver&Souvenir's No:61 Tel:0212 518 76 08 Meerschaum Pipes Personally Handycraffed No:63 Tel:0212 516 41 42 Galeri Mehmet (Carpet) No:65 Tel:0212 517 04 16 znik Classics (Ceramics) No:67 Tel:0212 520 25 68 Galeri Cengiz (Carpet) No:69-71 Tel:0212 516 45 34 http://www.galericengiz.com El Emek Silver and Souvenir Shop No:75 Tel:0212 516 92 66 Motif Nomadic Art (Carpet)No:77 Tel:0212 517 67 98 Arasta Hal (Carpet) No:79 Tel:0212 516 0517 http://www.arastacarpet.com Amber Jewellery No:81 Tel:0212 516 10 23 Amphora Silver No:83 Tel:0212 516 28 60 Aziz Nomadic (Carpet) No:85 Eganist Textile Gift No:89 Tel:0212 658 53 88 rfan Textile No:91 Tel:0212 518 64 47 http://www.irfan-textile.com Cocoon No:93 Tel:0212 518 03 38 http://www.cocoontr.com Kilim Home No:95 Tel:0212 516 93 51 http://www.kilimhome.com Galery 97 Carpet and Kilim No:97 Tel:0212 518 45 91 Doruk Art Gallery No:99 Tel:0212 516 46 02 Carpest-Kilims No:101 Tel:0212 518 58 28 Ryam Kuyumculuk (Jewelry) No:105-153 Tel:0212 517 76 01 http://www.ruyamkuyumculuk.com Eymen Halclk No:107 Tel:0212 516 07 33 http://www.eymen.com.tr er&ne&met Hal (Carpet) No:109 Tel:0212 516 80 52 http://www.ernemet.com STANBUL Sterling Silver Souvenirs No:111-113 Tel:0212 658 57 32 Ethnich Art Textile No:155 Tel:0212 516 76 86 http://www.ethnickilim.com Bergama Gallery No:8 Tel:0212 517 67 69 Capadocia Gift Shop No:10 Tel:0212 518 13 16 Turquouse Silver No:16 Enes Gift Shop&Ceramics No:18 Tel:0212 518 44 80 Erne Hal No:117 Tel:0212 638 43 20 http://www.er-ne.com Eganis Jewellery&Rugstore No:117 Tel:0212 517 86 53 eganisrugstore.com Ethnic Home Art No:119 Tel:0212 517 74 30 ethnichomeart.com Ethnic No:121 Tel:0212 517 74 30 etnictextile.com Ensar No:123 Tel:0212 516 28 61 Cobalt Blue (Ceramics) No:125 Galeri Metin (Ccarpet) No:127 Tel:0212 516 03 14 Elite (Clothing) No:129 Tel:0212 517 68 09 Flamingo (Carpet) No:131 Tel:0212 517 98 64 Kahraman Silver No:137 http://www.kahramansilver.com.tr Jennifer's Hamam (Clothing) No:135 Tel:0212 518 06 48 jennifershamam.com Gallery Ottoman (Carpet) No:139 Tel:0212 516 00 63 Sound of Turkish Music (Music Shop) No:141 Tel:0212 518 18 99 Snmez Textile Gift&Souvenir No:143 Tel:0212 518 18 99 Urartu (Carpet) No:145 Tel:0212 638 07 95 http://www.urartu.com.tr Amphora (Creamics) No:147 Tel:0212 516 28 60 Hamam (Clothing) No:149 Tel:0212 516 30 58 Mehmet etinkaya Gallery No:151 Tel:0212 458 61 86 http://www.cetinkayagallery.com Ryam Kuyumculuk (Jewelry) No:153 Tel:0212 517 76 01 ruyam-kuyumculuk.com Galeri Cengiz (Jewellry) No:155 Tel:0212 518 88 82 Family Art Gallery (Carpet) No:159 Tel:0212 516 41 73 znik Classics (Ceramics) No:161 Tel:0212 517 17 05 Galeri 44 Mozaik (Carpet) No:163 Tel:0212 638 10 71 Tr/Silk Road,Inc. (Carpet) No:165 Tel:0212 517 67 90 Charlie's Classics (Clothing) No:169 Tel:0212 638 12 30 Medusa (Carpet) No:171 Tel:0212 518 92 74 Gallery Desen (Carpet) No:173 Tel:0212 517 68 01 Einci Carpet Kilim No:175 Tel:0212 516 95 05 Er-Han Jelwellery No:35 Tel:0212 638 87 02 http://www.erhantextile.com Forza (Jewellry)No:37 Tel:0212 516 24 10 forzagold.com Troy Rug Store No:39 Tel:0212 458 08 92 ark Halclk (Carpet) No:41 Tel:0212 517 67 75 Ceramic Art Gallery No:43 http://www.ceramicpalace.com Seven Hills Tours No:45 Tel:0212 458 10 34 sevenhillstours.com Harem49 (Carpet) No:47 Tel:0212 518 36 07 haremcarpets.com Senkron No:51 Tel:0212 638 83 40 senkrontours.com See Grand Bazaar, Sultanahmet
ARNAVUTKY See BEKTA ART GALLERIES Sanat Galerisi Most popular art galleries in stanbul:
Borusan Kltr ve Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. No: 213 Beyolu Tel:0212 336 32 80 borusansanat.com Sanat Kltr Merkezi Kuleleri Levent Tel:0212 316 10 83 issanat.com.tr Akbank Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. No:8 Beyolu Tel:0122 252 35 00 akbanksanat.com Enka Sanat Galerisi Enka Vakf, Sadi Glelik Spor Sitesi stinye Tel:0212 705 60 00 enkasanat.org
Art Galleries on the European Side

BAKIRKY Glmine Sanat Merkezi Zeytinlik Mah. Sporcu Sok. No:12 Tel:0212 571 60 16 BEKTA Toprakbank Sanat Galerisi Toprak Center Ihlamur Yldz Cad. No:10 B Blok Tel:0212 326 35 80 Yldz Saray slam Tarih, Sanat ve Kltr Aratrma Merkezi Yldz Saray Tel:0212 258 30 80 Prlt Sanat Galerisi 2 Akaretler, Spor Cad. No:131 Tel:0212 227 35 56 21 zden Sanat Galerisi Maka Spor Cad. No:130 Tel:0212 260 44 28 KSAV Hasfrn Cad. Sinan Paa merkezi 3. Kat Tel:0212 260 77 00 Galeri Artist Yeil imen Cad. No: 23 Ihlamur Tel:0212-227 68 52 Enka Sanat Galerisi Bestekar evki Bey Sok. Enka II.binas Balmumcu Tel:0212 274 09 67 Enka Rnesans Sanat Galerisi Bestekar Hac Faik Bey Sok. No:3 Balmumcu Tel:0212 274 25 40 BEBEK & ARNAVUTKY PG Art Cevdetpaa Cad. No:386/2-3 Bebek Tel:0212 263 33 90 Metin Sanat Galerisi nirah Sok. No:8/A Bebek Tel:0212 263 13 84 Kile Sanat Galerisi Cevdet Paa Cad. 384 Bebek Tel:0212 265 74 96 Galeri Bozatl 1.Cadde No:97/A Arnavutky Tel:0212 265 45 56 Evin Sanat Galerisi Bebek Phone: (0212) 265 81 58 Akbank Bebek Sanat Galerisi Cevdet Paa Cad. No: 238 Bebek Tel:0212 257 61 52 Bebek Sanat Galerisi Cevdet Paa Cad. Germancik Sok. No:3 Bebek Tel:0212 287 88 52 BEYOLU Vakfbank Kemal Sunal Sanat Merkezi stiklal Cad. No: 241 Tel:0212 292 50 13 Vakko Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. Beyolu Tel:0212 251 40 92 Yantra Sanat Galerisi Faik Paa Sk. 19/3 Tel:0212 251 28 40 Yap Kredi Kazm Takent Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. No: 285 Tel:0212 252 47 00 Zarifi ukurlu eme Sk. No:13 Tel:0212 293 54 80 Resimci Sanat Galerisi Eskidji Antikaclar ars Paabakkal Sok. No:28 K. 3/29 Tel:0212 238 42 94 Platform Garanti Gncel Sanat Merkezi stiklal Cad. 276 Tel:0212 293 23 61 Pera Sanat Evi stiklal Cad. Balyoz Sk. Gamsz Apt. 25 Tel:0212 252 38 57 Kemal Sunal Sanat Merkezi stiklal Cad. No: 241 Tel:0212 316 70 24 Kar Sanat almalar stiklal Caddesi Elhamra Pasaj No: 258/203 Tel:0212 245 15 08 Bankas Parmakkap Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. Meelik Sk. Yrekli Han Kat.2 Devlet Gzel Sanatlar Galerisi stiklal Cad. 209/49 Tel:0212 243 30 53 FSAK stanbul Fotoraf ve Sinema Amatrleri Dernei stiklal Cad. Ayhan Ik Sk. zverim Apt. 34/2 Tel:0212 292 42 01 Haymatlos Abdullah Sok. No:15/A Tel:0212 292 43 36 Garanti Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. No:187 Tel:0212 293 63 71 Beyolu Belediyesi Sanat Galerisi Beyolu Belediyesi Tel:0212 252 77 55 Galeri mrahor Sait Paa Sok. No:9 ukurcuma Tel:0212 243 27 00 Galeri Artist II ltpatlar Sok. No:26 ukurcuma Tel:0212 251 91 63 Galeri Apel Hayriye Cad. No:7 Galatasaray Tel:0212 292 72 36 Fototrek Merutiyet Caddesi Ravanda han No:85 Kat:2 D:3 Tel:0212 251 90 14 Fotorafevi Ttnc Sok. No: 4 Galatasaray Tel:0212 251 05 66 Eren Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. Turnacba Sk.14 Galatasaray Tel:0212 244 16 69 Eller Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. Postaclar Sk.12 Elhamra Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. Elhamra Pasaj, Kat:2 No:203 Tel:0212 245 15 08 Dulcinea Oda stiklal Cad. Meelik Sok. No:20 Tel:0212 245 10 71 Devlet Gzel Sanatlar Galerisi stiklal Cad. Atlas Pasaj No:209/49
Tel:0212 243 30 53 Borusan Sanat Galerisi stiklal Cad. No:421 Tel:0212 292 06 55 ETLER Galeri Binyl Zeytinolu Cad. Akatlar Kltr Merkezi No:8 Tel:0212 351 97 13 Alkent Actuel Art Galerisi Tepecik Yolu Alkent Alveri Merkezi F3-Blok No:18 Tel:0212 257 46 84 FATH Horhor Sanat Galerisi Irk Tulumba Sk.13/22 Tel:0212 524 35 92 STNYE .M.K.B Sanat Galerisi .M.K.B. Tel:0212 298 21 00 KARAKY Schneidertempel Sanat Merkezi Bankalar Cad. Felek Sk. No:1 Tel:0212 240 41 44 Osmanl Bankas Sanat Galerisi Voyvoda Cad. Kasa Galeri Sabanc niversitesi, Karaky letiim Merkezi Bankalar Cad. No:2 Tel:0212 292 49 39 Dkkan: Bir Sanat Mekan Kemanke Caddesi, Fransz Pasaj 59/16 C Blok Axa Oyak Sanat Galerisi Karaky Meydan Nordstern Han Tel:212-292 58 00 LEVENT Sanat Kibele Galerisi kuleleri 80620 4. Levent Tel:0212 316 00 00 Almelek Sanat Galerisi Aytar Cad. Nil Apt. 24/6 1. Levent Tel:0212 269 80 14 MAKA Vip Antik Swissotel Loby. Bayldm Cad. No: 2 Tel:0212 3270751 Maka Sanat Galerisi Eytam Cad. 31 Tel:0212 240 80 23 Maka Mezat Maka Cad. 32 Tel:0212 259 45 13 Krfezbank Sanat Evi Maka Palas Maka Galeri Nev stanbul Maka Cad. 33/B Tel:0212 231 67 63 Destek Reasrans Sanat Galerisi Abdi peki Cad. 75 Tel:0212 231 28 32 NANTAI Aye Tak Sanat Galerisi akayk Sk. 62/5 Tel:0212 241 76 33 Urart Sanat Galerisi Abdi peki Cad.18 Tel:0212 241 21 83 TEM Sanat Galerisi Valikona Cad. Prof.Orhan Ersek Sk. 44/2 Tel:0212 247 08 99 Rnesans Sanat Galerisi Tevikiye Ihlamur Yolu 3/1 Tel:0212 232 96 64 Portakal Kltr ve Sanat Evi Mim Kemal ke Cad.19 Tel:0212) 225 46 37 Lebriz Sanat Galerisi Eytam Cad. 16/2 Tel:0212 240 22 82 Art Galeri akayk Aral Sk. 8/A Tel:0212 230 20 07 Hobi Sanat Galerisi Vali Kona Cad. Pasaj 73 Tel:0212 225 23 37 Galeri G Abdi peki Cad. Arman Palas 7/8 Tel:0212 241 45 69 Galeri 3K Valikona Cad. No: 90/1 Tel:0212 233 42 77 Estet Sanat Galerisi Vali Kona Mim Kemal ke Cad. Zmrt Apt. 15 Tel:0212 225 46 77 C. A. M. Abdi peki Cad. 48/5 Tel:0212 234 39 01 Artisan Sanat Galerisi akayk S k. 54/1 Tel:0212 247 90 81 ORTAKY Pi Artworks Muallim Naci Cad. 63 Tel:0212 236 68 52 SIRASELVLER Bilgi Atlye III Sraselviler Cad. No:111 Tel:0212 292 33 03 Pera Sanat Galerisi Sraselviler Cad. No: 70 Tel:0212 245 30 08 SULTANAHMET Yerebatan Sarnc Sanat Galerisi Yerebatan Saray Tel:0212 513 60 61 lhami Atalay Sanat Galerisi Alemdar Cad.28/2 Tel:0212 520 10 83 L Trk Ticaret Bankas Sanat Galerisi Trk Ticaret Bankas Genel Mdrlk Sanat Galerisi Yldz Posta Cad. No:2 Gayrettepe Tel:0212 288 61 12 PAM Sanat Galerisi Profilo Alveri Merkezi, Mecidiyeky Ka Sanat Galerisi Abide-i Hrriyet Cad. No:151 Tel:0212 247 11 85 Eyll Sanat Galerisi Akkirman Sk. 59 ili Tel:0212 231 68 46 Artemis Sanat Galerisi Halaskargazi Cad. Saks Sk. 2.Kat Tel:0212 232 09 20 TAKSM The Marmara Opera Sanat Koridoru Tel:0212 25146 96 Taksim Sanat Galerisi Gezi Dkkanlar, Cumhuriyet Cad. No:24 Tel:0212 245 20 68 Opera Sanat Galerisi Hariciye Kona Sk.1 Gmsuyu Tel:0212 249 92 02 Kum, Pan, Ya Sakzaac Cad. Eskieme Sk. No:12 Tel:0212 235 54 57 Aksanat Resim Galerisi stiklal Cad. Zambak Sk. 16/18 Tel:0212 252 35 00 HARBYE Elturco Art Gallery Valikona Cad. Baaran Apt. 33/2 Tel:0212 233 05 04 Cemal Reit Rey Konser Salonu Sanat Galerisi stanbul Belediyesi CRR Konser Salonu Tel:0212 240 50 12 Antik Sanat Galerisi Cumhuriyet Cad. Nispet Sk. No: 4 Tel:0212 224 74 17 Armoni Sanat Galerisi Cumhuriyet Cad. Nispet Sk. No: 4 Tel:0216 360 13 77 Atatrk Kitapl Sanat Galerisi Mete Cad. 45 Tel:0212 249 38 19 TEVKYE Zeynep Erol Tak Tasarm Atiye Sk. Yuva Apt. No:8 Tel:0212 236 46 68 Tevikiye Sanat Galerisi Abdi peki Cad. 48/3 Tel:0212 241 65 35 Pamukbank Fotoraf Galerisi Tevikiye Cad. No:105/2 Kat:1 Tel:0212 274 14 41 Nelli Sanat Evi Atiye Sk. Uzay Apt. 3/2 Tel:0212 227 73 75 Atlye rmcek Hac Emin Efendi Sk. No:2/1-1 Tel:0212 241 35 58 Nadya Sanat Galerisi Nianta Ihlamur Yolu No:10 D:2
Tel:0212 231 90 87 Art Galeri Hsrevgerede Caddesi No:112/1 Tel:0212 261 62 55 Milli Reasrans Sanat Galerisi Tevikiye Cad 43/57 Tel:0212 230 19 76 Kare Sanat Galerisi Atiye Sk. 12/2 Tel:0212 247 44 48 Gzlem Sanat Gallery Atiye Sok. Polar Apt. No:12 Tel:0212 240 41 44 Galeri Vinci Tevikiye Ihlamur Yolu Gnol Apt. 1 Galeri Oda Hsrev Gerede Cad.102/B Tel:0212 259 22 08 Galeri B Hsrev Gerede Cad. Frn Sk.2 Ela Cindoruk-Nazan Pak Mcevher Galerisi Atiye Sk. 14/5 Tel:0212 232 26 64 Doku Sanat Galerisi Ihlamur-Tevikiye yolu No:4 Tel:0212 246 24 96 Cumal Sanat Galerisi akayk Sk. 45/3 Tel:0212 248 31 65 Cumal Sanat Galerisi akayk Sk. 45/3 Tel:0212 248 31 65 TNEL Ziraat Bankas Tnel Sanat Galerisi Tel:0212 251 42 48 Tark Zafer Tunaya Kltr Merkezi Sanat Galerisi ahkulu Bostan Sk. No: 8 Tel:0212 293 12 70 Asmalmescit Sanat Galerisi Asmalmescit Cad. Sofyal Sk. Tel:0212 249 69 79 Galeri Drer Galip Dede Cad. 85 Tel:0212 249 20 09 Galeri ereve Galipdede Cad. Tmarc Sk. 5 Tel:0212 251 26 51 Barometre Sanat Galerisi stikll Cad. 437 Tel:0212 293 02 87 Galatea Sanat Galerisi Asmalmescit Sofyal Sk. No:16 Tel:0212 292 54 30 Emlak Sanat Galerisi Hamam Sk. Ertalay Apt. 12/1 Tel:0212 265 81 58 Cep Sanat Galerisi Jurnal Sk. 2 Tel:0212 245 19 96 YELKY 2001 Sanat Galerisi Kale Sk. No:13 Yeilky Tel:0212 662 33 10
Art Galleries on the Asian Side

ATAEHR Ataehir Art Hall Sanat Galerisi Ataehir Bulvar Ata 4-1 ar No:12 Tel:0216 456 04 58 BOSTANCI Fatih Kral Sanat Galerisi Ankara Asfalt Yan Yol No:9 Tel:0216 361 03 07 CADDEBOSTAN rn Sanat Galerisi skele Cad. Selim Sk. 11/21 Tel:0216 360 99 64 Galeri ki Maymun Badat Cad. Mine Apt. No: 321 A/Blok daire 1 Tel:0216 350 26 24 FTEHAVUZLAR Neyran Sanat Galerisi Hasan Ali Ycel Sk. 21/2 Tel:0216 360 13 77 ERENKY Mutlu Sanat Galerisi Necmettin kmen Sk. mer Bey Apt. 13/2 Tel:0216 355 35 87 Bankas Sanat Galerisi Badat Cad. 316 / 4 Tel:0216 356 01 68 FENERBAHE Ares Sanat Galerisi Igrp Sk. 24 Tel:0216 345 11 62 Prlt Sanat Galerisi Kalam Fener Cad. Irp Sk. No:22 Tel:0216 330 72 39 FENERYOLU Artev Kumbaraclar Sk. zlem Apt. 23/2 Tel:0216 449 46 75 Sevimce Sanat Galerisi Eflatun Sk. 5/2 Tel:0216 338 53 28 Gntay Sanat Evi Cemil Topuzlu Cad. 2/1 Tel:0216 386 88 98 GZTEPE MEB Sanat Galerisi Badat Cad. Tanzimat Sk. 14/14 Tel:0216-385 47 78 KADIKY Bahariye Sanat Galerisi Caferaa Mah. Kadife Sk. Kzltun Apt. 1/1 Tel:0216 414 55 06 Atlye Keremos Sanat Galerisi Dr.Esat Ik Cad. No: 43/1 Tel:0216 336 75 82 Beksav Sanat Galerisi Osmanaa Mah. Krtasiyeci Sk. 21 Tel:0216 349 91 55 Tolga Eti Sanat Evi Badat Cad. Yeilkk Apt. D. Blok No:199 D.2 Tel:0216 368 26 79 Mine Sanat Galerisi Bahariye Cad. Sokullu Sk. No:1 Tel:0216 345 64 40 Levent Sanat Galerisi Siftah Sk. Siftah Apt. 11/1 Tel:0216 449 44 25 Kadky Sanat Galerisi Mhrdar Cad. Misbah Muhayye Sok.6/4 Tel:0216 449 16 18 Kadky Antikaclar ars Moda Cad. Tellalzade Sk. akrolu han Gerler Fotoraf Miralay Nazm Sok. No:36/3 Tel:0216 414 44 74 Galeri Pago Karadut Sk. No:15 Altyol Tel:0216 345 48 06 Bilim Sanat Galerisi Mhrdar Cad. Akmar Pasaj No:70/1 KIZILTOPRAK Kzltoprak Sanat Galerisi Rtiye Sk. 47 Tel:0216 418 38 06 KOZYATAI Bakra Sanat Galerisi Sinan Ercan Sk. No:38 ztor Sitesi B Blok Tel:0216 362 18 26 MALTEPE Maltepe Sanat Galerisi Feyzullah Cad. Ycelen Sok. No: 23 Maltepe Phone: 216-441 95 40 MODA Yurt & Dnya Scinat Galerisi Moda Caddesi Aylin Apt. No:270 Tel:0216 349 26 10 Seven Sanat Galerisi Moda Cad. 66 Tel:0216-345 56 16 Galeri Keramos Dr. Esat Ik Cad. 43/1 (Mopan Kars) Tel:0216 336 75 82 SUADYE Dega Sanat Galerisi Suadiye Tel:0216 463 42 87 AKINBAKKAL Anka Art Sanat Galerisi Noter Sok. Glen Apt. No:11 Tel:0212 385 76 35 SKDAR Harmony Sanat Galerisi cadiye Sok. No: 70 Kuzguncuk Tel:0216 333 21 67 Akbank Beylerbeyi Sanat Galerisi Yalboyu Cad. No:74
Beylerbeyi Tel:0216 321 46 80
ASIAN SIDE Anadolu Yakas The Asian side of stanbul. They say, as a joke, that the Asian side of Istanbul is the dormitory of the city because stanbullu work on the European side due to density of business and commute back to Asian side every day. It is also believed that there is a difference in life style between both sides. Even if there aren't any distinct differences in lifestyle, because of geography, history, density and business, people living on each side of the city feel like strangers on the other side, and long to get back home to their side.
Districts on the Asian Side Adalar, Ataehir, Beykoz, ekmeky, Kadky, Kartal, Maltepe, Pendik, Sancaktepe, Sultanbeyli, ile, Tuzla, mraniye, skdar
Anatolia Anatolia, Asia Minor, Asian land of Turkey. Also Anatolian (Asian) side of stanbul. Anatolia has always been a very strategic territory where Europe and Asia meet. It hosted many civilizations such as Sumerians, Hittites, Asurians, Likia, Lidia, Kilikia, Ionia, Celts, Persians, Macedonians, Phonecians, Romans, Arabs, Seljuk Turks and the Ottoman Turks. Today Anatolia is known as the land within the borders of Turkey, but in fact, due to geography and history, it is also possible to include the Balkans, Caucasia, Middle East and the north shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Anatolia has been influenced culturally by all these areas and has become an aure pot where all these cultures are blended. Did you know? The word comes from "land of the rising sun" or "east" in old Greek. In Turkish, it is believed to be formed from the words "ana" (mother) and "dolu" (full). Some of the oldest settlements in the world were built in Anatolia in the Neolithic period. Anatolia is also the land where Christianity developed and subsequently spread to Europe. Things To Do on the Asian Side Go to amlca Tepesi (Hill) for a nice cup of tea and a spectacular Bosphorus view. Watch a Fenerbahe game at the kr Saraoglu Stadium. Especially a derby between Fenerbahe and Galatasaray. Walk up the Yoros Fortress after having a rak-balk meal in Anadolukava. Go to ile to have brakfast near the Lighthouse. Go to Riva, ile or Ava to swim and sunbathe. Go to one of those kendin piir kendin ye open-air restaurants on the way to Sile or in Poyrazky, where you can order and make barbecue yourself. Go boating in the Ava creek. Have a lovely breakfast near the marina in Fenerbahe. Have an ice cream at the Ali Usta and drink tea or coffee with a friend at the gardens facing the old city, islands and Fenerbahe.
Go to Bykada, buy a bottle of olive oil, walk up the hill to the Aya Yorgi Church, light a candle, leave the olive oil and have something to eat at the open air restaurant with a spectacular view of the Marmara Sea and the city. Walk to Kalpazankaya on Burgazada (second island) and have a meal at the open air restaurant. Go for a picnic on Heybeliada (third island before Buyukada). Sit at the naralt cafe near the ferry station in Kanlca and have a yoghurt. Have breakfast at the naralt cafe in engelky at the weekend and play backgammon after. Go shopping in Badat Street. Go for a walk biking by the sea side from Fenerbahe to Bostanc. Go to Haydarpaa train station by ferry from Karakoy and have a meal at the Haydarpasa Gar Restaurant with the passengers to Anatolia. Go for a walk at the Kadky fish market, have a meal at the iya, drink a serbet after. Go to the Kz Kulesi (The Maiden Tower) to have a cup of coffee. Go to Kanaat Lokantasi in Uskudar and walk to Fethi Pasa Korusu to have a tea or coffee and take Bosphorus photos. Have a rak-balk meal at the smet Baba in Kuzguncuk. Go to Hidiv Kasr in Kanlca for breakfast or dinner. Go fishing in front of the Kuleli military school in engelky. Asian Side vs. European Side Asian side is older than the European side. Before Byzantium was build, there were settlements around Kadikoy, Fikirtepe (a neigbourhood in the limits of Kadikoy district) and Pendik. European side is more historical than the Asian side. Constantinople, which was the area inside the walls, was the city center during both the Roman and Ottoman period. Towns on the Asian side were the villages of the city until the ferry started in the 19th century. Another reason why Asian side isnt as historical as the European side is that, for instance, the stones of the walls around Kadikoy were carried to the other side and used in the construction of public buildings. Therefore, there are not many historical buildings left on the Asian side. European side is more populated than the Asian side due to the fact that European side has always been the center of trade, business and industry. They say Asian side is dormitory of the city. European side is regarded as more European or westerner relatively. In the light of the fact that the city center has always been the European side and the European colonies were on this side, it is true to call the European side more European or westerner in terms of appearance. Asian side is greener than the European side. Public bus lines on the European side are two times more than the Asian side
whereas train lines is one and half time more than the European side. Asian side is higher than the European side with the hills like Aydos Tepesi and Camlica Tepesi. The coast line on the Asian side is nicer and more well-organized than the Europan side. There are more space on the Asian side for jogging, walking, biking starting from Kadikoy and going along Fenerbahce, Caddebostan, Bostanci up to Maltepe. Crime rate on the Asian side is less than the European side. Number of hotels on the European side is more than the Asian side because the European side is the center of attraction for business, trade and tourism. Sports centers, stadiums are more on the European side than the Asian side. Asian side has Sukru Saracoglu Stadium (Fenerbahce SK) in Kadikoy and Formula 1 circuit. European side has more shopping malls than the Asian side. Most TV channels and press is located on the European side. The longest metro line has been constucted on the Asian side. Nightlife is more active on the European side than the Asian side. There are three football clubs playing in the Turkish league: Besiktas JK, Galatasay SK and Kasimpasa SK. Fenerbahce SK is the only Istanbul football team located on the Asian side playing in the Turkish football league. There are more military schools on the Asian side than the European side. Asian side has the biggest cemetery, not only in Istanbul, also all over Turkey. There are more university campuses on the European side than the Asian side. Marmara University, the only university in the world located on two contines is based on the Asian side. On the Bosphorus bridges you dont have to pay to get to the European side whereas you have to pay to get to the Asian side. The first Turkish town in Istanbul is Anadoluhisari on the Asian side. The first mosque built in Istanbul is in Karakoy on the European side: Arap Camii (Built in 717 by the Genoeses colony) Both sides have an international airport. Atatrk havalimani on the European side and Sabiha Gokcen on the Asian side. Both sides have a marina. Atakoy on the European side and Kalamis, Fenerbahce on the Asian side. Soon a second marina will be open in Pendik on the Aasian side. Both sides have a popular street. Istiklal Caddesi on the European side is a very cultural, historical, cosmopolit street located between Taksim and Karakoy, Bagdat Caddesi on the Asian side is a very modern street today located between Kadikoy and Bostanci. Bagdat Caddesi is modern street but actualy it is a very old road for the eastern campaign of the Roman and Ottoman armies. This is why it was called Baghdat street.
ASLAN ST See RAKI AURE Noahs Pudding A kind of pudding that is both associated with a religious holiday and eaten as an everday dessert. It is made with water, sugar, grains such as wheat, chickpeas, beans and rice, and also contains various fresh and dried fruits. Aure was first made by the prophet Noah during the Deluge. He had to mix all the food left in the Ark and made a final meal for everybody. So Aure is a mixture of different types of food, both sweet and salty, herbs and fruits, which represents the unity of differences. Every year on the 10th of Muharrem (the first month of Muslim calender) this ancient tradition is celebrated as Aure Gn (day) in Turkey and people offer Aure to neighbours. Ingredients Wheat flour, chickpea, granulated sugar, dried beans, rice, raisins (sultana), apricots, dried figs, orange. For dressing; currant, walnut kernel, Antep pistachio, cinnamon, pieces of pomegranate If you wish to try aure, you can go to Saray Muhallebicisi or Sti. See also Turkish Desserts ATATRK See MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATRK AVRASYA MARATONU See ISTANBUL MARATHON AYA YORG See BYKADA AYRAN See BEVERAGES, YOGHURT
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BABA Baba means father in Turkish. It is also used colloquially for a person who is wise, kind, respected or good or number one at what he is doing: baba adam, Orhan Baba Below is the list of baba musicians and restaurant from Istanbul. Baba Musicians Gramafon Baba Gramofon Baba, as most people call Mehmet Usta without knowing his real name, has been producing and fixing gramaphoes since the 40s and he is a real gramophone lover with 56 gramphones and more than 2000 gramaphone records. Orhan Baba Orhan Gencebay is one of most popular singers making arabesk music. He is also a baglama virtuoso, composer, arranger, music producer and actor. I think he deserves baba because he is a true gentleman. Mslm Baba Mslm Grses is also one of the most popular arabesk singers whose fans were famous for being so transported by emotion that they cut themselves with razors during his concerts at the Glhane Park. Time has changed, so has Baba! Erkin Baba Erkin Koray is a popular Anadolu Rock singer and composer playing since the 50. It is widely acclaimed that he is the person to introduce rock and roll music in Turkey. He was also one of the first musician to embrace the electric guitar and modern amplification. Baba Zula Baba Zula is a Turkish musical group founded in 1996. Baba Zula is a uniqe band with their sound, instruments and belly dancer at their performances. www.babazula.com Baba Restaurants Ali Baba Restaurant & Cafe Bar Serasker Cad. No:13 Osmanaa Kadky Ali Baba Kebap Drm erenky Mah. Adem Sok. erenky Kadky Kfteci Ali Baba 1.Cadde 92 Arnavutky Beikta Tarihi (Historical) Ali Baba Balks 1. Cadde 71 Arnavutky tarihialibaba.com Ali Baba Kebap Millet Cad. No: 50 Fndkzade Fatih Hac Baba Restaurant stiklal Cad. No: 49 Beyoglu hacibabarest.com Kurufasulyeci Erzincanl Ali Baba Prof. Sddk Sami Onar Cad. No:11 Sleymaniye Fatih kurufasulyeci.com Ismet Baba Fish Restaurant ar Cad. No: 1/A Kuzguncuk skdar ismetbaba.com.tr Kfteci Adnan Baba Cumhuriyet Cad. No: 49/D Gneli Baclar Drmc Baba Bostan Sok. No:28/1 Yeilky durumcubaba.com BACKGAMMON Tavla No doubt tavla, backgammon is one of the most favourite pastimes in Istanbul or all over Turkey. Its great to sit at a cafe and play backgammon while drinking your tea or coffee.
Backgammon Customs Experienced players usually use the numbers in Farsi: 1 yek, 2 d, 3 se, 4 cehar, 5 penc, 6 e and d (double) For example; 1-1 hep yek or d yek 5-3 penc- se 6-6 d e At the end of a game the winner close the board and put it underarm of the loser. Backgammon Dictionary Here are some useful Turkish words and expresions if you play backgammon with an opponent who cant speak a foreign language: Oynamak to play Oynamak istiyorum. I want to play. Tavla oynamak istiyorum. I want to play backgammon. Tavla oynamak ister misin? Do you want to play backgammon? kz tavlas an easy type of backgammon that is played by children or women erkek tavlas the type of backgammon played by men kap door, gate; bridge (backgammon) kap almak to put on the bridge mars backgammon mars olmak to backgammon pul stamp; piece (backgammon) zar dice zar atmak to throw the dice tavla atmak to play backgammon ren de gel. Learn and come back. zar tutmak to manipulate the dice so that they fall one wants them to Did you know? Tavla, backgammon, was invented by the Grand Vizier of the Iran Shah Nevsiyan within ten days 1400 years ago.
The 12 points in the backgammon refers to 12 months, 15 white and 15 black

pieces to the days of a month and 24 points in total to the hours of a day. BADAT STREET See KADIKY BAHARYE STREET See KADIKY BAKLAVA See TURKISH DESSERTS BALIK See FISH BALYAN Royal Architects Famous Armenian family during the Ottoman Empire, whose members were the imperial architects of the dynasty responsible of the westernization of the capial city, and designed and constructed numerous magnificient buildings like palaces, mosques, kiosk, churches and public buildings for five generations from 18th to 19th century serving 6 different sultans. Royal Residences Built By The Balyans Dolmabahe Palace, Beylerbeyi Palace, raan Palace, Sarayburnu Palace, Beikta Palace, Valide Sultan Palace, Arnavutky Defterdar Sultan Palace, Adile Sultan Palace, Eyup Twin Palaces, Salpazar Palace, Yldz Palace, Fndkl Cemile and Mnire Sultan Palaces, zmit Hnkar Palace, Baltaliman Coastal Palace, Aynalkavak Palace, Esma Sultana Mansion, Adile Sultan Pavilion, Ihlamur Pavilion, Kksu
Pavilion, Malta Kiosk, Sultan Mahmud I Kiosk, Yeilky Hnkar Kiosk, Old kiosk on Galatasaray islet Religious Buildings Built By The Balyans Tophane Nusretiye Mosque, Ortaky Mosque, Dolmabahe Mosque, Aksaray Valide Mosque, skdar Surp Ha Armenian Church, Kayseri Surp Krikor Lusavori Armenian Church, Beikta Surp Nian Armenian Church, Ortaky Surp Astvadzadzin Armenian Church, Kurueme Surp Nian Armenian Church, Bandrma Armenian Church, Beyolu Surp Yerrortutyun Church, Kumkap Surp Astvadzadzin Patriarchiate Church, Mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, Mausoleum of Sultan Abdlmecit, Mausoleum of Sultan Abdlaziz Public Buildings Built By The Balyans stanbul Mint, Selimiye Barracks, Davutpaa Barracks, Beyolu Barracks, Maka Arsenal, Ministry of War, Academy of War, Palace School of Medicine, Academy of Fine Arts, Beikta Makruhyan Armenian Primary School, Beyazit Tower, Dolmabahe Clock Tower, Nusretiye Clock Tower, Topuzlu Dam, Valide Dam, Beikta-Akaretler 138 Terraced Houses, Armenian Hospital Production Facilities Built By The Balyans Zeytinburnu iron works, zmit textile factory, Hereke textile factory, Bakrky textile factory, Beykoz tannery, Zeytinburnu gunpowder factory BARS & PUBS
360 stiklal Cad. Msr Apt. No:311 Beyolu Tel:0212 251 1042 http://www.360istanbul.com 45'lik Yeni ar Cad. No:60 Galatasaray Beyolu Tel:0212 249 97 27 http://www.45likbar.com 5. Kat Soanc Sok. No:7 Kat:5 Cihangir Beyolu Tel:0212 293 3774 http://www.5kat.com 8 Gazeteci Erol Dernek Sok. No:1 Beyolu Tel:0212 249 89 30 8istanbul.com Anjelique Muallim Naci Cad. Salhame Sok. No:5 Ortaky Beikta Tel:0212 327 28 44-45 istanbuldoors.com Babylon eyhbender Sok. No:3 Asmalmescit Beyolu Tel:0212 292 73 68 http://www.babylon-ist.com Bar Code City's AVM Kat:6,Tevikiye ili Tel:0533 925 11 95 Beer's skele Cad. Yazmac Tahir Sok. No:56 Bostanc Kadky Tel:0216 362 46 82 www.beersbostanci.com Camelot alkuu Sok. 3. Aralk No:4 1. Levent Tel:0212 325 6821 camelot-ist.com Cuba Asmalmescit Mah. Ensiz Sok. No:11/1A Tnel Beyolu Tel:0212 245 78 70 ubuklu 29 Paabahe Yolu No:24 ubuklu Beykoz Tel:0216 322 28 29 http://www.cubuklu29.com Da Cafe & Pub Maltepe Sahil Yolu Maltepe Tel:0216 371 35 60 Dunia Caferaa Mah. Kadife Sok. No:15, Kadky Tel:0216 336 75 05 dunia.com.tr Dirty Erol Dernek Sok. No:11/1 Hanif Han Apt. Beyolu myspace.com/dirtysoundsystem Faces Asmal Mescit Sofyal Sok. No:16 Beyolu Tel:0212 2931388 http://www.facesistanbul.com Ghetto Kalyoncu Kulluk Cad. No:10 Beyolu Tel:0212 251 7501 ghettoist.net I-Lounge Akarsu Yokuu Cad. No:36 Villa Zurich Oteli Kat:8 Cihangir Tel:0212 244 94 66 http://www.ilounge.net Lacivert Krfez Cad. No:57/A Anadoluhisar Beykoz Tel:0216 413 4224 lacivertrestaurant.com Meyyali stinye Yokuu Eski ili Emirgan Cad. No:3 stinye Saryer Tel:0212 323 3393 meyyali.com.tr Parantez Bistro Asmal Mescit Mah. SofyalJurnal Sok. No:1 Tnel Beyolu Tel:0212 245 75 13 parantezbistro.com Pearl Cevdetpaa Cad. No:119 Bebek Beikta Tel:0212 263 87 00 pearlbebek.com Pulp stiklal Cad. mam Adnan Sok. Yeilam Sinemas st Beyolu Tel:0212 249 26 05 http://www.pulptayiz.biz Saloon Badat Cad. No:448 Suadiye Kadky Tel:0216 416 50
50 saloon-bar.com Taps Cevdet Paa Cad. No:119 Bebek Beikta Tel:0212 263 87 00 tapsistanbul.com Teras 6 Merutiyet Cad. avuolu Merkezi (Odakule yan) No:131 Kat:6 Beyolu Tel:0212 245 97 98 teras6.com Touchdown Abdi peki Cad. Milli Reasrans ars No:61/11 Tevikiye ili Tel:0212 231 36 71 touchdown.com.tr Traffic Bar stanbul Cad. Arcadium AVM No:26 G Gktrk Kemerburgaz Tel:0212 322 30 03 gokturktraffic.com Ulus 29 Tel:0212 358 29 29 Adnan Saygun Cad. Kirehane Sok. No:1 Ulus Beikta group-29.com Vogue Spor Cad. BJK Plaza A Blok Kat: 13 Akaretler Beikta Tel:0212 227 4404 istanbuldoors.com White Mill Susam Sok. No:13 Cihangir Beyolu Tel:0212 292 2896
BAYLAN Pattiesserie A famous patisserie in Kadky on the Asian side, serving stanbullu since 1923. Baylan was first founded in Beyolu in 1923 by Filip Lenas who emigrated from Albania to stanbul. In the beginning the name of the shop was Loryan Turkish version of the French word lOrient but this name was changed into Baylan in 1934 by the law on Turkification of foreign words. In 1925 he opened the second branch in Karaky and the third in Kadky on the Asian side in 1961 by the youngest son, Mihal Lenas who studied business in England. Today only Kadky Baylan is at service of stanbullus after Beyolu branch closed in 1967 and Karaky in 1992. Baylan, serving stanbullus with a wide range of products since it was founded, has also played an important role in Turkish literature. It was the meeting point of many poets, artists, actors and actresses who were called Baylans and led Baylan Movement in Turkish literature. Baylan offers a wide range of produts such as ice creams, pastry, farinaceous products, chocolates, candies, sweets and the most famous product is Kup Griye made with caramel, almonds, vanilla, pistachio and whipped cream and served with biscuits, honey and caramel souce on top. Muvakkithan Cad. No:9/A Kadky Tel: 0216 346 63 50 www.baylangida.com BAYRAM Religious festival; national holiday. The word bayram means feast and is used for both religious festivals and national days. There are two religious festivals and four national days. It is one-day official holiday on the national days. At religious festival, bayram, it is usually 4 5 days or a weeks holiday depending on the week. In Turkey, Womens Day, Labour Day, Fools Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Valentines Day and New Years Day are also celebrated like the rest of the world. See National Days, Religious Days & Festivals BEACHES stanbul has beautiful sandy beaches on the northern coasts, especially in ile on the Asian side and Kilyos on the European side. Here are the most popular beaches in stanbul: Bur Beach & Club Kilyos Kamos Beach & Club Knalada Solar Beach & Club Kilyos solarbeach.org Dalia Beach & Club Saryer clubdalia.com Uzunya Beach & Club Saryer uzunya.com Dodo Sea Club Tuzla dodoistanbul.com Golden Beach & Club Rumelifeneri Nonstop Beach & Club Kilyos nonstopbeach.com True Blue Beach & Club, Fenerbahe trubluelive.com Naki
Bey Plaj Bykada Sanela Beach & Club Tarabya Seanergy Beach & Club Kilyos seanergytt.com Wattabe Club Bykekmece wattabe.com.tr See Swimming Pools BEER Bira Although there are many imported brands served at the bars and restaurants, the most favourite beer in Turkey is still Efes Pilsen. Beer Glasses 30luk 30 cl. beer glass, also called kk bira (small beer) or balon (balon). 50lik 50 cl. beer glass. It is also called Arjantin (Agentine). 70lik 70 cl. beer glasses, byk bira (big glass of beer). It is also used for 70 cl. rak bottle, byk rak (big rak bottle). Biraver A beer pot with a tap that functions like a samovar, tea urn. It is derived from bira and semaver. Efes Pilsen An ancient city in zmir, Ephesus; a very popular beer brand named after this ancient city, produced by the Efes Beverage Group. The Efes Beverage Group products are Efes Pilsen, Efes Dark, Efes Light, Efes Extra (a high-alcohol version) Efes Ice (ice-brewed) Marmara (strong beer, Marmara Krmz and Marmara Gold) Ritmix (malt-beer in various tastes) Mariachi (lime or agave flavoured beer as Mariachi or Mariachi Black) Efes Dark Brown (a delicious beer with hints of coffee and chocolate) Efes Beverage Group is the primary sponsor of its namesake Turkish Basketball-team, Efes Pilsen S.K. www.efespilsen.com.tr Did you know? The first beer brewery was opened by Swiss Bomonti brothers in ili in 1893. A foreign beer company put an ad in the bars in 1934 to advertise their product saying Half a litre of beer gives you the strength of 385 gram milk, 32 gram butter, 82 gram meat, 325 gram fish, 105 gram bread, 3 eggs. (Signed by) Prof. Dr. Karl Von Nooder ve Dr. Hugo Salomon Efendi. BEGGARS Dilenci Some beggars are really in need of help whereas most beggars in stanbul do this as a job to make a living by exploiting peoples feelings. It is quite possible to see in the news that a beggar is caught by the police and turned out that he has a fortune, accounts in the bank, houses, cars that he has made by begging. Common Types of Begging Waiting in the corners and beg money from the people passing by. This is the most common way of begging. Walking around in the streets and beg in front of the shops, at the bus stops or busy places. Begging door to door. Begging looking smart and presentable and claiming that they lost their wallets, money and so on.
Walking around in the streets, ferries, bus stops with a little child and hospital report claiming that their children are sick and need financial help to have an operation BEKTA Guide A district on the European side between Kabata and Ortaky, opposite is skdar on the Asian side. Beikta and skdar are central parts of the city for transportation. It is possible to take buses, dolmu or boats to the northern and southern parts of the Bosphorus. Beikta literally means cradle-stone in Turkish. There are two theories for the origin of the name Beikta. The first theory is that there are Byzantine records of a church that the area was called Kounopetra (cradle-stone) which was built in honour of a relic taken from the stable in Nazareth where Jesus was born. The stone was then removed to Hagia Sophia and disappeared during the Fourth Crusade. Another theory is that the name Beikta was mutated from beta (five stones) referring to the pillars to which ships were moored in the time of Barbaros Hayreddin Paa, the famous admiral of the Ottoman Navy in the 16th century. Highlights Akaretler, Barbaros Avenue & Barbaros Hayrettin Paa Trbesi (Mausoleum), Beikta ars (shopping street), Ihlamur Kasr, Ortaky & Ortaky Mosque, The raan Palace, The Dolmabahe Palace, The stanbul Paintings & Sculpture Museum, The Naval Museum, The Yldz Park What to see & do? Have breakfast at the Kaymak Pando Walk around at the fish market Go to a Beikta football game at the nn stadium Go shopping at the Ortaky street market on Sundays Have a cup of Turkish coffee at the cafes by the Bosphorus Go to a concert at the Turkcell Kurueme Arena Have a drink at the Akaretler, old blocks of houses that were once part of the Dolmabahe Palace Walk to Ortaky along the raan Street Take a boat from the ferry station to skdar Did you know? Beikta has sister cities and twin towns all over the world: Trencin (Slovakia) Erlangen (Germany) Brooklyn (USA) Gzelyurt (Northen Cyprus Turkish Republic) Burgaz (Bulgaria) skee (Greece) and Liverpool (UK). How to get there? From Sultanahmet: You can take the tram to Kabata and walk along the Dolmabahe palace or take another bus from Kabata to Beikta. From Taksim: You can take a bus from the Taksim Avenue, take a dolmu from the Gmsuyu Street or take the metro to Kabata and walk or take another bus. From the Asian side: You can a boat from skdar or ferry from Kadky.
Akaretler A street in Beikta named after the old blocks of houses that were once the part of the Dolmabahe Palace. The blocks were built in 1875 by Sarkis Balyan (a member of the famous Armenian family who were the royal architects of the Ottoman Empire in 1800) in order to support the Aziziye Mosque financially. Today the street is a posh street with residances, restaurants, bars, shops and offices. You can get to Akaretler easily from the Beikta Avenue. Simply walk past the Naval Museum, across the street at the traffic lights and turn right. Kaf:f Sra Evler No:34 Akaretler Tel:0212 227 97 01 Minyon W Istanbul Sleyman Seba Cad. No:24 Akaretler Tel:0212 381 21 33 wminyon.com Vogue Bar & Restaurant & Club Spor Cad. BJK Plaza A Blok. Kat:31 Akaretler Tel: 0212 227 44 04 voguerestaurant.com W Istanbul Hotels Sleyman Seba Cad. No:22 Akaretler Tel:0212 381 21 21 wistanbul.com.tr Caffe Il Gusto Ristorante Sleyman Seba Cad. No:59 Akaretler caffeilgustoristorante.com Arnavutky A Bosphorus town located between Ortaky and Bebek on the European side. Opposite Arnavutky on the Asian side are Kandilli and Vaniky. Arnavutky is believed to be named after the Albanian people that were brought to this town from Albania after Mehmet II, Fatih Sultan Mehmet conquered Albania in 1468. It remained Arnavutky even after the Albanian people left the area. Before the Ottoman period it was called Hestai, Promotos, Anaplous, Horasmoto (Village of Angels) Asomaton, Megalu Revmatus (Big Current) or Diabolugue Revma (Diabolic Current due to the current on the Arnavutky Point). It is one of small towns by the Bosphorus where you can go for a walk by the sea, have a raki-balik meal and take photos of the Bosphorus and the original Istanbul houses built by the sea. If you like fishing it is one of the fishing areas in Istanbul. Walk a little further to the north, you will reach Bebek which is a larger town town than Arnavutkoy and has more shops, cafes and a natural cove to make it a marina by the Bosphorus. What to see & do? Walk along the seaside to see the old houses Have a kfte meal at the Ali Baba Restaurant Have a fish meal at the Adem Baba, Arnavutky Balks or Fishmekan Go to a concert at the Turkcell Kurucesme Arena turkcellkurucesmearena.com Did you know? Until the end of 18th century there were many vineyards around the town. At that time, thanks to the Ipsilantis family the vineyards were replaced with stawberry fields and the peculiar kind of strawberry they grew was called the Arnavutky or Ottoman strawberry. How to get there? There are ferries from Eminn or engelky but not very often. You can take a bus from Kabata or Beikta or take a long walk from Beiktas along the Bosphorus.
Bebek A town by the Bosphorus in Beikta on the European side between Arnavutky and Rumelihisar. The earliest name of Bebek is thought to be Hallai or the different versions of the word Challe, Chilai, Khile, Skallia meaning pier. The name today, Bebek, is given after a commander who was in charge of guarding Rumelihisar in the siege of Constantinople. Bebek cove that was a harbour where the boats took shelter in the past, now is a small marina where yachts and boats are anchored. Bebek has a nice shore for going for walks, having a nice cup of tea or coffee and Sunday breakfasts at the cafes. Places To See & Things To Do Have breakfast at the cafes Have a waffle from the Abbas Walk along the marina along the Bosphorus Beikta ars / Shopping Street Beikta district on the European side is famous for the palaces along the Bosphorus, Beikta football team and their fan group called ar as well as the ar itself, the shopping street in Beikta center. ar is a nice place to go for shopping, or a drink or dinner at the small bars and restaurants around. Also it is easy to get to Ortaky, skdar or Kabata and Karaky from Beikta. nn Stad The home of the football club of Beikta JK, located near Dolmabahe Palace in Beikta district on the European side. nn is the only stadium in the world from which a football fan can view two continents, Europe and Asia. Did you know? Recently it was chosen the stadium that has the best view all over the world. Beikta fans are proud of the nn Stadium's record of football's loudest ever decibel level (132dB) in a match against Fenerbahe, breaking the previous record which was held by the Liverpool fans in Anfield. Kaymak Pando stanbul has many choices for breakfast. Kaymak Pando in Beikta is one of the local breakfast shops in stanbul, serving people breakfast for over hundred years. Kaymak Pando, located in Beikta ars in a small shop, is run by Pando Bey, also called Bulgar (Pando Beys family immigrated from Bulgaria) Pando Beys famous breakfast is made of honey, kaymak (clotted cream) cheese, omelette with cheese or sucuk, olives, milk and tea. Mumcu Bakkal Sok. No:3 Beikta Kurueme A town by the Bosphorus on the European side located between Ortaky and Arnavutky. It was called Bithias, Kalamos, Amopolos in ancient times. Kurueme comes from Korueme mutated as Kurueme in time. Places To See & Things To Do
Go to a concert at the Turkcell Arena Go to the most popular night clubs: Sortie, Suada Club, MOjito etc.
Ortaky A town on the European side between Beikta and Kurueme in Beikta district, where the Bosphorus Bridge is built on the European side. Ortaky was a village and a summer resort during the Ottoman Empire. Today it is a cultural seaside avenue with bars, cafes, restaurants, street artist and artisans, and souvenir shops. Ortaky is also one of the towns in stanbul where a mosque, sinagog and church are located in the same place. What to see & do? Take a walk from Besiktas to Ortaky along the raan Street Have a cup of coffee and play backgammon by the sea Go shopping at the Ortaky street market on Sundays See the works of the artisans on the backstreet Did you know? Byk Mecidiye Camii or Ortaky Camii, built by the Armenian architect Nigoos Balyan in 1853, was designed in Neo baroque style. BEKTA JK, Sports Club Beikta Gymnastic Club founded in 1903. BJK is the first sports club in Turkey. Beikta teams wear black and white shirts and are knicknamed Black Eagles. Their stadium is 32,000-seater nn Stadium on the Bosphorus sea front near Dolmabahe Palace. Beikta football team is one of the top three teams and has won twelve Turkish Super League title. They also participated in the UEFA Champions League four times. www.bjk.com.tr Alen Markaryan Alen Markaryan (1966) the legendary cheer-leader of Beikta JK is a sport commentator and one of the leaders of ar Grubu, famous Beikta fan group. He conducts the covered tribune at the footbal matches and back of the hoop at the basketball matches. He runs a Kebap shop, Aleni Kebap Salonu in Balmumcu, Beikta and he is one of the commentators of Karakartal Forum on BJK TV. ar (Grubu), Fan Group The activist fan group of Beikta sports club. ar, founded in 1982, is made of people from different walks of life, occupations and political views. The most well-known cheerleader of the group is Alen Markaryan, who has been retired recently. Before every match the ar members meet at the Kazan Pub in Beikta and walk all the way from Beikta, Dolmabahe Avenue to the nn Stadium and watch the games at Kapal tribn, covered tribune. ar is a very activist group and known for its sensitivity to reflect public opinions and preoccupations. Some of their remarkable opinions and actions are as follows: They protested Susurluk Affair (Mafia-government relations that laid to public eyes by a traffic accident in Susurluk) by turning the stadium lights off. They supported Greenpeace by hanging a non-nuclear protest flag off the stadium protesting global warming. They protested racism in Spain against Samuel Etoo from Barcelona FC with a flag ar is against racism. We are all Etoo They donated blood to Kzlay, Turkish Red Crescent in 2007 Turkish ar her eye kar. ar is against everything. ar Atatrk hari her
eye kar. ar is against everything except for Atatrk. ar official web site www.forzabesiktas.com Sleyman Seba Sleyman Seba (1926) is a former Turkish football player as well as the former chairman of Besiktas Sport Club. He started to play football in the Kabatas High School football team. He was soon discovered by Besiktas JK and admitted to its junior team, then he became a member of the A-team in 1945. Besiktas played against Swedish Allmanna Idrottsklubben for the openning of BJK Inn Stadium and he scored the first ever goal. During all his professional career he played only for Beikta JK. In 1984 he became the chairman of the club and served for until 2000. Sleyman Seba is still the most respected figure of the team and the Honorary Chairman. BEVERAGES ecekler Ayran Buttermilk, a cold drink made by shaking yoghurt, water and salt. Ayran is a drink that accompanies food such as fastfood and kebap. Doctors tell us it is also a preventative medicine against the effects of carcinogens because of the bacteria in yoghurt. Ayran can be made simply mixing yogurt, water and salt. It can also be eaten as an appetizer or garnish when mixed with olive oil, cucumber, garlic, dill or mint. As an appetizer it is called cack. Boza Boza is a popular fermented winter beverage made from pounded wheat, flour, yoghurt, dried yeast, sugar, vanilla served with cinnamon and leblebi (roasted cickpeas). Boza is also a popular beverage in Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. Did you know that the Ottoman Empire fed the army with boza as it is rich in carbohydrates and vitamins? Vefa Bozacs www.vefa.com.tr ay See TEA Ihlamur Ihlamur is linden tree and a hot drink made from the flowers of linden tree. You can see stanbullu picking up linden flowers on top of the trees in some streets. You can walk around the streets surrounded by linden trees in May and June. You can see stanbullu on the trees picking up linden flower to dry it and make linden tea in winter. Neskafe Nescafe brand is the general name given to instant coffee. Nescafe is the first instant coffee brand in Turkey; therefore, this type of coffee is called Nescafe. Maden Suyu Soda, mineral water. It is also used as soda in Turkish. Neskafe Nescafe brand, general name given to instant coffee. Nescafe is the first instant coffee brand in Turkey; therefore, this type of coffee is called Nescafe. Salep Salep is the name given to types of orchid in Anatolia; a hot beverage made of dried tubers of orchid boiled with sugar and milk and served with cinnamon. Salep is one of the most favourable hot drinks consumed by stanbullu, especially on the ferries in winter time. You can go on a ferry ride during the winter and order a cup of salep while
watching the view of the Bosphorus. Also try ice cream with salep at Ali Baba. Did you know that salep means fox testicles in Arabic? Today it is illegal to export salep due to decline of sahlep. Thus, many instant salep mixes are made with artificial flavoring? The ancient Romans also used orchid to make drinks such as satyrion, priapiscus which were considered to be powerpul aphrodisiac? algam Brassica rape, a kind of turnip, cole-seed peculiar to Adana, ukurova; algam suyu, a kind of beverage made with rape, red carrot, wheat flour, yeast and salt and usually consumed with kebab. algam suyu is a local taste from Adana but it is also very popular for stanbullu who likes kebab. Turkish Coffee See TURKISH COFFEE BEYKOZ Guide A district at the upper end of the Bosphorus on the Asian side and the Black Sea coast. In the south is skdar, in the east is ile and opposite is Saryer on the European side. The first historic people to settle the upperBosphorus were Thracians and Greeks and the ancient name for the area was Amikos or Amnicus, named after a Thracian king. The name of the area then became Beykoz during the Ottoman period derived from Bey (prince, lord, mister in Turkish) and Koz (village in Persian). Beykoz, one of the greenest parts of stanbul, was famous for glassworks, which began in the 17th century and by the 18th and 19th centuries were a wellestablised factory making the ornate spiral-designed or semi-opaque white glassware known worldwide as Beykoz-ware You can get to Beykoz from skdar, Kadky and mraniye on the Asian side and Mecidiyeky and Taksim on the European side by bus, dolmu and ferry. Anadoluhisar The fortress and the town in Beykoz district on the Asian side. Anadoluhisar facing Rumelihisar on the European side is located between two bridges on the Bosphorus. Anadoluhisar was built in 1390 by the Ottoman Sultan, Beyazt I (Yldrm Beyazt) to support the siege of Constantinople. After the city was conquered in 1453 by Mehmet II (Fatih Sultan Mehmet) the fortress lost its importance as a military building and the area grew as a town centred around the fortress. There is a stream called the Gksu running through Anadoluhisar and flowing into the Bosphorus. Even if it is not as beautiful today, it was once one of the meeting places for lovers who used to go on a boat trip and flirt. What to see & do? Take Bosphorus photos from the fortress. Sit at one of the cafes around the Gksu for a nice glass of tea and a chat with a friend or an stanbullu. Go to one of the local restaurants around Gksu and enjoy a meal of rakbalk, a traditional Bosphorus pleasure. How to get there? You can get to Anadoluhisar from Uskudar by taking
Beykoz dolmu (shuttles) or buses. You can also take a Bosphorus ferry from Eminonu. Anadolukava A fishing town in the very north of the Bosphorus on the Asian side facing Rumelikava on the European side. Anadolukava is a nice, quiet fishing village out of the city where stanbullu go by ferry to have a nice time by the Bosphorus, eat fish at the restaurants by the sea and enjoy the view of the Bosphorus from Yoros Kalesi. Yoros Fortress The only tourist attraction of the the town, Yoros Kalesi is a Genoese fortress built on a very strategic point overlooking both the Bosphorus and the Black Sea. It is one of the most ideal places to enjoy the view over the city. What to see & do? Take a ferry from Eminn, go along the Bosphorus, have a rak-balk meal and enjoy the view of the Bosphorus from Yoros Kalesi. How to get there? You can get to Anadolukava by Bosphorus ferries from Eminn, which is a nice Bosphorus tour. The ferry stops at Anadolukava for 1 hour so you can have a lunch or dinner. If you wish to get there by bus from Beykoz, you can take a bus from Sultaniye, Beykoz. em-i Blbl A kind of Turkish style glassware. em-i blbl, nightingales eye, is a kind of glass processing style peculiar to Turkish art. As the lines on them resemble the eyes of nightingales, the glasswares like glasses, carafes and vases are called em-i blbl. The most popular colours in these glassware are azure, dark red and emerald. www.pasabahcemagazalari.com Did you know? The sailors in Archaic Ages killed animals as sacrife in Beykoz in the name of Zeus and Poseidon in order to travel in good weather and be protected from the storms before sailing away in the Black Sea. Ottoman Sultans and statesmen made hunting kiosks in Beykoz because it was a favourable hunting area. Kanlca A town by the Bosphorus on the Asian side in Beykoz district. Kanlca is located between ubuklu in the North and Anadoluhisar in the South famous for yoghurt. Kanlca Yoghurt This typical small Bosphorus town is famous for Kanlca yourdu, a kind of yoghurt served with powdered sugar. Have Kanlca yourdu at naralt by the sea, go for a walk, brunch or coffee in Mihrabad Korusu www.mihrabatkorusu.com Paabahe A town in Beykoz on the Asian side famous for Paabahe glass factory and glassware. Polonezky A Polish village in Beykoz on the Asian side. Polonezky was built in 1842 by a Polish prince, Adam Czartoryski who was the political leader of the Polish rebels. Polonezky is one of the greenest parts of the city. It is a very nice place for hiking, picnicing, riding, paintball, sports etc.
You can get to this beautiful part of stanbul from Kavack around the second bridge. Unfortunately there are no public buses to Polonezky. www.polonezkoy.com BEYOLU Guide The famous district of the city, located between Beikta and Fatih (The old peninsula). This famous and cosmopolite district of the European side includes neighbourhoods like Galata, Karaky, Tophane, stiklal Street, Cihangir, Tepeba, Tarlaba, Dolapdere, Kasmpaa, Kabata, all of which are very important cultural centers and offer tourist attractions including active art, entertainment and night life as wel as the historical and cultural attractions. Beyolu Fish Market Beyolu Balk Pazar is located in Sahne Sokak beside iek Pasaj. At the entrance of the market from stiklal Caddesi you can have fastfood like dner, kokore, mussel especially in Mercan or ampiyon. After passing the greengrocers, spice shops, delicatessen, fish shops and the loud sellers in the crowded street, you can turn into Nevizade to have a drink after the shopping and also go to Aslhan Pasaj where you can buy old or new books. iek Pasaj, Cit de Pra One of the symbols of Beyoglu (Pera), is a famous historic pasageway lined with restaurants located in the middle of of stiklal Caddesi. iek Pasaj was built over the Naum Theatre which was severely damaged by the fire of Pera in 1870. After the fire, the theatre was purchased by the local Greek banker Hristaki Zografos Eendi. It was built by an Italian architect, Zanno and opened in 1876 as Cit de Pra or Hristaki Pasaji with 24 shops and 18 apartments. The first restaurant was Yorgonun Meyhanesi (Yorgos Winehouse). Some of the other shops in the early years of the passageway were as follows: Maison Parret patisserie, Vallaurys patisserie, Nakumaras Japanese shop, Dulas florist, Schumachers bakery, Keserciyans tailor, Acemyans tobacco shop, Hristos cafe In 1908 it was called Sait Pasa Pasaji, because the building was purchased by the Grand Vizier Sait Pasa. In the early 20s the passageway hosted White Russians women selling flowers. They were the noble Russians exiled from Russia after the Russian Revolution in 1917. By the 40s the building was mostly occupied by flower shops, and the building was called Cicek Pasaji up to present. Since the 40s more pubs and meyhanes opened and this led florists to sell on the street. In 1988 the building was restored and opened as a passageway of pubs and restaurants. stiklal Cad. Saitpaa Geidi No:3/5 Galatasaray Beyolu Cihangir One of the trendy neighbourhood located between Taksim and Kabata, popular with artists, movie stars, intellectuals and especially foreigners with ample entertainment and shopping options. The name of the neighbourhood comes from the Farsi compound noun meaning conquerer of the world. How to get to Cihangir? Take the street on the left (Sra Selviler) before entering
the Istiklal Street, walk down the street past the Romanian Cultural Center, German Hospital and Taksim Hospital. French Street, Fransz Soka, Beyolu he cultural street with tented building, street musicians, cafes, restaurant and art galleries located behind Galatasaray High School in Beyolu. The street was known as Cezayir kmaz (Algerian Alley) before it was renovated in 2004 by Mehmet Tadiken. The street offers restaurants, cafes and art galleries for the visitors:
Apart Loft apartloftistanbul.com Arkeo Book & souvenir shop Artiste Terasse Restaurant & bar artisteterasse.com Belle Du Jour Caf, restaurant & bar Brasserie Levantine Caf Restaurant & art gallery Cafe A. Mille Caf, restaurant & bar Cafe De La Place Art caf Cafe Miro cafemiros.com Cezayir Restaurant cezayir-istanbul.com Cezayir Antik Antiques cezayirantik.com Chez Bore Restaurant & patisserie chezbore.com Chez Les Dames French caf & restaurant Chez Sakman Caf, bar & restaurant Coup De Fourdre Caf & bar Galerie DArt Art gallery &a conference hall Je Taime Art shop, caf, bar & restaurant La Chevalier Restaurant & winehouse La Chance Caf & bar Le Caprice Restaurant, cafe & bar La Vie Restaurant & caf & bar La Terasse Cafe & bakery Les Zazous Restaurant & bar Mateo Bar mateobar.com Opera Restaurant Restaurant & concert hall Pomme Antiquie Antiquie shop
Galata Tower One of the symbols of Istanbul, located on a hilltop overlooking the Golden Horn, the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara. It was built by the Genoese in 1348 as the chief tower in the city walls of Galata. After suffering heavy damage in a great earthquake in 1509, the tower was repaired by Architect Hayreddin. Also used as a dungeon, the tower was mostly used as a look out place to spot the outbreak of fires. The 62 meter-high tower (65.9 with the flag-staff) is now a popular tourist attraction, with facilities including a restaurant on the top floor. The balcony ringing the top floor affords a panoramic view of stanbul and is an ideal place to observe the city. stiklal Street One of the most popular, maybe the most, pedestrian streets in Istanbul located in the historic Beyolu district, visited by nearly 3 millin people a day walking from Taksim Square to the Tunnel near Galata Tower. Kabata A town by the Bosphorus on the European side between Beikta in the North and Tophane and Karaky in the South. The old names of Kabata were Aiantion, Petra Thermatis and Butharion. The name Kabata is believed to come from a huge rock in the area. Kabata port was built in the 19th century and a column (Hadika) was built by the Sultan Abdlmecid. Kabata also has the famous Dolmabahe Palace. Before the palace was built, there was a cove in the area and people going to Beikta had to take a boat at the Arap skelesi to get to the other side. Then the cove was filled and the palace was built on the cove. Kabata is a central station for sea transportation. From Kabata, you can get to skdar by ferry, boat and arabal vapur, to the islands by ferry and to Yalova and narck by seabus. It is also one of the starting points to start a Bosphorus tour. Did you know?
The first ferry journey was made in Kabata and the ferryboats invented by Hseyin Haki Efendi, the manager of the ferry company, carried horse carriages between Kabata and Harem. The first theatre in Turkey, Saray Tiyatrosu, was built in Kabata in the reign of the Sultan Abdlmecid in the 19th century. The first performance was Belle Helene operet by an Austrian troupe. Places To See & Things To Do Visit the Dolmabahe Palace Go to a Beikta football game at the nn Stadium Karaky One of the oldest and historical parts of the city on the European side, facing Eminn. The name Karaky comes from a Jewish Turkish community called Karai, Karaim or Karay Turks who settled around the area after the conquest of Constantinople. The name was mutated and is used as Karaky today. There is still a Karay sinagog and cemetery in Karaky. Karaky was called Galata (also used today) and has been a very important harbour and trade center since the ancient times. Genoa, Venice and Catalan states were given the permission to trade during the Eastern Rome and Ottoman Empire periods, therefore the town looked like a European city for centuries. Karaky is still a very important harbour for the cruise ships running between the Black Sea and Mediterrenen Sea. Karaky today is a very cosmopolit area with all the German, Greek, French, Austrian and Italian schools, churces, sinagogs, mosques and the monuments that were made by European communities. Places To See & Things To Do Have a lovely dinner at one of the restaurants at the Galata Bridge Walk up the Camondo stair (in baroque style) built by a banker called Abraham Camondo. Take your camera with you and go to galata Tower where Hezarfen Ahmet elebi, the first person to attempt to fly jumping off the tower with the wings he made. Take the old metro from Tnel to Taksim. Walk around in the Bankalar Street left from the last days of the Ottoman Empire. Visit the Turkey Hebrew Museum and Ottoman Bank Museum. Did you know? There is a brothel in Karaky and this fact caused silly jokes in the society for a long time when Karaky was mentioned. Nevizade One of the most popular streets at the Istiklal Street, located behind the iek Pasaj, Cit de Pera. Pera Old name given to one part of Beyolu, Taksim. The other part is called Galata. The word came from Peran Vineyards or Pera in Byzantium era. It is also
used today as Pera Oteli, Pera Palas, Pera Mzesi etc. Pera Palace Hotel Famous Pera Palas Oteli located in Pera, Beyoglu on the European side is one of the must-see hotels in Istanbul. Its a museum hotel with its story, style, all those famous visitors and the wonderful view of the historic peninsula and the Golden Horn. The rococo-style Pera Palas was built in 1892 by the architect Alexander Vallaury (1850-1921), the founder and first instructor of the Architectural Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. The purpose was to provide accomodation for the passengers arriving in Sirkeci Terminal on the Orient Express. The location of the hotel was great to built a hotel for the European tourists because Pera was the European face of the city with streets, religious buildings, cafes, restaurants, shops, lifestyle, vivid nightlife and the people coming from all over the world speaking many different languages, just like today. Pera Palas hosted many famous people including Agatha Christie (She wrote Murder on the Orient Express in room 411 which is preserved in her honour today), Mustafa Kemal Atatrk (He stayed in room 101 which is preserved in his honour today), King George V of England, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, King Zog I of Albania, Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran, King Edward VIII of England, King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, King Carol I of Romania, President Tito of Yugoslavia and President Giscard dEstaing of France, Franz Von Papen, Greta Garbo, Mata Hari, Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline Kennedy, Rita Hayworth and Zsa Zsa Gabor. The hotel is located in Mesrutiyet Caddesi (street) in Tepebasi near Tnel. You can walk there or take the street car from Taksim or you can take the metro (oldest metro in Istanbul) if you are going from Karakoy. Did you know? After World War I, occupying forces used the Pera Palace Hotel as their headquarters? Following the liberation of Istanbul by the Turkish nationalist movement under Mustafa Kemal Atatrk in 1922, the British gave the key to Istanbul back to Celal Bayar in this hotel, where smet nn stayed during the armistice talks. The first fashion show in Istanbul was held at the Pera Palas? Pera Palas was the first building to have electricity as well as the first electric elevator in Istanbul. Merutiyet Cad. No:52 Tepeba Beyolu Tel:0212 377 40 00 www.perapalace.com Tophane A town by the Bosphorus on the European side between Kabata and Karaky. Tophane, named after the cannon factory, was the oldest industrial area during the Ottoman Empire. Today the factory is serving as Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Faculty, Cultural Centre. Places To See & Things To Do
Sit one of the cafes and have a nargile. Visit stanbul Modern Museum. BOSPHORUS Boaz The Bosphorus, one of the two straits in Turkey that connects the Black Sea and Marmara Sea as well as Asia and Europe. Also Boazii. The word Bosphorus comes from the Greek word Bosporos that means ox passage. In Turkish boaz means throat and strait. The Asian side of the Bosphours is called Anadolu/Asya yakas (yaka=collar) and the European side is Avrupa yakas. Over the Bosphorus, there are two suspension bridges used for international navigation: Boazii Kprs (built in 1973) in the South and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Kprs (built in 1986) in the North. Towns Along The Bosphorus Asian Side (South to North) Kadky, skdar, Kuzguncuk, Beylerbeyi, engelky, Vaniky, Kandilli, Anadoluhisar, Kanlca, Paabahe, Beykoz, Anadolukava, Poyraz, Anadolu Feneri European Side (South to North) Eminn, Karaky, Tophane, Kabata, Beikta, Ortaky, Kurueme, Arnavutky, Bebek, Aiyan, Rumelihisar, Baltaliman, Emirgan, stinye, Yeniky, Tarabya, Kireburnu, Baheky, Saryer, Rumelikava, Rumeli Feneri Bosphorus Facts & Figures The Bosphorus is approximately 32 km long. The coast line of the European side is 55 km, Asian side is 35 km. The widest part is 3600 m between Anadolu Feneri and Rumeli Feneri. The minimum width is 700 m between Anadoluhisar and Rumelihisar. The deepest part is 120 km between Bebek and Kandilli. In the Bosphorus there are two currents; one on the surface from the Black Sea towards the Marmara Sea and the other one below the surface in the opposite direction. Bosphorus Myth Io is seduced by Zeus and he changed her into a milk-white heifer to protect her from the jealousy of Hera. When Hera asked Zeus for the heifer, Zeus complied and Hera employed the hundred-eyed Argus to guard Io. After Argus was slain by Hermes at the behest of Zeus, Hera tormented Io with a gadfly, driving her from land to land crossing the strait between Asia and Europe and giving its name, Bosphorus. Major Maritime Accidents on the Bosphorus stanbul Strait has been open for international shipping traffic since the Montreux Convention was signed in 1936. The agreement gave Turkey control over the Straits and regulates military activitiy in the region and it is still in force today, with some amendments. During the period from 1953 to 2002, 461 maritime incidents occurred in the stanbul Strait or in its southern entrance at the Marmara Sea. The majority were collisions. December 14, 1960 Yugoslavian flagged M/T Petar Zorani, carrying gasoline, collided with the Greek tanker M/T World Harmony at Kanlca
Point. 20 ships officers and crew died, both masters included. 18,000 tons of oil spilled and caused pollution. Fire lasted for some weeks and suspended transit traffic. The Turkish vessel Tarsus collided into the Zorani and burnt with it. September 15, 1964 Norwegian flagged vessel Norborn contacted the wreck of Petar Zorani at Kanlca Point. Fire broke out and oil spilled. March 1, 1966 Two Soviet flagged vessels M/T Lutsk and M/T Cransky Oktiabr collided at Maiden's Tower Point. 1,850 tons oil spilled, caught fire and caused the Turkish passenger ferryboat Kadky and the ferry boat terminal of Karaky burn completely. July 3, 1966 Turkish passenger ferryboat Yeni Galatasaray collided with lumber carrying Turkish coaster Aksaray. 13 people died in the following fire. November 18, 1966 Turkish passenger ferryboat Bereket hit the Romanian flagged Ploesti. 8 people drowned. July 1, 1970 Italian vessel Ancona ran ashore and caused the downfall of a building under construction. 5 people died. December 27, 1972 Two Turkish vessels, the passenger ferryboat Turan Emeksiz and the cargo ship M/V Snmezler collided. 5 people died. April 21, 1979 Romanian flagged vessel M/V Karpat collided with the Turkish ship M/V Kefeli. 11 people died. November 15, 1979 Romanian registered M/T Independenta collided with Greek ship M/V Evriali at Haydarpaa Point. 43 people died in the exploding Romanian tanker. 94,600 tons of crude oil spilled and the following fire lasted weeks. April 2, 1980 Greek ship M/V Elsa collided with the Soviet vessel M/V Moskovosky. 2 people died. November 9, 1980 British vessel Nordic Faith collided with Greek flagged ship Stravanda. Fire broke out. September 24, 1985 Turkish Navy fast attack boat TCG Meltem collided with a Soviet Navy war ship. Meltem sunk and 5 Turkish marines died. October 29, 1988 Maltase registered ammoniac carrier M/T Blue Star contacted the Turkish crude oil tanker M/T Gaziantep, which was on anchor at Ahrkap Point. 1,000 tons ammoniac spilled in the Marmara Sea. March 25, 1990 Iraqi tanker M/T Jampur carrying gasoline collided with the Chinese flagged bulk carrier M/V Da Tung Shang at Saryer Point. 2,600 tons of oil spilled from Jampur and caused severe pollution. November 14, 1991 Philippines flagged M/V Madonna Lily collided with the Lebanese flagged live stock carrier M/V Rabunion XVIII at Anadoluhisar Point. 5 people died. 21,000 sheep drowned in the Romanian vessel sunk and their corpses caused a major pollution. March 13, 1994 Crude oil carrier M/T Nassia collided with the bulk carrier M/V Shipbroker, both Cyprus registered. 27 people lost their lives. 9,000 tons of petroleum spilled and 20,000 tons burnt four days long affecting the
marine environment severely. Traffic in the Strait was suspended for several days and Shipbroker burnt totally. December 29, 1999 Russian tanker M/T Volganeft-248 grounded at Florya Point with 4,000 tons of fuel-oil on board and split into two pieces. 1,500 tons of oil spilled to the sea. Clean-up operation of the contaminated recreational beaches took about two years. October 7, 2002 Maltase vessel M/V Gotia stranded at Bebek Point. 22 tons oil spilled causing environmental damage to the boats in the marina and the structures at the waterfront. November 10, 2003 Georgian flagged cargo ship GGC Svyatoy Panteleymon ran aground off Anadolufeneri and broke into two pieces. Around 500 tons of oil spilled and caused pollution. What to see & do? Go on a tour by the public ferries or boats Have a rak-balk meal at the restaurants on both sides Have a nice breakfast with friends at the naralt cafs by the sea Go for a long walk along the Bosphorus Wait to see the dolphins swimming back and forth on the Bosphorus Did you know? In 1936, 4700 different types of ships passed through the stanbul strait whereas in 2003 this number was 46,939. Many small accidents happens along the strait every year but the most tragic one was the Romanian tanker, Independenta that crashed with a Greek ship near Kadky. The tanker burnt for days and painted Kadky shore black. It took ten years to carry the wreckage. BOSPHORUS BRIDGE Boaz Kprs The Bosphorus Bridge, first of the two bridges over the Bosphorus that connects Asia and Europe (also FSM, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Kprs). The Bosphorus Bridge is a suspension bridge span located between Beylerbeyi on the Asian side and Ortaky on the European side. There are six lanes on the bridge. The towers are 165 m high from the ground and the distance between two towers is 1074 m. The height between the sea and the bridge is 64 m. The number of the vehicles that passed over the bridge has increased since the openning: In 1973 32,000, in 1987 130,000, in 2004 180,000 vehicles. The Bosphorus Bridge was built in 1970-1973 due to the increasing population of the city and the transportation problem between two sides. During the first years pedestrians could walk across the bridge and the elevators inside the legs were open to the public. However, after many suicides it is no longer open to the public since 1978. Building a bridge over the Bosphorus isnt new. The first attempt was made by the Persian King Darius in 511 B.D. to transfer his 700,000-soldier army to the
other side of the Bosphorus on the Scythian campaign. He ordered to put the boats over the sea and made a mobile bridge. Another attempt was during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamit II. in the early 20th century. In 1901 Italian architect Mondrakol made a bridge project and it was introduced to the Sultan. However, the Sultan didnt allow the project and it was put on the shelf. Did you know? Many people attemped to commit suicide from the bridge. Most of them succeeded but a few of them survived luckily. The first attempt was on the 16th December 1974, 14 months after the openning ceremony. The 1,000,000,000th vehicle passed through the bridge in 1999. The Bosphorus Bridge was the second longest suspension bridge span when it was completed. Today it is the 15th longest suspension bridge span in the world. BOSPHORUS TOURS One of the nicest things to do in Istanbul is, of course, to take a Bosphorus tour. IDO, Istanbuls official sea bus and ferry company offers three Bosphorus cruise tours: Short Circle Bosphorus Cruise (Kisa Bogaz turu) Full Circle Bosphorus Cruise (Uzun Bogaz turu) Full Bosphorus Cruise by night (Mehtap turu) You can buy tickets from the IDO sales offices located in Eminonu. Short Circle Bosphorus Cruise (Ksa Boaz Turu) This tour is available every day and the ferry leaves from Eminonu at 14.30 and from skdar at 14.50. The tour takes 2 hours. The tour is held every day except only on Sundays and holidays between November and April. Long Circle Bosphorus Cruise (Uzun Boaz Turu) The full Bosphorus cruise takes several hours and offers a great Bosphorus experience taking you up to the Black Sea and back to Eminonu. The ferry stops for an hour in Anadolukavagi and you can have a nice raki-balik lunch in one of the fish restaurants on the shore. (Kalk means departure and varis means arrival) Full Bosphorus Cruise by night (Mehtap Turu) This tour offers the same route as the full circle Bosphorus cruise but you will enjoy the Bosphorus at night when the whole city looks so great. The ferry stops for an hour in Anadolukavagi and and departs again at 22.00 for a wonderful moonlight cruise on the Bosphorus in the middle of two continents. The full Boshorus tour by night is only available on Saturdays during the summer. Enjoy your Bosphorus tour! BREK Flaky Pastry A kind of baked or fried pastry made of a thin flaky dough, yufka, filled with cheese, minced meat or vegetables. Brek is usually prepared in
a large pan, baked and cut into portions or fried as individual pastries. i Brek A kind of traditional Crimean Tatar brek (pastry) made of thin flaky dough filled with minced meat, onions and spices, and deep-fried. Gzleme A kind of thin brek cooked on a sheet iron. It is also called bazlama. Types of gzleme are spanakl gzleme gzleme with spinach kymal gzleme gzleme with minced meat patatesli gzleme gzleme with potatoe peynirli gzleme gzleme with cheese Kol Brei A kind of rolled brek with cheese, minced meat or potato and cooked in the oven. Kol brei is one of the most popular quick breakfast foods. With tea, of course. Krt Brei A kind of plain brek served with powder sugar. One of the brek types sold by the street vendors and brek shops that stanbullu loves to eat as fastfood. Paanga A kind of brek made with pastrami, tomato, pepper and kaar cheese and deep-fried in oil. Paanga goes very well with an Efes. Sigara Brei A very simple kind of brek. Sigara brei is a very popular hot hors doeuvre and it is very easy to make. Cut the filo pastry, put the filling (cheese and parsely) and roll as dolma. Fry in hot oil. It is also dipped into the beaten egg and then to the mixed sesame seeds and pane flour. Dont forget to order a sigara brei, paanga or patates kzartmas when you drink an Efes. Su Brei Su brei is a kind of brek with cheese or minced meat. It is called su (water) brei because the filo is boiled before cooked. Su brei is one of the very popular pastries for stanbullu and they eat su brei for breakfast or lunch. Tarihi Saryer Brekisi Saryer is famous for Saryer brei which is a kind of rolled brek made with minced meat, onions, pine nut, currant and spices. It is also served with cheese, potato, spinach and sugar. It is no doubt one of the most favourable breakfast foods that stanbullu prefer most. This historical brek shop was founded by Mehmet Ali Bey in 1895 and located in a three-floored building in Saryer. Yeni Mahalle Cad. No:50 Saryer www.meshursariyerborekcisi.net BREAKFAST Kahvalt It is called kahve alt (kahvalt) meaning the food before drinking coffee. Traditional Turkish breakfast is a full meal and some people may find it a bit too heavy to eat in the morning. stanbullu usually eat feta cheese, green or black olives, jam, butter, eggs or menemen, pastry like brek or poaa, types of meat like salami, pastrami, sucuk (Turkish sausage) with eggs, vegetables like tomato, cucumber, pepper, fruit like water melon. Soup is another common food for breakfast, especially mercimek orbas. And the breakfast drink is, of course, traditional Turkish tea. In addition to all these foods, people in rush usually have poaa-ay, brek-ay, simit-karper-ay, tost-ay on the way to work or school.
Beyaz Peynir Although Turkish cheese isnt worldwide famous, it is possible to claim that Turkey is a cheese country with hundreds of different types of cheese in each region. However, these cheeses are not long matured because of the low fat content. The most popular kinds of cheese in Turkey are beyaz peynir feta cheese, kaar peyniri a mild, pale yellow cheese made of sheeps milk, kosher and lor peyniri ricotta cheese, is a soft, uncured cheese. Beyaz peynir is usually consumed for breakfast, kaar peyniri in toast and meals and lor peyniri in pastry like brek. Kaar Peyniri is a mild, pale yellow cheese made of sheeps milk produced and consumed in Turkey and Greece. It has two types: eski (old) kaar and taze (fresh) kaar. Eski kaar is usually consumed for breakfast, taze kaar for toast, fastfood or meals like pasta or roasted food. Taze kaar isusually used to make toast, sandwich, macaroni, stew etc. Zeytin is olive and it is a must for traditional Turkish breakfast. People consume both green olives yeil zeytin and black olives siyah zeytin. Balkaymak Another delicious breakfast food is balkaymak, honey and clotted cream. There is nothing like having a lovely breakfast at one of the naralt cafes by the Bosphorus on a weekend. Yumurta Eggs are usually consumed as rafadan soft-boiled, lop hard-boiled, sahanda yumurta fried eggs with butter in a frying pan, kymal yumurta fried eggs with fried minced meat, pepper and onions, menemen (see below), peynirli yumurta fried eggs with cheese, sucuklu yumurta eggs with sucuk, Turkish spicy sausage. Menemen Menemen is a simple egg dish made with tomatoes, peppers, optionally onions, cheese and spices. Here is how it is cooked: Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook until most of the moisture has evaporated and rich sauce is formed. Add the pepper and cook a few minutes. Finally pour the beaten eggs over and server ed pepper. Brek is a kind of baked or fried pastry made of a thin flaky dough, yufka, filled with cheese, minced meat or vegetables. Brek is usually prepared in a large pan, baked and cut into portions or fried as individual pastries. orba Soup is another common food for breakfast, especially mercimek orbas, lentile soup. Simit & Poaa & Tost Beside all these foods, people in rush usually have poaa-ay, brek-ay, simit-karper-ay, tost-ay on the way to work or school. Simit Turkish bagel with sesame or poaa a flaky, savory pastry with cheese peynirli, minced meat kymal, potato patatesli or olives zeytinli with tea is also a good way of having breakfast if you are in a rush in the morning. It is usually consumed for breakfast and sold by the street vendors or at the bakeries or bfe. You can have breakfast at Saray Muhallebicisi, Sti, naralt cafes, Rumelihisar cafes with other stanbullu on a weekend morning. The other popular breakfast places are as follows:
Gezi stanbul nn Cad. No: 5 Taksim geziistanbul.com Sade Kahve Yahya Kemal Cad. No:20/A Rumelihisar sadekahve.com.tr Mariann Bahesi Akatlar Mah. Zeytinolu Cad. Yeim Sok. No:7 Etiler marianinbahcesi.com Doatepe Caf & Restaurant Nispetiye Cad. Duatepe Park No:4-6 Rumeli Hisarst dogatepe.com.tr Malta Kk Yldz Park, Beikta beltur.com.tr/malta-kosku.asp adr Kk Yldz Park, Beikta beltur.com.tr/cadir-kosk.asp Kr Kahvesi Yldz Park, Beikta Limonlu Bahe Yeniar Cad. No: 98 Beyolu Sarkk Emirgan beltur.com.tr/sarikosk.asp Hidiv Kasr ubuklu Korusu No:32 ubuklu hidivkasri.com Ltera Restaurant Yeni ar Cad. No: 32 Beyolu literarestaurant.com Van Kahvalt Evi Cihangir stanbul Modern Cafe Meclisi Mebusan Cad. Antrepo No:4 Salpazar Naml Gurme Kadky, Karaky namligida.com.tr Kutu Cafe Moda, Kadky kutukafe.com BLENT ERSOY Biography Blent Ersoy (1952) is a famous singer of Turkish classical music, diva of Turkish music, who started her life and music career male but became female by a sex change operation in London in 1981. Blent Ersoy and her family moved from Malatya to Istanbul in the early 60s. After she studied classical Turkish music at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory, she released her first long play in 1971 and started public performances at the Maksim Gazinosu in 1974. Ever since she started her performances, she took attention by her costumes and sexual choice as a male until she had a sex operation in London in 1981. After the military coup in 1981 she was banned from public performances due to homophobic and transphobic regime of the 80s. Although she petitioned the Turkish courts to legally recognize her as a woman but the petition was rejected in 1982 and it took her years to get a pink ID which women are given. In 1989 she was shot at a performance in Adana by a angry spectator because she didnt sing a song in the way he asked and she lost one of her kidneys. In 1997 she was awarded with the International Montu Merdi Doctorate of Music. Did you know? She is the first Turkish musician who gave concerts at the London Palladium in 1980, at the Madison Square Garden in 1983 and at the Olympia in 1997 as the first Turkish singer after Dario Morneo, a famous singer in 60s. BURGAZADA See PRINCES ISLANDS BYKADA See PRINCES ISLANDS BYZANTIUM Bizans The first name given to stanbul. According to the legend, the legendary founder of the city of Byzantium was Byzas from Megara. Byzas was looking for a new land for his family and his flowers. He asked the Delphic oracle for advice. The oracle advised him not to settle until he found the land of the blind. He told him to build his city just
opposite the blind. The oracle was referring to the Chalcedonians, a Greek colony established earlier on the Asiatique side. Byzas set sail. When he was sailing thru the Marmara Sea to the Black Sea at the point of the Bosphorus where three sides were surrounded by water, he decided that the Calcedonians must have been blind not to have chosen this great location. So Byzas built his city on this point in 650 B.C. It was called Byzantium. Byzantium was an independent city with its own government, the favourable location of Byzantium, which controlled the sea routes from the Aegean to the Black Sea. Byzantium was an important center for trade and commercial. The city was taken by Darius 512 B.C. and remained under Persian control from 479 to 444 B.C. after the expulsion of the Spartan General Pausanias. Byzantium later became a voluntary ally of Athens, following two centuries the city frequently changed hands between Athens and Sparta. In the year 179 B.C. the city was captured by the combined forces of Rhodes, Pergamum and Bithynia. In 1710 B.C. Byzantium was captured by the Romans and remained a Roman province until 325 A.D. See Constantine I, Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire
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CALL TO PRAYER See MOSQUE CAM See MOSQUE AY See TEA ENGELKY See SKDAR CEZAYR IKMAZI See FRANSIZ SOKAI CHICKEN MEALS Tavuk Whats the most popular chicken meal in Istanbul? No doubt the answer is tavuk dner served as fastfood in half bread sandwich, pide, drm or pilav st tavuk (topped on rice). Below is the list of the most popular chicken meals preferred by Istanbullu: Tavuk orbas Chicken soup cooked with noodles or vermicelli Tavuklu pilav Rice topped with boiled chicken pieces Kanat Grilled chicken wings Tavuk sote Chicken saut cooked with pepper, onions and spices Tavuk gve Chicken casserole cooked with vegetables Tavuk i Chicken sis kebab Tavuk zgara / zgara tavuk Grilled chicken Tavukgs Chicken breast pudding, a kind of dessert made of milk, sugar, cracked rice, and chicken breast served with cinnamon Other popular meals you might see on the menu is as follows: erkez tavuu Circassian chicken, a kind of cold chicken food made from the mixture of chicken and a thick sauce (chicken breast, onion, garlic, carrot, walnut, chicken broth, red pepper, old bread, salt) Frnda tavuk Roasted chicken with vegetables li tavuk Stuffed court style chicken (Typically stuffed with rice, spices, pine nut, raisin etc.) Tavuk yahni Chicken stew made with vegetables Tavuk klbast Grilled chicken cutlet Beamel soslu tavuk Chicken with bchamel sauce pilavli tavuk Stuffed chicken with rice Beendili tavuk Chicken with aubergine puree CHURCH Kilise There are more Greek Orthodox churches in stanbul than Armenian and Protestant churches and a big majority of them remained from the Roman period.
Panagia Mary in Greek (Meryem in Turkish) Hagia, Hagios Saint in Greek (used as Aya in Turkish) Khnristos, Hristos Christ, Jesus in Greek Surp Saint in Armenian Asdvadzadzin Mary in Armenian
Greek Orthodox Churches

Georgios Patrikhane Panagia Mugliotissa, H.Georgios poteras Fener Nikolaos Ayakap Kyriaaki Kumkap Panagia Elpida Kumkap Theodoros Yenikap Panagiea Altmermer Helene Samatya Panagia Belgradkap Nikolaos Topkap Demetrios Sarmak Georgios Edirnekap Panagia Salmatomruk Panagia Haneriotissa Tekfursaray Panagia Suda Erikap Panagia Blakherna, Demetios Kananou Ayvansaray Panagia Balinu, Taksiartes Balat Hpasaskave Hasky Konstantinos ve Helene Beyolu Panagia Galatasaray Trias Taksim Panagia Evangelistria Dolapdere Demetrios, Athanisios, Eleutherios mezarlk Kurtulu Dodeka Apostoloi Feriky Hristos Metamorphosisi mezarlk ili Panagia Beikta Phokos, Georgios mezarlk Ortaky Demetrios, oannes Prodromos Kurueme Taksiarkhes, Propethes Elias Arnavutky Khralamsok Bebek Panagia Evangelistira Boyacky Taksiarkhes stinye Nikolaos, Panagia Yeniky Panagia Pege Silivrikap Nikolaos, Georgios, Khristos Bykada Trias, Hsypridon, Khristos Heybeliada Georgios, Khristos Burgazada Khrasitos Knalada Heuphemia, Trias (Aya Triada) Kadky Hioannes Khrysostomos Kalam Georgios Yeldeirmeni Prophetes Elias skdar Pantelemion, Georgios Kuzguncuk Georgios engelky Hristos Metamorphosis Kandilli Konstantinos ve Helene Paabahe Paraskeve Beykoz Paraskeve, Konstantinos Tarabya Paraskeve Bykdere oannes Prodromos Yenimahalle Georgios, Khristos Analepsis Bakrky Stephanos Yeilky Demetrios, Panagia, Prophetes Elias Bykada Nikolaos, Prophetes Elias Heybeliada oannes Prodromos Burgazada Panagia Knalada Georgios Metokhi Fener Georgios Metokhi Yeniky Georgios Metokhi Heybeliada oannes Prodromos Methokhi Balat Panagia Kaphatiane, Hnikolaos, oannes Prodromos Galata Balkl Hagia Kharalampos,Silivrikap Haigoi Anargiroi ihtiyarhane Silivrikap Hristos Genesis Arnavutky
Armenian Churches
Surp Asdvadzadzin Meryemana patrikhane Kumkap Surp Harutyun Kumkap Surp Kevork Samatya Surp Hagop Samatya Surp Hovhannes Avedarani Narlkap Surp Prgi Yedikule Surp Asdvadzadzin (Meryemana)Bakrky Surp Hredagabed,Balat Surp Asdvadzadzin Eyp Surp Kirkor Lusavori Karaky Surp Yerrortutyun Beyolu Surp Asdvadzadzin Beikta Yerevman Surp Ha Kurueme Surp Garabed Balarba Surp Kirkor Lusavori Kuzguncuk Surp Asdvadzadzin Sakzaac Surp Hovhan Vosgeperan Kilisesi Ermeni Katolik Taksim Surp Yerrortutyun Beyolu Surp Hisus Prgi Karaky Surp Boos Bykdere Surp Kirkor Ortaky Surp Levon Ermeni Katolik Kadky Avedaranagan Amenasurp Yerrotutyun Ermeni Protestan Aynaleme Protestan Gedikpaa Surp Asdvadzadzin Ermeni Sryani Tarlaba
Catholic Churches
Saint Benoit Galata Saint Esprit Beyolu Saint Antoine Beyolu Santa MariaTnel Saint Georg Alman Katolik Harbiye Saint Pierre ve Saint PaulGalata Notre Dame de l 'Assumption Moda St Augustine Fenerbahe
Anglikan Churches
Anglikan apeli Galatasaray Krm-Christ Church Beyolu All Saints Anglikanpresbiteryen Moda
Protestant Churches
German Lutherian Protestant Beyolu Netherland Consulate Dutch Chapel, Union Church Beyolu Church of the Seventh Day Adventists Taksim Swedish Protestant Church Tnel
Other Churches
Russian Orthodox Galata Sveti Stefan Bulgarian Orthodox Balat
Did you know? The first church in stanbul was Havariyim Church built by Konstantinus I. He built the church because he wanted to be buried there after he died. We dont know the exact place of the church but it is thought to be built around Fatih Camii. EK PASAJI Cit De Pra See BEYOLU KFTE Raw Meatballs A kind of Turkish dish made of raw ground meat, pounded wheat, and red pepper. i means raw, kfte means meatballs. It is also made for vegetarians. i kfte is a favourite snack of South Eastern region, especially anl Urfa, but it is also a very popular food for stanbullu. It is made of raw meat but it is believed that the meat is cooked as the chef kneads the meat with wheat and spices for a long time. ikfte is usually served within a lettuce leaf or a lava (a kind of thin bread) like a sandwich as well as it is served as an appetizer. Ingredients Wheat, minced meat, tomato paste and pepper paste, onion, isot (a kind of paprika) tomatos, lemon juice, cumin, blackpepper, parsley, spring onions, garlic How to cook? Wheat is kneaded with chopped onions and water until it gets soft. Then tomato and pepper paste, spices and very finely ground beef are added. Lastly green onions, fresh mint and parsley are mixed in. See Kfte CHANGR See BEYOLU INARALTI Cafs & Restaurants General term given to the cafes, tea gardens or restaurants located in the avenues by the Bosphorus under an old nar (plane tree). The most popular naralt cafes and restaurants are in engelky, Ortaky, Emirgan, Rumelikava and Kanlca. You can go to naralt Restoran in Ortaky, naralt ay Bahesi in engelky, and also cafes and restaurants in Rumelikava and Emirgan. CINEMA See MOVIE THEATRES
COFFEE WORLD See KAHVE DNYASI CONCERT HALLS

Turkcell Arena Muallim Naci Cad. No:60 Kurueme Beikta Tel:0212 263 39 83 turkcellkurucesmearena.com Harbiye Akhava Tiyatrosu Harbiye Tel:0212 296 24 04 Park Orman Bykdere Cad. Fatih Orman Maslak Tel:0212 285 95 47-48 parkorman.net stanbul Arena Maslak Mah. Atatrk Oto Sanayi Sitesi ili Tel:0212 346 20 59 istanbularena.net Cemal Reit Rey Konser Salonu Darlbedayi Cad. Harbiye Tel:0212 232 98 30 crrks.org Sanat Kltr Merkezi Kuleleri Levent Tel:0212 316 10 83 issanat.com.tr Babylon Asmal Mescit Mah. ehbender Sok. No:3 Beyolu Tel:0212 292 73 68 babylon.com.tr Garaj stanbul Kaymakam Reat Bey Sok. No:11/A Galatasaray Beyolu Tel:0212 244 22 90 garajistanbul.org JCs stanbul Jazz Center raan Cad. Salhane Sok. No:10 Ortaky Beikta Tel:0212 327 50 50 istanbuljazz.com Refresh the Venue 100. Yl Oto Sitesi AOS G-52 mleki Sok. Maslak Tel:0212 346 20 60 re-fresh.com.tr Tim Show Center Bykdere Cad. Derbent Mevkii Maslak Tel:0212 286 66 86 timshowcenter.com Ghetto Kamer Hatun Cad. No:10 Beyolu Tel:0212 251 75 01 ghettoist.net Hayal Kahvesi Byk Parmak Kap Sok. Afrika Han No:19 Beyolu Tel:0212 244 25 58 hayalkahvesibeyoglu.com MKM, Mustafa Kemal Kltr Merkezi Uur Mumcu Cad. No:8 Akatlar Beikta Tel:0212 351 93 90 mkm-online.com Rumelihisar Mzesi Yahya Kemal Cad. No: 42 Rumelihisar Saryer Sabanc Gsteri Merkezi Orta Mah. niversite Cad. No:27 Tuzla Tel:0216 483 90 00 sgm.sabanciuniv.edu Studiolive stiklal Cad. Acara Sok. No:2 Beyolu Tel:0212 244 04 42 studiolive.com.tr Indigo stiklal Cad. Akarsu Sok. Msr Apt. Galatasaray Beyolu Tel:0212 244 85 67 livingindigo.com
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Nina, Galatasaray, Beyolu www.ninabar.com Open-Air Theatre, Harbiye Ak Hava Tiyatrosu is the open-air theatre in Harbiye on the European side located between Istanbul Hilton Hotel and Lutfi Krdar Kongre ve Sergi Saray (Congress & Exhibition Hall). Ak Hava Tiyatrosu was built in 1946 but it first took place in the city plans prepared by M. Prost in the 30s., which were the years the young republic of Turkey was employing experts and scientists from the Europe. The first play performed at the Acik Hava Tiyatrosu was King Oidipus by Sophocles. The play
was performed by Ankara State Theatre. The theatre built like an amphi theatre has 30-seated protocol box, 3,950-seated audience part. The stage is big enough for 80-musician orchestra and 200-300actor play. Harbiye, ili (Located behind the Hilton Hotel) Tel: (0212) 296 24 04 CONSTANTINE I, Constantine The Great Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (c. 27 February 272 22 May 337), commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Best known for being the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine reversed the persecutions of his predecessor, Diocletian, and issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious tolerance of Christians throughout the empire. Constantine invented the Aqueduct in 325 AD for the British. The foremost general of his time, Constantine defeated the emperors Maxentius and Licinius during civil wars. He also fought successfully against the Franks, Alamanni, Visigoths, and Sarmatians during his reign even resettling parts of Dacia which had been abandoned during the previous century. Constantine also transformed the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium into a new imperial residence, Constantinople, which would be the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire for over one thousand years. Source: Wikipedia.org CONSTANTINOPLE Konstantiniyye Name of stanbul given during the Roman period. In 324, Byzantium surrendered to Constantine, Emperor of the west. Over the next two years he re-established the Roman Empire with Byzantium as its capital and within four years he had completed his new capital which was five times as large as before. There were three different reasons why the emperor Constantine abandoned Rome as its capital: German intrusions, chaos in economy, chaos in administration. His choice was Byzantium. The name changed to Constantinople, the city of Constantine in November 26th 326 A.D. Emperor Constantine added a lot of important monuments to the city, palace, senate. He enlarged the first Christian house of worship, the Hagia Eirene and founded the Hagia Sophia and a number of churches. He founded two theatres, 160 baths, 50 pillared halls, 8 aqueducts, and 5000 houses. After Constantine's death Rome fell, and Constantinople became the sole capital of the Roman Empire. The Emperor Justinian came to power between (527-565). He was of Spanish descent. He rebuilt St. Sophia which was totally destroyed in the Nika Riot, but Justinian, as Hadrian had been, a prolific builder, reconstructed the city on a magnificent scale. He was the founder of the largest underground cistern. The rapid growth of Christianity led to the construction of large buildings for worship. His brilliant generals Belisarius and Narses regained most of Italy, Spain and the North African provinces for the empire, though the cost of doing so was to
damage irrevocably the economic resilience of the state. Some historians base the switch from Roman Empire to Byzantine during the reign of Justinian. He codified the laws that until that time had existed only in decrees. He recognized the predominance of Greeks among the empire's citizens by making Greek an official language of state along with Latin, and later Greek became the empire's sole official language. Throughout the ensuing centuries Constantinople successfully repulsed many assaults, from Goths, Alans, Serbs, Bulgarians, Russians and seventh-century Arabs. Its defenses held, reinforced by new walls built in the fifth century under Theodosias II. (Standing to the west of the walls that Constantine built, they are the ones that can be seen there today.) In the 12th century, though, the knights and soldiers of the Fourth Crusade attacked and took the city, establishing a Latin Empire and occupying it until 1261 when the Byzantines reoccupied it. They continued in possession, warding off a serious and sustained late 13th-century Ottoman assault by Beyazit I, until Mehmet's assault and victory of 1453. CONSULATES Konsolosluklar
ALGERIA Sleyman Seba Cad. No:80 Beikta Tel:+90 212 327 89 80 Fax:+90 212 327 89 83 AUSTRALIA The Ritz Carlton Hotel 2. Kat, Askeroca Cad. No: 15 Elmada ili Tel:+90 212 243 13 33 / 36 Fax:+90 212 243 13 32 AUSTRIA Kyba Cad. No:46 Yeniky Tel:+90 212 262 93 15 Fax:+90 212 262 26 22 AZERBAIJAN Smbl Sok. No:17 1. Levent Tel:+90 212 325 80 42 / 43,44,45 Fax:+90 212 284 95 79 BAHREIN Fahrettin Kerim Gkay Cad. No: 34 Altunizade skdar Tel:+90 216 544 24 62 - 544 24 00 Fax:+ 90 216 544 24 18 BANGLADESH Mimar Vedat Cad. No:36 zhan Kat:4 Sirkeci Tel:+90 212 512 76 52 / 53 Fax:+90 212 512 76 53 BELARUS Sraselviler Cad. Doa han No:59/2 Taksim Beyolu Tel:+90 212 292 04 74 Fax:+90 212 292 04 75 BELGIUM Sraselviler Cad. No: 73 Taksim Tel:+90 212 243 33 00 Fax:+90 212 243 50 74 BRASIL Bankalar Caddesi No:31-33 K:2 Karaky Tel:+90 212 251 47 35 Fax:+90 212 293 91 29 BOSNIA HERZIGOVIA Miralay efik Bey Sok. No:19/6 Gmsuyu Taksim Tel:+90 212 245 16 16 / 19 Fax:+90 212 245 16 20 BULGARIA Ahmet Adnan Saygun Cad. No:44 2. Levent Tel:+90 212 281 01 15 Fax:+90 212 264-1011 CAMEROON Hamidiye Mah. Souk Cad. zer 2 Merkezi Kat:2 Kathane Tel:+90 212 321 59 58 Fax:+90 212 321 25 70 CANADA stiklal Cad. No:373/5 Beyolu Tel:+90 212 251 98 38 Fax:+90 212 251 98 88 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Prof. Ali Nihat Tarlan Cad. Hoffmann Plaza Kat:3 stbostanc Tel:+90 216 384 01 02 Fax:+90 216 384 70 85 CHECH REPUBLIC Abdi peki Cad. No:71 Maka Tel:+90 212 232 90 46-230 95 97 Fax:+90 212 231 94 93 CHILE Bestekar evki Bey Sok. No.30 Balmumcu Tel:+90 212 272 57 90 - 272 75 49 Fax:+90 212 274 22 82 CHINA Memduhpaa Yals, Msrl Cad. No:6/8 Kireburnu Mah. Saryer Tel:+90 212 299 26 34, 299 21 87-88 Fax:+90 212 299 28 55 COLOMBIA Maka Cad. Kazm Gerel Apt. No: 23/1 D:4 Maka Tel:+90 212 291 08 61 Fax:+90 212 296 22 40 CROATIA Merutiyet Cad. No:163/2 Tepeba Tel:+90 212 293 54 67 / 68 Fax:+90 212 293 54 76 DENMARK Meygede Sok. No:2 Bebek Tel:+90 212 359 19 00 Fax:+90 212 359 19 00 ECUADOR Seher Yldz Sok. No:33/11 Etiler Tel:+90 212 365 52 02 Fax:+90 212 352 65 50 EGYPT Cevdet Paa Caddesi No:12 Bebek Tel:+90 212 263 60 38 Fax:+90 212 257 44 28 ENGLAND Merutiyet Cad. No:34 Tepeba Beyolu Tel:+90 212 334 64 00 Fax:+90 212 334 64 01 ESTONIA Alternatifbank A.. Merkez ubesi Cumhuriyet Cad. No. 22/24 Elmada Taksim Tel:+90 212 232 44 00 Fax:+90 212 232 62 91 ETHIOPIA
Ferahevler, Nuri Paa Cad. No:84 Tarabya Tel:+90 212 299 11 20 / 36 Fax:+90 212 223 95 81 FINLAND amlk Cad. Ayaz Sok. No: 2/4 Levent Tel:+90 212 283-5737/ 38 Fax:+90 212 283-5739 FRANCE stiklal Cad. No: 8 Taksim Tel:+90 212 334 87 30 Fax:+90 212 334 87 31 GAMBIA Yldz Saray Seyir Kk Barbaros Bulvar Beikta Tel:+90 212 259 17 42 Fax:+90 212 258 43 65 GERMANY smet nn Cad. No:16 Gmsuyu Taksim Tel:+90 212 334 61 00 Fax:+90 212 249 99 20 GHANA Maslak Polaris Plaza Kat:11 Ahi Evran Cad. No: 1 Tel:+90 212 346 01 12 Fax:+90 212 346 01 21 GABON Halaskargazi Cad. 121/4 Harbiye Tel:+90 212 296 00 02 Fax:+90 212 246 01 21 GEORGIA nn Cad. No: 55 Marmara Apt. D:2 Gmsuyu Taksim Tel:+90 212 292 81 10 Fax:+90 212 292 81 12 GREECE Turnacba Sok. No:32 Beyolu Tel:+90 212 245 05 96 / 97 Fax:+90 212 252 13 65 GUATEMALA Kisikli Kk amlca Cad. No:85 skdar Tel:+90 216 325 63 56 - 546 07 13 Fax:+90 216 326 72 77 HUNGARY Prof. Dr. Mfide Kley Sok. No: 35 Tevikiye Tel:+90 212 225 55 01 / 19 Fax:+90 212 296 82 48 ICELAND Okul Yolu No:13 Orhanl Tel:+90 212 394 32 10 Fax:+90 212 394 32 08 INDIA Cumhuriyet Cad. No:18/7 Drtler Apt. Elmada Tel:+90 212 296 2131 / 32 Fax:+90 212 296 21 30 IRAN Ankara Cad. No: 1 Caalolu Tel:+90 212 513 82 30/32 Fax:+90 212 511 52 19 IRAQ Yeniky Saryer IRELAND Ali Rza Grcan Cad. Merter Merkezi 2/13 Merter Tel:+90 212 482 18 62 Fax:+90 212 482 09 43 ISRAEL Yap Kredi Plaza C Blok 7 4. Levent Tel:+90 212 317 65 00 Fax:+90 212 317 65 55 ITALY Boazkesen Cad. Tomtom Kaptan Sok. No:15 Beyolu Tel:+90 212 243 10 24 / 252 54 37 Fax:+90 212 252 58 79 JAPAN Tefken Tower Bykdere Cad. No:209 Kat:10 34394 4. Levent Tel:+90 212 317 46 00 Fax:+90 212 317 46 04 JORDAN Tevikiye Cad. No:133/6 Nianta ili Tel:+90 212 296 83 60 / 80 Fax:+90 212 296 83 95 KAZAKISTAN Germiyan Sok. No: 10 enliky Florya Tel:+90 212 662 53 47 Fax:+90 212 662 53 49 KIRGIZISTAN Lamartin Cad. Altnay Apt. No:7 Kat 3 Taksim Tel:+90 212 235 67 67 Fax:+90 212 235 92 93 KONGO Sleyman Seba Cad. No:77 Kent Apt. D: 3 Maka Tel:+90 212 227 44 50 Fax:+90 212 260 41 59 KUWAIT Cebeci Cad. No: 22 Akatlar Etiler Tel:+90 212 351 18 88 Fax:+90 212 351 18 87 LATVIA Badat Caddesi No: 367/7 Erenky Tel:+90 216 358 82 98 Fax:+90 216 302 64 42 LEBANON Tevikiye Cad. Saray Apt. No: 134/1 Tevikiye Tel:+90 212 236 13 65 / 66 Fax:+90 212 227 33 73 LIBYA Miralay efik Bey Sokak No:13 Gmsuyu Tel:+90 212 251 81 00 Fax:+90 212 252 55 15 LITHUANIA avuba Cad. No: 33 Kavack Tel:+90 216 425 05 00 Fax:+90 216 425 04 97 LUXEMBOURG Kyba Cad. No: 247 Yeniky Tel:+90 212 279 39 35 Fax:+90 212 278 18 37 MACEDONIA nn Cad. No: 20 Kat:1 Gmsuyu Taksim Tel:+90 212 249 99 77 Fax:+90 212 293 77 65 MALAYSIA Halaskargazi Cad. No: 266 ankaya Apt. Daire:7 ili Tel:+90 212 247 17 28 Fax:+90 212 247 13 75 MALI Gazeteciler Sitesi Hikaye Sok. No3/B Esentepe ili Tel:+90 212 216 71 31 Fax:+90 212 216 71 17 MEXICA Tevikiye Caddesi Tevikiye Palas No: 107/2 Nianta Tel:+90 212 227 35 00 Fax:+90 212 227 35 04 MONGOLIA Fahrettin Kerim Gkay Cad. Aydn Sok. No:2 Altunizade Tel:+90 216 327 13 77 Fax:+90 216 327 55 07 MOROCCO Balmumcu Koza Merkezi C Blok Kat:5 Beikta Tel:+90 212 355 06 00 / 272 18 26 Fax:+90 212 272 18 25 NEW ZEALAND nn Cad. 92/3 Taksim Tel:+90 212 244 02 72 Fax:+90 212 251 40 04 NORWAY Bilezik Sok. 2 Fndkl Phone:+90-(212) 249-9753 / 252 06 00 Fax:+90 212 249-44 34 OMAN Rumeli Cad. 16 Ogan Apt. Kat:6 ili Tel:+90 212 230 83 84 Fax:+90 212 231 27 32 OZBEKISTAN ehit Halil Ibrahim Cad. 23 stinye Tel:+90 212 323 20 37 Fax:+90 212 323 20 40 PAKISTAN Cengiz Topal Cad. Glen Sok. No:5 Beyaz Ev III. Etiler Tel:+90 212 358 45 06 / 07 Fax:+90 212 358 45 08 PERU Ayazma Yolu No:23 Kathane Tel:+90 212 294 23 00 (4 lines) Fax:+90 212 294 23 04 PHILIPPINES Cumhuriyet Cad. Otak kmaz Ak Merkezi No:1 Kat:5-6 Kavack Tel:+90 216 331 43 44 Fax:+90 216 573 02 34 POLAND Giz 2000 Plaza Ayazaaa Ky Yolu No:7 Kat:5 Maslak Tel:+90 212 290 66 30 Fax:+90 212 290 66 31
PORTUGAL Fndkl Meclisi Mebusan Cad.157 Kat:5 Kabata Tel:+90 212 251 91 18 Fax:+90 212 251 73 48 ROMANIA Sraselviler Cad. No: 55 Taksim Beyolu Tel:+90 212 292 41 25 / 26 / 27 Fax:+90 212 293-82 61 RUSSIA stiklal Cad. No: 443 Beyolu Tel:+90 212 292 51 10 / 02 / 03 Fax:+90 212 249-05 07 SAUDI ARABIA Konaklar Mah. amlk Cad. Akasyal Sok. No: 6 4. Levent Tel:+90 212 281 91 40 Fax:+90 212 281 91 41 SENEGAL Cumhuriyet Cad. No: 257 Kat:3 ili Tel:+90 212 241 73 72 Fax:+90 212 230 36 97 SINGAPORE Kazim zalp Sok. No:28/8 aknbakkal Tel:+90 216 358 01 33 / 302 70 44 Fax:+90 216 350 86 19 SLOVAKIA Krizantem Sok. No : 1 34330 Levent Tel:+90 212 317 94 30 / 31 Fax:+90 212 317 94 29 SLOVENIA Hac Reit Paa Sok. No: 7 34676 amlca skdar Tel:+90 216 321 90 00 Fax:+90 212 321 90 13 SOUTH KOREA Beikta Tel:+90 212 236 03 93 Fax:+90 212 236 01 99 SPAIN Karanfil Aral Sok. No:16 1. Levent Tel:+90 212 270 74 10 / 14 Fax:+90 212 270 74 84 SUDAN Etiler Sokak No:1 Etiler Tel:+90 212 287 68 51 Fax:+90 212 287 68 51 SWEDEN stiklal Cad. No:497 Beyolu Tel:+90 212 334 06 00 Fax:+90 212 252 41 14 SWITZERLAND Bykdere Cad. 173 1. Levent Plaza A Blok Kat:3 Tel:+90 212 283 12 82 Fax:+90 212 283 12 98 SYRIA Maka Cad. No: 59/3 Tevikiye Tel:+90 212 232 71 10 - 232 67 21 Fax:+90 212 230 22 15 TANZANIA Abdi Ipeki Cad. Atid Apt. No:29 K.2 D.4 Nianta ili Tel:+90 212 233 82 91 / 59 247 72 61 Fax:+90 212 234 56 79 TAYLAND nn Cad. Dmen Sok. 3/8 Taksim Tel:+90 212 292 86 51 - 249 50 60 Fax:+90 212 292 97 70 THE NETHERLANDS stiklal Cad. No: 393 Beyolu Tel:+90 212 393 21 21 / 10 Fax:+90 212 292 50 31 THE USA Kaplcalar Mevkii Sok. No:2 stinye Tel:+90 212 335 90 00 TUNUSIA Merutiyet Cad. No:99/1 Tarhan Han Tepeba Tel:+90 212 293 95 78 / 86 Fax:+90 212 293 95 76 TURKMENISTAN Mecidiyeky stanbul Tel:+90 212 266 30 97 UKRAINE Adakale Sok. No:13 enlikky Florya Bakrky Tel:+90 212 662 25 41 - 662 27 35 Fax:+90 212 662 18 76 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Konaklar Mah. Meeli Sok. No:11 8. Levent Tel:+90 212 279 63 48 Fax:+90 212 278 05 70 VIETNAM No:3/1 Itri Sok. Balmumcu Beikta Tel:+90 212 274 69 08 Fax:+90 212 274 69 09 YEMEN Halaskargazi Cad. No: 113/2 Harbiye Tel:+90 212 231 27 05 - 248 20 46 Fax:+90 212 240 68 08 ZAIRE Denizhan Sok. Lale Han No:5/5 Mecidiyeky Tel:+90 212 212 84 26 Fax:+90 212 212 27 88
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DOLMA Stuffed Meals The word dolma (filled, stuffed) comes from the verb dolmak (to be filled, stuffed) and it is used for stuffed food such as vegetables, fish, meat, fruit or even desserts. The typical ingredient of dolma is rice, minced meat, onions, tomatos or tomato paste, pine nut and raisin (if it is olive-oiled), olive oil, sugar, mint or dill, parsley, salt and blackpepper. It can be consumed as either a meze cooked in olive oil and a hot meal cooked with minced meat. The word dolma is also used in the neigbouring countries: dolmadaki in Greek, tolma in Georgian, tolma in Armenian, dolmeh in Farsi, dolme in Arabic, sarmi in Bulgarian, sarma in Macedonian, arma in Hungarian, sarma in Romanian. If dolma does not contain meat, it is sometimes described as yalanci (liar) dolmameaning fake dolma. Biber Dolmas A meal made of stuffed pepper. It is served as hot meal with minced meat or cold in olive oil. Typical ingredients are rice, onions, tomatos or tomato paste, pine nut, raisin, olive oil, sugar, mint or dill, parsley, salt and blackpepper Kabak Dolmas Kabak (Zucchini, squash, pumpkin) is usually consumed as a simple hot meal or dolma. Kabak dolmasi is made in the same way as stuffed pepper. The inner part of the zucchini is used to make a deep-fried mixture called mucver. Kabak dolmasi is served with yoghurt and garlic sauce. Also there is a delicious dessert made from pumpkin (also called kabak) called kabak tatls. The pumpkin is boiled with sugar and served with syrup and walnuts. There is also a kind of dolma made with squash blossoms in olive oil called kabakcicegi dolmas. Lahana Dolmas Stuffed cabbage made in the same way as yaprak dolmas. Yaprak Dolmasi/Sarma Stuffed grape leaves. Yaprak means leaf (referring to grape leaves) and yaprak dolmas means stuffed grape leaves. It is also called sarma, literally meaning rolled. Yaprak dolmasi is cooked in two ways: etli (with minced meat) yaprak dolmas or sarma with minced meat as hot meal and served with garlic yoghurt and zeytinyagli yaprak dolmasi or sarma with olive oile as cold meal usually served as appetizer or meze. Zeytinyagli yaprak dolmas or sarma is one of the typical kinds of foods when hosting guests or at a cilingir sofrasi. These are the most common types of dolma. There are also stuffed tomato, eggplant, leek, quince, onins cooked as dolma meal. Midye Dolmas Midye, one of the most favourable fastfood for stanbullu, is usually cooked in two ways: stuffed (midye dolmasi) and deep-fried (tava). Stuffed mussel is made from rice, pine nut, raisin, onions and various spices. It is boiled and served cold with lemon. It is sold both at restaurants and by street
vendors. Midye tava is deep-fried mussels served in a sandwich or serving with tarator sauce. Hamsi Dolmas See HAMS Uskumru Dolmas Dolmasi Uskumru (mackerel) is one of the most popular fishes in Istanbul. You can eat uskumru in many ways like ciroz salted and dried thin mackerel uskumru dolmasi stuffed mackerel uskumru sis mackerel skewer uskumru tava fried mackerel uskumru pilakisi cold mackerel stew uskumru bugulama mackerel stew uskumru izgara grilled mackerel kagtta uskumru grilled mackerel wrapped in paper Mumbar Mumbar is the intestines of sheep filled with a mixture of rice, onions, minced meat, tomato paste, salt and pepper. Cier Sarmas Ciger sarmasi is prepared like mumbar but it is made with chopped liver, rice, parsley, dill, salt and pepper. Kokore Kokorec, intestines, has no stuffing but it is also a kind of stuffed food. Kadayf Dolmas Most Turkish desserts made with thin layers of pastry and syrup are usually stuffed with dried fruits, so we can add them to this list. The only dessert called dolma is Kadayif dolmasi. Kadayif is a pastry dessert with a texture similar to that of shredded wheat. Most common kadayif desserts are kadayf dolmas (stuffed with dried fruit) and knefe (a kind of kadayif baked with a kind of cheese and served with syrup). DONDURMA See ICE CREAM DNER See FASTFOOD DRM See FASTFOOD
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EARTHQUAKE Deprem stanbul earthquakes are as follows: 1489 It caused some damage in the city. 1509 It was a strong earthquake and the aftershocks took forty five days. It was reported in the Ottoman documents that hundred nine mosques and a thousand dwellings were destroyed. 1556, 1648, 1658 They were severe eartquakes. 1690, 1712, 1719, 1752 They were minor eartquakes. 1754 It caused some loss of life and property. 1766 It was another strong earthquake after 1754 and mosques in districts like Fatih and Eyp were demolished, many houses were leveled and hundreds of people died. 1790, 1802, 1837 They were minor earthquakes after 1766. 1841 It was reported that the city was shaken three times and toppled many houses and caused loss of life. 1855 This one caused minor damage in the city. 1894 This one was the worst before 1999 and it was reported that 138 people died and caused damage in the city. 1923, 1952, 1957, 1963, 1988 They were minor earthquakes. 17 August 1999 This earthquake caused less than a thousand deaths and nearly all the property damage was located in Avclar on the European side whereas it caused more damage in Kocaeli, Glck and Yalova and about 20.000 people died. Boazii niversitesi Kandilli Rasathanesi http://koeri.boun.edu.tr EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Dou Roma mparatorluu Also known as the Byzantine Empire (330-1453). Timeline of the Eastern Roman Empire 667 BC The ancient city of Byzantium (the future Constantinople and future stanbul) is founded. 27 BC The rise of the Roman Empire. 235 284 The "crisis of the 3rd century" 292 The reforms of Diocletian ("The Tetrarchy) 330 Constantine makes Byzantium into his capital, which is renamed "Constantinople" (The City of Constantine). It would remain the capital of the Byzantine Empire, with a half-century exception, for over a thousand years. 395 The Empire is permanently split into eastern and western halves, following on the death of Theodosius I. 527 Justinian I is crowned "emperor".
April 7, 529 The Codex Justinianus is promulgated. 532537 The Emperor, Justinian, builds the church of Hagia Sophia 533554 Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the Vandals and the Ostrogoths. 568 The Lombard invasion results in the loss of most of Italy. 634641The Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa (and later conquer Sicily as well). 697 The Byzantine city of Carthage in North Africa (capital of the Exarchate of Africa) falls to the Arab invasion. 730787 and 813843 The Iconoclasm controversies result in the loss of most of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some of the territories of the Mezzogiorno. 8431025 The Macedonian dynasty is established and the Empire experiences a military and territorial revival. Byzantine scholars record and preserve many of the remaining ancient Greek and Roman texts. 9601042 The Byzantine Empire deals a string of defeats upon the forces of the Abassid and Fatimid Caliphate, reconquering parts of Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine. 10021018 The Emperor, Basil II, campaigns annually against the Bulgars, with the object of annihilating the Bulgar state. 1014 The Bulgarian army is completely defeated at the Battle of Kleidon (Basil II becomes known as The Bulgar Slayer). 1018 Bulgaria surrenders and is annexed to the empire. The whole of the Balkans is incorporated into the Byzantine Empire, with the Danube as the new Imperial frontier to the north. 1025 With the death of Basil II, the zenith of the Empire's power is passed and the long decline of the Byzantine Empire begins. 1054 The Schism (split between Church in Rome and the Church in Constantinople). 1071 The Emperor, Romanos IV, is defeated by the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Manzikert, losing his position in most of Asia Minor. In the same year, the last Byzantine outpost in Italy (Bari) is conquered by the Normans. 1081 The Komnenos dynasty is established by Alexios I and Byzantium becomes involved in the Crusades. Economic prosperity generates new wealth; literature and the arts reach new heights. In Anatolia, the Turks become established. 1091 The Imperial armies defeat the Pechenegs at the Battle of Levounion. 1097 The recapture of Nicaea from the Turks by the Byzantine armies and the First Crusaders. 1097-1176 The Byzantine armies recapture the coasts of Asia Minor from the Turks, and push east towards central Anatolia. The Crusader Principality of Antioch becomes a Byzantine protectorate. 1122 The Byzantines defeat the Pechenegs at the Battle of Beroia.
1167 The Byzantine armies win a decisive victory over the Hungarians at the Battle of Sirmium and Hungary subsequently becomes a Byzantine client state. 1176 Byzantine-Seljuk Wars: Manuel I Komnenos is defeated at the Battle of Myriokephalon, attempts to capture Konya, the capital of the Seljuk Turks are abandoned after the destruction of his siege equipment. Within a year Manuel recovers the situation status quo ante bellum. 1180 With the death of the Emperor, Manuel I Komnenos, the decline of the Empire recommences. 1185 A successful rebellion is organized in Bulgaria and other lands are lost in the Balkans. 1204 Constantinople is conquered by Crusaders, attempting to establish a Latin Empire. 1261 Constantinople is reconquered by the Emperor of Nicaea, Michael VIII Palaiologos. 1326 The city of Prusa in Asia Minor falls to the Ottoman Turks. 1331 The city of Nicaea, capital of the Empire only 100 years previously, falls to the Ottoman Turks. 1453 The Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople, and with the death of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the Byzantine Empire comes to an end, marking final destruction of the Roman Empire. EBRU Paper Marbling Ebru, traditional art of paper marbling, one of the Turkish traditional forms of art, is simply creating paintings produced in a trough filled with water mixed with a mucillagenous solution. The colours made of natural pigments mixed with ox-gall are sprinkled over the surface of the mixture with brushes made of rose stalks and horse hair. Pins, needles and combs are used to swirl the colours into one another to produce a design, usually flowers, on the surface of the mixture. Paper or fabric is laid carefully on the design, and as the paper is lifted from the surface, the design transfers to the paper. Ebru has been used for fine works of art as well as for backgrounds to calligraphy, borders of inscriptions and endpapers in finely bound books. EFES PLSEN See BEER EGYPTIAN MARKET Msr ars Egyptian Market, located behind Yeni Camii and beside iek Pazar and built by Mimar Kazm Aa in 1660 by the order of Turhan Sultan, is one of the oldest covered bazaars in stanbul. Msr ars, famous for aktar shops and the traditional products such as spices, rare herbs and roots, natural medicines, authentic parfumes, herbal cosmetic products, is also a modern market today where stanbullu buy dried fruit, sweet, delicatessen products and so on. Outside Msr ars, modern aktar shops all over the city mostly offers miscellaneous oils, pastes, herbal teas, dried fruit, alternate medicine products,
organic food and cosmetic products such as natural creams, soap, shampoo, in addition to traditional products. Aktar, Herbalist A shop selling spices, herbs and perfumes. Also the shop owner or the person selling spices and herbs at the shop. Trade of spices and herbs that were brought from the Eastern countries through Baharat Yolu (Spice Road) carried on intensively in Msr ars (Egyptian Market) during the Ottoman period. However, the market has lost its attraction gradually after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and aktar shops spread about all over the city, both traditional and modern way. Most Common Spices The most common spices and herbs in Turkey are mint, black pepper, thyme, cumin and hot red pepper powder. Different areas in Turkey use different kinds of herbs and spices, depending on the local cuisine. For example, people in the south-east eat more meat, such as kebab, and like to use hot red pepper in their cuisine. Common types of spices & herbs are; Anason anise ararot arrowroot Arnavut biberi cayenne pepper biberiye rosemary rekotu black cumin seed damla sakz gum mastic defne bay leaf dereotu dill dolmalk fstk pine nut fesleen basil hardal mustard haha opium poppy karabiber blackpepper karanfil clove kekik thyme kimyon cumin kini coriander kri curry kuzm currant maydanoz parsley miskotu musk plant nane mint pul biber cayenne pepper rezene fennel roka garden rocket safran saffron sarmsak garlic sumak sumac susam sesame tarn cinnamon tarhun tarragon tere cress vanilya vanilia zencefil ginger Lokman Hekim Of all the healers throughout history, Lokman Hekim, or Lokman the doctor or healer, is probably the most famous aktar. In traditional folklore Lokman Hekim finds the potion for immortality but eventually loses it. There are many different versions of this tale. For example, in one tale he drops it while passing over a bridge. Another tale tells that he discovers it and writes the potion on a piece of paper, but then it rains and the note is effaced. The most famous tale is that God hears about Lokman and his discovery and sends the angel Gabriel to earth to destroy the potion. All these tales made Lokman Hekim the master of aktars and today many shops and sellers are named, Lokman, Lokman Hekim and so on. See Egyptian Market EMERGENCY TELEPHONES Acil Telefonlar The list of emergency numbers: Firebrigade (Yangn) 110 Traffic (Alo Trafik) 154 Police (Polis mdat) 155 Ambulance (Hzr Servis) 112 Gendarmerie/Rural Police Force (Jandarma mdat) 156 Doctor (Alo Doktor) 113 Forest Fire (Orman Yangn) 177 Coast Guard (Alo Sahil Gvenlik) 158 Toursim Police (Turizm Polisi) 0212 527 45 03 EVLYA ELEB Biography A famous Ottoman traveler who journeyed throughtout the terriotiries of the Ottoman Empire and the neighbouring lands in the 17th century. Evliya elebi (1611- 1682) started his journeys in 1640. His
collection of notes on people, architecture, markets, customs and culture made a ten-volume work called Seyahatname (book of travelers) The first volume deals with stanbul and the final volume with Cairo. He used quite an exaggaerated manner in his notes but they are widely accepted as a useful guide of culture, people, architecture and life style of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century. See Hezarfen Ahmet elebi
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FAL See FORTUNE TELLING FASTFOOD Istanbul offers many types of fastfood for millions of people commuting back and forth and need to have something to eat on the way to work, school etc. Here is the list of fastfood you can buy on the street in Istanbul. Ama A kind of savory bun that is usually sold with simit and atal on the street. Ayvalk Tostu A kind of cold sandwich made with cheese, sausage, sucuk, pickels, ketchap and mayonnaise between two big slices of bread. Ayvalk Tostu has become very popular in the big cities recently. The reason why it is called Ayvalk Tostu is the sandwich bread made with chickpea powder and yeast and of course, it is originally from Ayvalk, a town by the Agean Sea. Balk Ekmek A kind of fish sandwich that is usually sold by the seaside, mostly in Eminn, Kadky and skdar. It is quite cheap and served in a half loaf of bread with lettuce, onions and lemon juice. Bfe A stand or counter on the sidewalk where drinks, food, and sundries are sold. They are located especially near the ferry stations or by the sea. Regarding the fact that stanbul is a very crowded city, bfe is very important to meet the everyday needs of the dwellers. Dner A kind of tightly packed meat roasted on a large vertical spit and served in half bread or pide with salad, known as dner kebab worldwide. Dner comes from the verb dnmek (to turn, rotate, spin). Dner is usually served as sandwich as well as topped on rice (pilav st dner) and skender Kebab (thinly cut dner basted with tomato sauce over pieces of pide bread and slathered with melted butter and yoghurt). Drm A wrap made of lava or yufka flatbread used to serve dner, kebab, tavuk, kfte, sucuk e.g. Adana drm, Urfa drm, tavuk drm, sucuk drm etc. Drm shops are usually open until the morning because stanbullu who are coming from bars or meyhane stop at drmc shops before going home. Gzleme A kind of thin brek cooked on a sheet iron. It is also called bazlama. Ispanakl gzleme gzleme with spinach kymal gzleme gzleme with minced meat patatesli gzleme gzleme with potatoe peynirli gzleme gzleme with cheese Islak Hamburger / Taksim Hamburgeri A kind of hamburger. It is called slak (wet) because it is kept in a heated, steamy shopwindow. It is also called Taksim hamburgeri because it became popular in the shops in Taksim.
Karper A kind of cream cheese brand packaged in the shape of a triangle. This kind of cheese is very popular for stanbullu. It is usually consumed with simit and karper-simit is one of the best choices of having a hurry-up breakfast. Kokore Kokore is a Turkish dish of Balkan origin made of seasoned skewered lamb intestines. Kokore is served with tomato, pepper, thyme and usually drunk with ayran, turnip juice or beer. It is sold on the streets by street vendors and at kokore restaurants. Kokore is served either as a dish on a plate or bread sandwich. According to popular belief, kokore is one of the foods that alleviate hangovers if consumed after drinking. It is quite possible to see people around a vendor having kokore late at night after drinking in Taksim, Kadky etc. Kol Brei A kind of rolled brek with cheese, minced meat or potato and cooked in the oven. Kol brei is one of the most popular quick breakfast foods. With tea, of course. Kumpir Baked potato served with butter, cheese, ezme, olives, corns, peas, sausages, salami etc. Ortaky is a nice place to go for a walk with a nice kumpir and ice cream by the Bosphorus. Krt Brei A kind of plain brek served with powder sugar. One of the brek types sold by the street vendors and brek shops that stanbullu loves to eat as fastfood. Lahmacun Lahmacun is a kind of round or oval thin piece of dough topped with minced meat, onions and spices. Lahmacun is served with lemon slices and vegetables. It is wrapped around the vegetables like tomato, lettuce, onions and parsley. There is also a small type of lahmacun called fndk lahmacun served as appetizer before main course, usually kebab meals. stanbullu usually consume lahmacun with ayran. Midye Dolma Stuffed mussel made from rice, pine nut, raisin, onions and various spices. It is boiled and served cold with lemon. It is sold both at restaurants and by street vendors. Patso A kind of sandwich made from fried potato, sausage, ketchap and mayonnaise. Pide A slightly leavened, flat bread; a kind of pizza-like food made of pide dough which is topped with different food such as cheese, minced meat, chopped meat, sucuk, salami, eggs, kavurma, pastrma etc. There are regional variations in the shape, baking technique, and the topped materials used. Common types of pide are kark pide mixed pide kymal pide pide with minced meat peynirli pide pide with cheese sucuklu pide pide with sucuk yumurtal pide pide with eggs Poaa A flaky, savory pastry with cheese, minced meat, potato, olives, dill. It is usually consumed for breakfast. Poaa is a very popular food with tea and sold at the bakeries or bfe. Common types of poaa are kymal poaa, patatesli poaa, peynirli poaa.
Simit A kind of circular bread covered with sesame. It is very popular in Turkey as well as in the countries in Balkans and Middle East. Also it is called gevrek in zmir. Simit is sold on the street by the street vendors, at simit saray (simit fast food restaurants) and at the bakeries. It is consumed as fast food and for breakfast. It is usually eaten plain or with karper (a kind of cream cheese) for breakfast or with cheese, sucuk, sausage, and olives for both breakfast and other meals of the day. Needless to say, simit best goes well with a glass of ay! Sosisli A sandwich with sausage, hotdog, short way of saying sosisli sandvi (sandwich with sausage). It is served with mayonnaise, ketchup and cucumber pickles. Some stanbullu prefer it with Amerikan (Rus) salatas. Su Brei Su brei is a kind of brek with cheese or minced meat. It is called su (water) brei because the filo is boiled before cooked. Su brei is one of the very popular pastries for stanbullu and they eat su brei for breakfast or lunch. Tost Toasted sandwich usually made with kaar cheese and sucuk (Turkish sausage). This kind of sandwich is usually consumed with tea or ayran. FASTFOOD RESTAURANTS Kzlkayalar A well-known fastfood restaurant located in Taksim and aknbakkal in Kadky on the Asian side. Kzlkayalar is most famous for slak hamburger (or Taksim hamburgeri). www.kizilkayalar.com.tr Kristal Bfe A well-known fastfood restaurant located in various parts of the city on both sides including Kadky, skdar, Mecidiyeky, Gngren. www.kristalbufe.com.tr Mercan A fastfood restaurant located in Kadky, Taksim, Bakrky and Etiler serving fastfood like kokore and seafood. Alcoholic drinks such as beer and rak are also served at Mercan. ampiyon, a similar restauant is the competitior but it is not as popular as Mercan. www.mercankokorec.net ampiyon www.sampiyonkokorecci.com Simit Saray A fast food restaurant where simit products and other fast food are sold. Simit fastfood restaurans have become popular very recently. They serve a wide variety of simit products such as plain simit, simit with cheese, olives, sausage, sucuk, mixed simit as well as cookies, poaa, ama, and dner. FATH SULTAN MEHMET Biography The 7th Ottoman Sultan, Mehmet II (14321481) who conquered Constantinople in 1453 when he was 21 years old. After conquering Consantinople, he was called Fatih (Conquerer) as well as Ceaser or Kayser-i Rum (Emperor of Rome) in addition to his other titles. Therefore, he claimed the legacy of the Roman Empire. Facts & Figures Fatih was 12 years old when he was abdicated the throne? He spoke 7 languages including Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Latin?
He wrote poems with the name of Avni? He had a private library made from books in Turkish, Arabic, Farsi, Latin and Greek? Ten years after the conquest of Constantinople, he visited the site of Troy and boasted that he had avenged the Trojans by having conquered the Byzantine Empire? He was in conflict with Vlad III, Vlad the Impaler or Dracula, who was originated by Bram Stoker to write the famous book, Dracula? He carried the Roman administration to the Ottoman State by introducing a digest of laws and his laws remained until the reforms in the 19th century? He gathered Italian artists, humanists and Greek scholars at his court? He was the first Ottoman Sultan who had his portrait painted? He called Gentile Bellini from Venice to paint his portrait. He provided independence and tolerance to the ones who are from another religion, belief and race by declaring an oath firman and granted it to Angjeo Zvizdovic of the Franciscan Catholic Monastery in Bosnia after the conquest of Bosnia Herzegovina on May 28, 1463? It is one of the oldest documents on religious freedom. In 1971, the United Nations published a translation of the document in all the official U.N. languages: "I, the Sultan Khan the Conqueror, hereby declare the whole world that, The Bosnian Franciscans granted with this sultanate firman are under my protection. And I command that: No one shall disturb or give harm to these people and their churches! They shall live in peace in my state. These people, who have become emigrants, shall have security and liberty. They may return to their monasteries which are located in the borders of my state. No one from my empire notable, viziers, clerks or my maids will break their honour or give any harm to them! No one shall insult, put in danger or attack these lives, properties, and churches of these people! Also, what and those these people have brought from their own countries have the same rights... By declaring this firman I swear on my sword by the holy name of Allah who has created the ground and sky, Allah's prophet Mohammed, and 124.000 former prophets that; no one from my citizens will react or behave the opposite of this firman!" FENERBAHE SK Sports Club Fenerbahe Spor Kulb, Fenerbahe sports club founded in 1907. Fenerbahe teams wear yellow and dark blue shirts and they are knicknamed Yellow Canaries. Their stadium is 50,000-seater kr Saraolu which was renovated recently. Fenerbahe is one of the leading sports clubs in Turkey, espcially football club. They won 17 Turkish Super League title and played quarter final two times in European UEFA Cup winners (1962) and Champions League (2008). The team also has basketball, voleyball, atletism, boxing, rowing, fencing, swimming, table tenis, mountaineering, cricket, shooting branches. In the early years of the team, team members took part in the Turkish Independance War. The football team was also very succesful in the matches that
they played against the French and English army teams in the invasion of stanbul after the Great War. Gen Fenerbaheliler (Young Fenerbahe fans) is one of the most popular fan groups of the team. Did you know? Derby games between Fenerbahe and Galatasaray are known as one of the most important football games in the world. Fenerbahe SK www.fenerbahce.org Fenerium www.fenerium.com.tr Gen Fenerbaheliler www.gencfb.org Fenerbahe TV www.fbtvonline.com FERRY STATIONS See TRANSPORTATION FESTIVALS stanbul, a cultural center of the east and west, hosts many local and international festivals every year. Some of the most well-known festivals are International stanbul Film Festival, Theatre Festival, Music Festival, Jazz Festival, Efes Pilsen Blues Festival, stanbul Poetry Festival
International stanbul Short Film Festival istanbulfilmfestival.com International stanbul Tango Festival istanbultangofestival.com International stanbul Poetry Festival istanbulsiirfestivali.org International stanbul Film Festival iksv.org/film/ International stanbul Music Festival iksv.org/muzik/ International stanbul Biennial iksv.org/bienal11/ International stanbul Independent Films Festival .ifistanbul.com International stanbul Jazz Festival iksv.org/caz/ International stanbul Architecture and Urban Films Festival archfilmfest.org International stanbul Theatre Festival iksv.org/tiyatro/ International stanbul Animation Festival iafistanbul.com International stanbul Childrens Film Festival iicff.com International stanbul Gastroomy Festival istanbulgastronomyfestival.com International stanbul lker Puppet Festival ulkerkuklafestivali.com International stanbul Balloon Festival iibfestival.org International stanbul Cartoon Festival International stanbul Contemporary Dance & Performance Festival idans.info International stanbul Documentary Films Festival 1001belgesel.net Videoist Festival videoist.org Filmmor Womens Films Festival filmmor.org Akbank Jazz Festival akbanksanat.com Efes Pilsen Blues Festival efesblues.com Efes Pilsen One Love Festival efespilsenonelove.com st. Architecture Festival mimarlikfestivali.com stanbul Rock Festival istanbulrockfestivali.com Bararock Rock Festival barisarock.org Rockncoke Rock Festival rockncoke.com Unirock Open Air Festival unirockfest.com stanbul Young Photographers Festival ifsak.org stanbul Photograph Days .ifsak.org Pera Piano / Guitar / Flamenco Festival perasanat.com.tr
FISH Balk There are a lot of restaurants serving fish because stanbul is a city built by the water. It is even possible to get freshly cooked fish sandwiches from the bfe near the ferry stations or the boats along the shore. The fish is usually served fried, grilled, steamed or cooked in the oven as a stew. In season when fish is plentiful it can also be salted and eaten later. The standard accompaniment for fish is arugula,raw onion slices and lemon. Fish is not eaten with cheese or yoghurt as it is thought that this will upset the stomach. Fish is usually eaten with rak. There is even an expression, rak-balk yapmak meaning to go for rak and fish meal. However, experts claim that rak isnt the right choice for fish because
rak is a cocktail drink and it should be drunk cold slowly with mezes, not quickly with hot meals. Common Types of Fish Barbunya red mullet inakop young of the bluefish ingene palamutu a kind of bonito gm bal sand smelt hamsi anchovy iskorpit scorpion fish torik large bonito istavrit mackerel izmarit picarel kalkan turbot kefal gray mullet kl swordfish kofana bluefish kolyoz Spanish mackerel levrek sea bass lfer bluefish mezgit haddock palamut bonito sardalya pilchard sinarit dentex tekir goatfish uskumru mackerel Which month, which fish? January uskumru mackerel lfer bluefish palamut bonito istavrit horse mackerel kefal gray mullet hamsi anchovy mezgit whiting tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet krlang red snapper kl swordfish sinarit dentex karagz sea bream, sargo February kalkan turbot tekir goatfish gm smelt kefal gray mullet pisi holibut karagz sea bream, sargo uskumru mackerel lfer bluefish March kefal gray mullet levrek bass kalkan turbot gm smelt tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet mezgit whiting izmarit picarel April kalkan turbot levrek bass kl swordfish krlang red snapper gm smelt kefal gray mullet mezgit whiting tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet izmarit picarel May levrek bass tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet kalkan turbot dil sole, fluke kl swordfish krlang red snapper karides shrimp pavurya crab iskorpit scorpion fish kefal gray mullet gm smelt izmarit picarel June tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet gelincik three-bearded rockling sinarit dentex levrek bass July sardalya sardine kolyoz Spanish mackerel uskumru mackerel tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet August sardalya sardine kl swordfish sinarit dentex kolyoz Spanish mackerel palamut bonito September sardalya sardine kl swordfish palamut bonito lfer bluefish izmarit picarel krlang red snapper hamsi anchovy hani grouper tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet October uskumru macekerel lfer bluefish palamut bonito istavrit horse mackerel tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet kl swordfish levrek bass sinarit dentex sardalya sardine izmarit picarel gm smelt hamsi anchovy November uskumru mackerel hamsi anchovy lfer (inakop) bluefish palamut (torik) bonito istavrit horse mackerel tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet kl swordfish levrek bass sinarit dentex sardalya sardine izmarit picarel gm smelt December hamsi anchovy uskumru mackerel lfer bluefish palamut bonito tekir goatfish barbunya red mullet istavrit horse mackerel levrek bass gm smelt mezgit whiting You can take a Bosphorus tour from Eminn on the European side, stop at
Anadolukava for a rak-balk meal or enjoy a balk ekmek in Eminn before you go sightseeing in Sultanahmet. Afiyet olsun! Most Popular Fish Restaurants
Cibalikap Balks Kadir Has Cad. No: 5 Cibali Hali & Moda Cad. No:163/A Kadky cibalikapibalikcisi.com apari apari Sok. No: 22-24-26 Kumkap capari.net engelky skele Restoran engelky Meydan No:4 engelky skdar cengelkoyrestaurant.com Ky Restaurant Kefeliky Cad. No:26 Tarabya Saryer kiyi.com.tr Set Balk Haydar Aliyev Cad. No:18 Tarabya Saryer setbaliklokantasi.com Fener Restoran Telli Odalar Sok. No:5 Kumkap fenerrestaurant.com Balk Kahraman skele Cad. No:15 Rumelikava Saryer balikcikahraman.org Lacivert Krfez Cad. No:57 Anadoluhisar lacivertrestaurant.com Foa Restoran Ahmet Yesevi Cad. Doruk Sok. No:7/D Ataehir & Sahil Yolu No:110 Kkyal focarestaurant.com skele Balk Kavaskele Cad. No:4/1 Rumelikava iskelebalik.com Adem Baba Beyazgl Cad. No:2 Arnavutky adembaba.com Aripel Balk Lokantas Tramvay Cad. No:11 Kurueme arsipel.com.tr Cunda Balk Restoran Koy Yolu Sok. No:6 Bostanc Kadky cundabalik.com.tr Lakerda Restaurant Sahil Yolu No:100 Kkyal lakerda.com.tr Tarihi Ali Baba Restoran Kireburnu Cad. No: 20 Saryer tarihialibaba.com Trivana Balk Kyba Cad. Yeniky Saryer trivana.com.tr Fishmekan Arnavutky Cad. No:70 Arnavutky fishmekan.net Giritli Restoran Keresteci Hakk Sok. Cankurtaran giritlirestoran.com
Fish Restaurants Asian Side

Lacivert Krfez Cad. No:57/A Anadoluhisar Beykoz Tel: 0216 413 3753 lacivertrestaurant.com Saros Balk Caddebostan Plaj Yolu No:23 (Opposite Mado Dondurma street in Caddebostan) Badat Caddesi Kadky Tel : 0216 363 09 96 Cunda Balk Restoran Ky Yolu Sok. No. 6 Bostanc Tel: 216 380 59 89 engelky skele Restoran engelkoy skele Meydan No: 10/A engelky skdar cengelkoyiskelerestaurant.com Aripel Kalam Fener Cad. Iskele Sok. No:2 Kalam Kadky Tel: 0216 449 66 06/07 arsipel.com.tr Mey Kraca Fener Cad. No: 92 Kalam Kadky Tel: 0216 338 80 82 Doa Balk Barbaros Mah. Barbaros Cad. No: 226 Yenisahra Kadky dogabalik.com.tr Foca Restoran Sahilyolu No: 110 Kkyal Tel: 0216 519 86 86 focarestaurant.com Lakerda Sahil Yolu No:100 Kkyal Tel: 0 216 489 85 83 lakerda.com.tr Cibalikap Balks Tarihi Moda skelesi Yolu Moda Kadky Tel: (0216) 418 59 73 cibalikapibalikcisi.com Damalis Salacak Sahil Yolu No:25 skdar Tel: (0216) 310 6998 damalis.com.tr Dodo Balik Restaurant Ankara Mercan Cinarli Sok. No: 54 Tuzla Tel: 0 216 582 07 07
European Side
Adem Baba Satmeydan Sok. No:2 Arnavutky Beikta Tel: 0212 263 29 33 adembaba.com Fishmekan Arnavutkoy Cad. No: 60 Arnavutky Beikta Tel: 0212 358 51 58 fishmekan.net htapot Restoran Balk Pazari, Kilise Meydani No: 50 Beikta Tel: 0212 261 91 48 ahtapot.gen.tr Vera Restaurant Sahne Sokak No:40 Beyolu Tel : 0212 251 22 91 verarestaurant.net
Giritli Restoran Keresteci Hakki Sok. (beside the Armada Hotel) Ahirkapi Tel: 0212 458 22 70 - 71 giritlirestoran.com Barba Giritli Balk Restoran Eminn giritlibalik.com Balikci Sabahattin Seyit Hasan Kuyu Sok. No:1 Cankurtaran Eminn Tel: +90 (212) 458 18 24 balikcisabahattin.com Barba Giritli Balk Restoran Abdlezzel Pasa Cad. No:3 Fatih (Beside the Kadir Has University) Tel: 0212 533 18 66 - 533 18 77 - 635 92 77 giritlibalik.com Cibalikap Balks cibalikapibalikcisi.com Tarihi (Historical) Karakoy Balikcisi Tersane Cad. Kardesim Sok. No:30 Tel: +90 212 243 40 80 tarihikarakoybalikcisi.net Fener Restoran Telli Odalar Sokak No:5 Kumkap Tel: 212 516 40 02 fenerrestaurant.com Kalamar Capariz Sok. No: 15 Kumkap Tel : 0 212 517 18 49 Varoulko Restaurant Muallim Naci Cd. No: 44 Kurueme Beikta Tel : 0212 296 95 55 Iskele Restaurant Yahya Kemal Caddesi, No:1 Rumelihisari (Old ferry station) rumelihisariiskele.com Balikci Kahraman Iskele Cad. No: 15 Rumelikavagi Sariyer Tel: 0212 242 6447 balikcikahraman.org Iskele Balik Restaurant Iskele Cad. No:4/1 Rumelikavagi Saryer Tel : 0212 242 22 73 iskelebalik.com Tarihi (Historical) Ali Baba Restoran Kirecburnu Cad. No: 20-22 Saryer Tel: 0212) 223 25 25 - 262 08 89 tarihialibaba.com Seven Hills Fish Restaurant Tevkifhane Sok. No:8/A Sultanahmet Tel: 212 516 94 97 Kiyi Kefeliky Cad. No: 126 Tarabya Tel: (212) 262 0002 kiyi.com.tr Set Balk Haydar Aliyev Cad: No: 18 Tel: 0212 262 0411 setbaliklokantasi.com Trivana Balk Koybasi Cad. (Opposite Austrian Consulate) Sariyer trivana.com.tr Yelken Restaurant Koybasi Caddesi No:109 Yeniky Tel : 0212 262 94 90 Efe Balik Restoran Yeilky Mahallesi Rhtm Caddesi 20/B Marina Yeilky Tel : 0212 662 22 13-15 efebalikrestaurant.com
FISHING IN ISTANBUL There are many places to go for fishing in Istanbul. Here is a list of best places to go fishing according to the expert fisherman: Asian Side Moda Burnu (point) in KadIky, emsipaa in skdar, Paalimani in Kuzguncuk, near Beylerbeyi Camii, near Kuleli Askeri Lisesi in engelky, Kandilli, Kanlca, ubuklu in Paabahe, Anadolu Kava, Kalyon Koyu (cove) and Kadrga Koyu in Ava European Side Galata Kprs (bridge), Sarayburnu, Ahrkap, Yeniky, Arnavutky, Aiyan, Rumelihisari, near the Tarabya Hotel Bykdere, Rumelifeneri Remember Tahtakale is always the best place where you can find anything to buy including fishing equipments. FLOWERS iek iek in Turkish, also a female name. Beside the flower shops, you can also buy flowers from the Gypsy florists on the street. Remember that it is always possible to make a bargain on the street. Popular fowers are aelya azalea gl rose karanfil carnation lale tulip leylak lilac meneke violette nergis
daffodil orkide orchid papatya daisy sardunya geranium yasemin jasmine zakkum oleander zambak lily. Erguvan Judas tree, redbud, one of the symbols of stanbul that blooms in April and May on both sides of the Bosphorus and the islands ushering in spring time. Although tulip is known to be the symbol of stanbul, perhaps this tree is the real symbol of the city for ages. Did you know? Erguvan was one of the most important images of Byzantium. Erguvan purple was regarded as the symbol of power and prosperity, therefore no one except the emperors wore purple cloak. Lale, Tulip Tulip is a flower originally from Kazakhistan, but spread all over the world from Turkey in the Tulip era during the Ottoman Empire. Tulip Era The Tulip Period or Tulip Era that started from Pasarofa treaty with Austria in 1718 and ended with a rebellion called Patrona Halil in 1730. This period is known as the peace and pleasure era. The name of the period derived from the tulip craze in the tulip gardens called lalezar among the Ottoman elite society. Tulip Dictionary Lale tulip; a female name Laledan / lalelik tulip vase Lalefam / lalegun / lalereng tulip coloured Lalegl a female name; a tune in Turkish music Lalehadd tulip cheeks Laleli a street near Beyazid Lalename treatise written for tulips Laleruh tulip cheeks, a tune in Turkish music Laleve like tulip Lalezar tulip garden Lalezari tulip garden owner Did you know? The word tulip is a Turkish word whereas lale, a Farsi word, is used
in modern Turkish.
Here are the most favourite florists in Istanbul:

iek Sepeti Online ciceksepeti.com kizler iek amlca, mraniye, Bat Ataehir, ekmeky ikizlercicek.com Ceremony Bebek ceremony.com.tr Necmi Rza Tevikiye necmiriza.com.tr Renaissance iek Renaissance Polat Hotel, Yeilyurt renaissancecicek.com Woods Gayrettepe woods.com.tr 444 iek Online 444cicek.com Bahe iek Acbadem, Kadky ozbahcecicek.com Best iekilik Bahelievler bestcicekcilik.comDrt Mevsim iek Karaky dortmevsimcicek.com Arom iekilik Beykoz aromcicekcilik.com Dnya iekilik Beikta dunyacicekcilik.net Maya iekilik Mecidiyeky mayacicekcilik.com TurkFlowers Online turkflowers.com
FOOD DICTIONARY Appetizers See MEZE Breakfast See KAHVALTI Fruits

Armut Pear Ayva Quince Elma Apple e.g. elma suyu, elma ay Erik Plum Greyfurt Grapefruit Karpuz Water melon Kavun Melon Kays Apricot Kiraz Cherry Mandalina Tangerin, mandarin Meyve Fruit Muz Banana Nar Pomegreneta Portakal Orange e.g. portakal suyu eftali Peach zm Grapes Vine Sourcherry
Meat
Balk See FISH Cier Liver. Cier is usually cooked on a skewer (i) or fried and served with piyaz (chopped onions, parsley and spices). Dana Calf, veal e.g. dana eti Domuz Pig, pork e.g. domuz eti Et Meat e.g. et dner dner kebab made of meat etli with meat Jambon Ham e.g. tavuk jambon, dana jambon Kanat Wing; chicken wing Kyma Minced meat. In addition to food like kfte and kebabs, minced meat, onion and spices are used in brek, poaa, pide etc. This kind of food is called kymal (with minced meat) eg. kymal brek, kymal poaa, kymal pide, kymal makarna Kuzu Lamb. Common types of kuzu meals are kuzu but lamb leg kuzu i lamb skewer kuzu incik lamb shin kuzu pirzola lamb ribs beendili kuzu kebab a kind of meal made of lamb and mashed eggplant kuzu tandr roasted lamb sebzeli kuzu sarma stuffed lamb with vegetables patlcanl kuzu kebab lamb kebab with eggplants Pastrma Beef that is smoked or dried in the sun after being treated with spices. Pastrma is usually consumed for breakfast, with eggs, in kuru fasulye (beans soup) or in brek Pili Chick, poult, spring chicken e.g. pili evirme roast chicken, chicken roasted on a spit Pirzola Cutlet, rib e.g. kuzu pirzola Sucuk A sausage flavoured with garlic and spices, Turkish sausage. Sucuk is grilled, fried or cooked with eggs. It is also put in kuru fasulye (beans soup) and kark tost (mixed toast). Sucuk and arap is one of the popular pairs that stanbullu like to have on picnic Tavuk See CHICKEN
Offal Foods See POPULAR FOOD & MEALS Rice See RICE Salads
Amerikan salatas See Rus Salatas oban Salatas A very popular and simple mixed salad made of tomatos, cucumber, green pepper, onions, parsley and olives dressed with lemon or vinegar, and olive oil. talyan Salatas Italian salad, a kind of salad or meze made from the mixture of mayonnaise, salami, sausage, pickles, carrot, potato, peas. It is one of the foods added in kumpir. Rus Salatas A kind of salad made from mayonnaise, pickles, carrot, peas and potato, known as Amerikan Salatas, Rus Salatas, Olivye Salatas. Rus Salatas, known as Olivier salad in some languages, was first made by a French chef, Lucien Olivier. This delicious salad came to Turkey in the late 19th century and become widespread thanks to the restaurants opened by the Russian people who came to stanbul after the October Revolution in 1917. After the World War II during the cold war, Russian salad oddly become Amerikan salatas as Turkey took side of the Western world. Rus salatas is usually consumed as meze as well as added into sosisli (hot dog) and kumpir (baked potato).
Spices See EGYPTIAN MARKET Stuffed Meals See DOLMA Types of Cooking
Beendi Cream sauce made largely of pured eggplant e.g. beendili kebap, beendili tavuk Buulama Stewed with vegetables in a covered pot e.g. hamsi buulama. Frnda Roasted e.g. frnda tavuk, frnda stla. Gve Casserole, stew, stewpan; kind of food cooked in a casserole. Typical foods to cook gve are usually vegeables, meat and seafood e.g. karides gve. In order to make gve,
simply put meat at the bottom, vegetables and tomato, parsley, salt pepper on top of it, cook on the stove or in the oven. Common types of gve are gvete yumurta egg stew gve kebab stew kebab gvete balk fish stew karides gve shrimp stew trl mixed vegetables. Halama Boiling; boiled, stewed food e.g. tavuk halama, et halama Izgara Grill; grilled e.g. zgara balk grilled fish zgara kfte grilled meatball kark zgara mixed grill tavuk zgara grilled chicken Kavurma Meat braised in its own fat and sold as cold meat like salami; a kind of meal (oban Kavurma) made with kavurma, tomato, pepper, thyme, various spices served sizzling. Kavurma is also consumed as a toast with cheese e.g. kavurmal kaarl tost and in pide e.g. kavurmal pide i Skewer, food on a skewer e.g. tavuk i, kuzu i Tava Frying pan; food that is fried in a frying pan e.g. patates tava, hamsi tava, midye tava, cier tava Trl A meal of mixed vegetables and meat. It is usually stewed in an earthenware pot. Zeytinyal Olive oil, food cooked in olive oil. Yahni Stew made with onions, tomato and other various vegetables e.g. papaz yahnisi, tavuk yahnisi. Common types of yahni meals papaz yahnisi a stew made with meat, onions and carrot patatesli yahni a stew made with meat, potato and pepper dn yahnisi a stew made with meat, onion, cinnamon, clove Arnavut yahnisi a stew made with lamb, liver, pepper, chickpeas and leek
Vegetables
Bakla Broad bean, horse bean. Its usually cooked with olive oil and served cold as a side dish. It is consumed with yoghurt and garic sauce. Bamya Okra. Barbunya Kidney beans. Bezelye Peas. Biber Pepper. Ac biber chilly pepper karabiber blackpepper krmz biber red pepper Brlce Blackeye bean, cowpea. Dereotu Dill. Domates Tomato. Did you know that Tomato came to Turkey in the 19th century? Turkey is the third biggest tomato producer in the world after China, and the USA? Enginar Artichoke. It is usually served cold as olive oil meal. Fasulye Beans. It is served as kuru fasulye, beans soup and taze fasulye, fresh beans as hot meal with meat. There is also cold fresh beans meal served as cold olive oil meal. Havu Carrot. Ispanak Spinach. Spinach is usually cooked as a meal served with yoghurt as well as boiled and fried served with eggs. There is also pide with spinach. Kabak Zucchini, squash, pumpkin. Kabak is usually consumed as a hot meal or dolma (stuffed). Also there is a delicious dessert made from pumpkin (also called kabak) called kabak tatls. The pumpkin is boiled with sugar and served with syrup and walnuts. Karnabahar Cauliflower. Kereviz Celery. Served as cold meal with olive oil. Kuru Dry, dried; a short way of saying kuru fasulye (dried) beans soup. Kuru fasulye Beans soup. It is usually cooked wih meat or pastrami and consumed with salad, pickles and pilav. Lahana Cabbage. Served as stuffed meal. Maydanoz Parsley. Maydanoz is indispensable for stanbullu. It is consumed in salads, brek, as side dish with kebab, kfte, lahmacun and many other foods. It is also believed that maydanoz clean the rak smell in mouth if you chew a piece of maydanoz after drinking rak. Therefore, expert stanbullu rak drinkers order some maydanoz for their rak table. Marul Lettuce. Nohut Chickpeas. It is usually served hot meal consumed with rice. Patates Potato e.g. patatesli with potato patates presi mashed potato patates tava/kzartmas fried potato, French fries Patlcan Eggplant. Patlcan is one of the most popular vegetables in Turkey. Common types of patlican meals are patlcan dolmas
stuffed eggplant with rice and minced meat patlcan musakka a kind of eggplant meal with minced meat karnyark stuffed eggplant imam bayld stuffed eggplant with vegetables in olive oil Ali Nazik a kind of meal made with mashed eggplant patlcan salatas eggplant salad patlcan kzartma fried eggplant with yoghurt sauce soslu patlcan fried eggplant with tomato sauce patlcan kebab a kind of eggplant kebab Prasa Leek. It is served as hot meal with meat and cold meal with olive oil. There is also a kind borek, pastry with leek. Roka Garden rocket. Roka is usually eaten with fish. A typical side food for fish is roka, red onions and lemon. Salatalk Cucumber Sarmsak Garlic. It is one of main vegetables used in almost all meals as well as used with yoghurt as garlic yoghurt sauce. Sebze Vegetable. Some meals served with vegetables are called sebzeli e.g. sebzeli tavuk, sebze orbas. Soan Onions. There is almost no meal cooked without onions in Turkish cuisine. Taze fasulye Fresh beans Turp Radish Yeillik Green vegetables, side food served with lahmacun, drm, kebab etc.
Miscellanous
Bulgur Boiled and pounded wheat. Bulgur is usually used to make pilav and ksr Ekmek Bread Erite Turkish noodles, homemade macaroni Hardal Mustard Hoaf Compote made from dried fruit Kark Mixed eg. kark tost, kark pizza etc. Komposto Stewed fresh fruit, compote Karabiber Blackpepper Kek Cake, muffin, loaf cake Ketap Ketchup Ksr A cold dish made with cracked wheat, salad vegetables and olive oil. Ksr usually is consumed by stanbullu housewives at Gn Kurabiye Cookie, savory biscuit Makarna Pasta, macaroni e.g. domatesli makarna, peynirli makarna Mant See MANTI Mayonez Mayonnaise Mcver A fried patty made of squash, dill, cheese, eggs and spices. It is usually served with garlic yoghurt Pasta Cake, wedding or birthday cake. It doesnt mean noodles or sphaghetti in Turkish Porsiyon Portion, serving (of food) e.g. bir porsiyon skender, bir buuk (porsiyon) skender Sirke Vinegar eker Food, Farsi Sugar; candy Tarn Cinnamon. stanbullu usually prefer to use tarn with salep, boza and puddings like stla. It is not very common to use cinnamon with meals in Turkish cuisine today Tas Kebab A stew made of meat and vegetables Tuz Salt Ya Oil, fat, margarin, grease Yarm ekmek Half bread to make a sandwich from dner, fish, kokore etc. It is the most common way of making a sandwich in stanbul Yemek Meal, cooked food; to eat Yiyecek Food, something to eat Yourt Yoghurt, a very healthy dairy food presented to the whole world by the Turks. Yoghurt is one of the Turkish words in English and other languages. Yoghurt consumption is very common in Turkey, maybe more than milk. stanbullu usually consume it as side dish, meze, drink (ayran) and sauce with garlic. Other types of yoghurt are szme yourt or torba yourdu (yoghurt which is strained until it reaches the consistency of cream cheese)
FOREIGN CULTURAL CENTERS IN ISTANBUL

Austria Avusturya Kltr Merkezi, Kyba Cad. No:44 Yeniky Saryer Tel:0212 223 78 43-44 Fax:0212 223 34 69 Britain The British Council, Barbaros Blv Akdoan Sok. No:43 Beikta Tel:0212 327 27 00 Fax:0212 327 27 20 France Fransz Kltr Merkezi, stiklal Cad. No:8 Beyolu Tel:0212 249 07 76 Fax:0212 249 48 95 Germany Alman Kltr Merkezi, Yeni ar Cad. No:52 Beyolu Tel:0212 249 20 09 Fax:0212 252 52 14 Greece Yunan Kltr Merkezi, Turnacba Sok. No:32 Beyolu Tel:0212 245 05 96 Fax:0212 252 33 11 Italy talyan Kltr Merkezi, Merutiyet Cad. No:161 Tepeba Beyolu Tel:0212 293 98 48 Fax:0212 251 07 48 Japan Japon Kltr Merkezi, stiklal Cad. Ana eme Sok. No:3 Beyolu Tel:0212 251 15 80 Fax:0212 251 15 82 Romania Romanya Kltr Merkezi, Sraselviler Cad. No:21 Taksim Beyolu Tel & Fax: 0212 292 43 45 Spain
spanyol Kltr Merkezi, Tarlaba Blv No:33 Beyolu Tel:0212 292 65 36 Fax:0212 292 65 37 The USA Amerikan Kltr Merkezi, Merutiyet Cad. No:108 Tepeba BeyoluTel:0212 251 25 89 Fax:0212 251 52 54
FOREIGN RESTAURANTS Chinese Restaurants

Dragon Restaurant stanbul Hilton Hotel, Harbiye dragonrestaurant.com.tr Go Mongo Meydan, stinye Park, Suadiye gomongo.com.tr Royal China Polat Renaissance Hotel Yeilyurt royalchina.com.tr Pera Thai Merutiyet Cad. No:74/A Beyolu perathai.com Banyan Restaurant Muallim Naci Cad. Salhane Sok. No:3 Ortaky banyanrestaurant.com ok ok Tepeba Merutiyet Cad. No:51 Beyolu cokcok.com.tr Fan Fang Nianta, Badat Caddesi, Flyinn Shopping Mall, Gayrettepe, Cepa Shopping Mall, Armada Shopping Mall, Bak Park Shopping Mall fanfang.com.tr Sushico Ataehir, Suadiye, Levent, Nianta, Kemerburgaz, Kouyolu, Kanyon, Ataky chineseintown.com
Italian Restaurants
Sole Ristorante Vaniky Cad. No:77 engelky soleristorante.com Mezzaluna Gayrettepe, Nianta, Etiler, Kozyata, Beykoz, Kurueme, stinye Park mezzaluna.com.tr Flavio stiklal Cad. Asmal Mescit Gnl Sok. No:1A-3A Tnel Beyolu flavio.com.tr Zazie Atiye Sok. No:7/2 Tevikiye Tel:0212 231 87 81 Sesto Senso Florya, Bakrky sestosensoturkey.com Da Mario Dilhayat Sok. No:7 Etiler istanbuldoors.com Paper Moon Akmerkez, Etiler Trattoria De Rosario Kadky A'JIA Kanlca istanbuldoors.com Vapiano Suadiye vapiano.com.tr
Indian Restaurants
Dubb Indian Restaurant Alemdar Mah. ncili avu Sok. No: 10 Sultanahmet dubbindian.com Musafir Indian Recep Paa Cad. No:7/C Talimhane Taksim musafirindian.com Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant Asmal Mescit Mah. Nergiz Sok. No:4/A Tnel, Beyolu tajmahal-istanbul.com Tandoori Indian Restaurant Akaretler Sleyman Seba Spor Cad. avdarc Sok. No:1/1 Maka Beikta tandooriistanbul.com
Japanese Restaurants
Mori Restaurant Cevdet Paa Mah. No: 56 Bebek morigroup.com.tr Shima Restaurant stanbul Cad. Sinasos Merkezi No:12 Kemerburgaz shimarestaurant.com Sunset Adnan Saygun Cad. Yol Sok. No:2 Ulus sunsetgrillbar.com Udonya Point Hotel Taksim Itsumi Kuleleri Kule 2. Kat No:43 4.Levent itsmejp.com Sushi Banchi Gmsuyu banbanrestaurant.com Suinn Nianta suinn.com Tokyo Restaurant stiklal Cad. Meselik Sok. No:24 Beyolu tokyo-restaurant.com Zuma Ortaky istanbuldoors.com
Mexican Restaurants
Ranchero Badat Cad. No:468/A Suadiye Tel:0216 380 65 00 Reasrans ars No:53 Nianta ranchero.com.tr Cafe Yafe Pol Center Eczac Ali Kaya Sok. 4. Levent cafeyafe.com Caribbean Cafe Restaurant Atatrk Cad. No:34/A Sahraycedit Kadky karyiplercafe.com El Torito Nispetiye Cad. No:72 Etiler eltorito.com.tr Mia Mensa Muallim Naci Cad. No:64/C Kurueme Beikta miamensa.com Num Num Maka numnum.com.tr Picante Ortaky picante.com.tr
Russian Restaurants
Ayaspaa Rus Mutfa nn Cad. No:77/A Gmsuyu Taksim Tel:0212 243 48 92 Havyar Bar Rus Lokantas raan Palace Hotel Kempinski Beikta Tel:0212 258 3377
Fooddrome & Party Trays Yeniky fooddrome.com.tr Galata House Galata Kulesi Sok. No:15 Galata Beyolu thegalatahouse.com Rejans Emir Nevruz Sk. No:17 Galatasaray Beyolu rejansrestaurant.com Vanilla stiklal Cad. Alkazar Cinema entrance No:179 Taksim vanillabeyoglu.com
FORTUNE TELLING Fal Fortune telling by looking at the shapes formed by the grounds remaining in a coffee cup. Also falc is a fortune teller. Fal is mainly based on his / her intuitions as well as his style and skill of using the language. It is crucial to choose the right words and gestures to take the listeners attention. In addition to kahve fal (reading Turkish coffee) there are also other ways of fortunetelling such as papatya fal (daisy) el fal (palm) fasulye fal (beans) bakla fal (horsebean) ay fal (tea) kum fal (sand) etc. There is a saying in Turkish Fala inanma, falsz kalma meaning Dont be left without fal even if you dont believe it. Fal is usually a nice way of chatting and having a nice time, however, some people may be obsessed and deeply affected by what is told. Recently some cafes offer a fal service to stanbullu, paid service or free of charge. How to fortune tell After having coffee, the person makes a wish and the coffee cup is turned upside down on the coffee plate. When the cup is cold enough, it is opened and fal begins: First thing is the colour of the grounds in the cup. If it is dark, it means your wish wont come true, but it mostly depends on the shapes. After the ground is read, the remainings on the coffee plate is poured into the cup and the telve, grounds on the plate is read this time. This is done to give countenance to what is seen in the cup. Meaning of the Shapes in the Coffee Ground
Lines Short, horizontal lines mean that you will get goods. Triangle means that you will get a present or money. Circles show that your luck will turn. It also means that you will marry or your social status will get higher. Two wavy lines show that you are going on a sea journey. Dots mean money. You will receive money these days. Square shows the beginning of a happy marriage or happiness in family. Vertical short line means that you are going on a trip and you will return with luck. Bow tie means that there is something happy soon. Garland means success. You will work very hard and achieve success soon. Star means that you are going on a journey. It also means investment. Three dots mean that you will make new friends or start an adventure. If the dots are very close it means patience. Rising sun shows that your great expectations will happen unexpectedly. Capital Y shows that you will meet an old friend and he will do you a favour. Shape of a key means you will move. Also it means you might win somebodys heart. If there is a leaf beside it, it means you should keep quiet. A leaf means that you will hear from an old friend or you will make a new friend. An eye means that somebody is jealous of you. It also means someone is watching you with interest.
A butterfly means an indecisive friendship. It shows that you have to act determined. A reverse triangle made from dots shows that a friend will ask help from you. You should take this into account and help him/her. An ear means that you believe what you are told. A pile of dot means that you will spend a lot of money. A sheep refers to purity and cleanness. A shark means that you will hear unnecessary news. A lighter means that you must stay away danger. If it is not burning, it means something might happen any time. A coffin may sound bad news, like death. However, it means that you will hear good news if there is someone in it. The sun means brightness and very good news. And also relaxation both physically and mentally. A chest means that you will receive money if it is seen in the house. If it is seen outside of the house, it means that you always except to receive money. A cat means that you will meet a wise person. A violin refers to dignity and seriousness and the comment depends on the person. An umbrella means that you will be protected from the evil if it is an open umbrella. A pack of cards means that you will be lucky with lottery, gamble etc. An eagle means that you will hear very good news, both for you and friends and family. A railway means that you will set out a long journey. A tree means that you should take care of your outfit. A gun means that you might have an argument or fight. A bottle means that you dont know what to do, if it is empty. If it is full, you will get rid of your problems. A spider means that you will be trapped. A child means that you will hear good news in a short time, especially if the child is running. Deer means you will have sad news. Lion symbolizes power, generosity and hunting. It means nice things will happen. Pidgeon means good news and people who are crossed with each other will kiss and make up. Soldier means you will struggle. Mouse means silence and peace. Fruit means a healthy life from now on. Window means health in home. Eye means evil eye and the person might have trouble. Rabbit means you will have very good news from a very close friend. Tooth means pain and you will have physical pain. Insect means problems. It could be a big or small problem depending on the size of the insect. Bat means fear and panic. Single sock means that you have problems approaching, therefore you feel stressed. Ring symbolizes marriage. If the person is married then it means a new love. Clock means that there is a little time left. Next image after clock is important because it could be negative or positive.
See Turkish Coffee FOUNTAINS eme Although Istanbul is surrounded by the sea, the city has always had water supply need, since the Roman era to our day. Therefore there are a lot of water supply systems such as fountains, aqueducts, sebil, selsebil, ayazma etc all over the city. Ayazma A name given to fountains and water sources that are considered holy or blessed. During the Roman period, underground water storage tanks or cisterns were built underground to avoid water shortages during sieges. The word ayazma can be found in many places in Anatolia and stanbul. Sebil A kiosk built for the dispensing of free drinking water for both charity and pierty. During the Seluklu and Ottoman period, sebil was built as small buildings with windows and a dome, either as part of a klliye (complex of buildings adjacent to a mosque) or separately. During the republic era, sebil is built as a fountain for charity especially on behalf of a person who died, in order to give water to the people for the sake of his soul. Types of sebil are:
Corner sebil Hsrev Kethda Sebili (Vefa), Gazanfer Aa Sebili (Sarahane), Dilsiztavan Aa Sebili (Yerebatan), Seyyid Hasan Paa Sebili (Beyazt) Front line sebil Sebil built on the front line of buildings. Hac Emin Aa Sebili (Dolmabahe), Koca Yusuf Paa Sebili (Kabata), Mihriah Sultan Sebili (Eyp) Monumental sebil Saliha Valide Sultan Sebili (Azapkap)
Today sebil remained from Ottoman period are used for different purposes such as storage, bfe, caf, shop etc. The most popular ones are the sebils in Kabata (caf) Sirkeci (bfe) skdar (shop of a foundation selling olive products). Did you know that the first sebil in Anatolia was built by the Seluklu State? Mehmet II (The Conquerer) built 130 sebil in stanbul after the conquest? The oldest sebil in stanbul today is the one in Fatih built in 1503 by eyhlisyam Efdalzade Hamideddin Efendi? Unfortunately it is used as a fish storage. Selsebil Ornamental cascade fountains with a marble basin located in the gardens of grand homes, used as decorative architectural feature as well as supply water needs for the garden and birds. eme Fountain. eme comes from the Farsi word em (eye). Below is the list of most popular fountains in Istanbul:
Ayrlk emesi: A small, historical fountain near Haydarpaa Train Station in Kadky on the Asian side. The area around this fountain (nowadays there is a huge shopping mall) was the gathering point for Roman and Ottoman armies for eastern campaigns. From the fountain, the armies used to set out along Badat Caddesi. It was also the place where people gathered before starting their pilgrimage to Mecca. For these reasons, this fountain, built by Sultan V. Murad in 1600, was called Ayrlk emesi (farewell fountain). Sultan Ahmet emesi (III. Ahmet emesi) skdar III. Ahmet emesi Alman emesi
Tophane emesi Beykoz shak Aa emesi Ayazma emesi Ayazkap Saliha Sultan emesi Gks emesi Esma Sultan emesi Cellat (executioner) emesi Mihriah Sultan emesi
FRENCH STREET See BEYOLU
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GALATA BRIDGE Galata Kprs The bridge between Eminn and Karaky over the Golden Horn, which connects the old stanbul to Pera, Galata, Taksim, Beyolu area. During the Ottoman period, the bridge also had a symbolic link between the traditional and imperial city, and the districts of Galata, Beyolu, ili and Harbiye where a large proportion of the inhabitants are non-Muslims, foreigners and diplomats. The Galata Bridges in history are: Hayratiye was built in 1836 by the order of the Sultan Mahmut II between Azapkap and Unkapan. Cisr-i Cedid was built between Karaky and Eminn in 1845 by Valide Sultan, mother of the Sultan Abdlmecid. The first person to pass under the bridge was the French captain Magnan in his ship The Cygne. Second bridge Cisr-i Cedid was replaced by a second wooden bridge in 1863 before the visit of Napoeon III during the reign of the Sultan Abdlaziz. Third bridge A new attempt was made for a new bridge by a French company in 1870, but the war between France and Germany delayed the project. Instead, the project was given to a British firm called G. Wells in 1872. This new bridge was used until 1912. Fourth bridge The fourth bridge was a floating bridge and built by a German firm called MAN AG in 1912. This bridge is still familiar to many stanbullu because it was used until it was damaged in a fire in 1992. Fifth bridge The bridge today is a bascule bridge and was built in 1994 by a Turkish construction firm, STFA. Did you know? The first bridge project was made by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1502-1503 during the reign of Sultan Beyazt II. But the project was rejected by the Sultan. Another Italian artist, Michelangelo was invited to design a bridge but also his project didnt meet with the Sultans approval. Officials in white uniform collected a toll until May 31, 1930. They were standing on both ends of the bridge and the fee was free for military, law enforcement personnel, fire fighters, clergy, 3 para for sheep, goat or other animals, 5 para for pedestrians, 10 para for backpacker people, 20 para for backpacker animals, 100 para for horse carriages. Galata Bridge Restaurant Guide
Altn Balk http://www.altinbalik.com.tr Dersaadet Caf http://www.dersaadetcafe.net Galata Kupa Restaurant http://www.galatakupa.com Gala Pera http://www.galaperarestaurant.net Kupa Bar http://www.kupabar.com Mio Galata http://www.miogalata.com Neptune Restaurant neptunrestaurant.com Olympos Restaurant http://www.olymposrestaurant.com Sirena Pub & Restaurant
http://www.sirenapub.com Yaka Balk Restaurant http://www.yakabalik.com Yldz Restaurant http://www.yildizlarrestaurant.com Zeno Bar zenobar.net
GALATASARAY SK Sports Club Galatasaray Spor Kulb, Galatasaray sports club founded by the students at Galatasaray High School in 1905. Galatasaray teams wear yellow and red shirts and they are knicknamed lions. Their stadium is Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Mecidiyeky on the European side. The team also has basketball, voleyball, swimming, rowing, sailing, water polo, athleticism, bridge, judo, formula, riding branches in addition to football. Galatasaray football team won 17 Turkish Super League title. The football team is the most succesful Turkish team in European cups. They played against Aresenal in the final game of UEFA Cup 2000 and they won the game and became UEFA Cup champion. In the same year they also beat Real Madrid and won the UEFA Super Cup. They also joined Champions League 9 times. Ultraaslan is one of the the most popular fan groups of the team. Did you know? Derby games between Fenerbahe and Galatasaray are known as one of the most important football games in the world. Galatasaray Spor Klub galatasaray.org Ultraslasn Fan Group ultraslan.com Galatasaray Store gsstore.org Galatasaray TV gstv.org GALATASARAY ISLET Galatasaray Adas A small islet on the Bosphorus located near Kurueme on the European side. It was made by Sarkis Balyan as a threestorey house in 1872 during the reign of Sultan Abdlaziz. Sarkis Bey Adas was bought by the ferry company after the first world war and used as a coal depot until it was purchased by Galatasaray Sports Club in 1957. The club constructed premises and sports facilities on it. www.suadaclub.com.tr GALATA TOWER See BEYOLU GECEKONDU A house illegaly built on private or state property. It is called gecekondu (built in a night) because it is usually put up in a hurry in a night or a week without proper permisson and planning. Today this expression is even used for the blocks of flats or villas because it is getting difficult to prevent property mafia in stanbul. GOD See MOSQUE GOLDEN HORN Hali The Golden Horn is a historical, horn-shaped inlet of the Bosphorus dividing Galata, Beyolu area and the old city. Hali was a natural harbour for Greek, Roman and Ottomans for thousand of years. It is 7.5 kilometers long and, at its widest, 750 meters across. Its maximum depth is about 35 meters. It is today spanned by four bridges. They are the Hali Bridge (literally Golden Horn Bridge), the Eski Galata Bridge (literally Old Galata Bridge, as the former Galata Bridge was moved here in pieces, re-assembled and restored after
a fire in 1992 damaged it), the current Galata Bridge which replaced it was completed in 1994), the Atatrk (Unkapan) Bridge, and the Galata Bridge. A fifth bridge is currently under construction to connect the subway lines of the Istanbul Metro to the north and south of the Golden Horn. Hali is one of the best parts of the city to walk around and see historical city, mosques, churches and cultural centers around. Bahariye Islets Hali, the Golden Horn, was so polluted in the past that people always thought the reason for those two islets was pollution. It was found out later that they have been in Halic for centuries since the Roman times. The islets are called Kosmidion during the Roman period and Bahariye during the Ottoman period just like the neighbourhood between Eyup and Silahtaraga. Bahariye and the islets were the center of attraction with all those gardens and mansions where people went for walks, row and had nice time, especialy during the Tulip Era in 17th century. After the republic in 1923, the factories built around Halic shores made the water and islets so polluted until the 90s when the factories were shut down and the water was purified. Today Halic is much cleaner and the birds are using the islets as breeding area again beside the rabbits left by the fisherman. GRAND BAZAAR Kapalar Worldwide famous Grandbazaar or Kapalcarsi in Turkish (meaning closed shopping street in Turkish) located between Nuruosmaniye and Beyazit was built by Mehmet II the Conquerer in 1461. The area of the bazaar was also a trade center during the Roman times. The bazaar initially consisted of two bedesten, known as (inner) Bedesten and Sandal Bedesten. Later on open streets were covered with doomed roofs and separate buildings connected each other. Before the 19th century Topkap Palace was regarded as the brain of the Empire and Kapalars as the heart of the economy. However, this changed when the other side of the Golden Horn became richer with the bankers and banks in Galata which became the new heart of the economy of the empire beside the new brain of the empire in Dolmabahe and Yildiz. Grand Bazaar Facts & Figures Caravansaries 16 gates 22 alleyways 60 shops 3.000 products 97 different varieties of products visitors a day300.000 area 45.000 m2 employees 20.000 fountains 4 wells 10 mosques 2 Kapalar is open between 7:00 and 19:00 all week except for Sunday and public and religious holidays. You can get to Kapalicarsi from Beyazit, Sultanahmet or from Eminonu if you follow the tram line. Gramafon Baba Gramofon Baba, as most people call him Mehmet Usta without knowing his real name, has been producing and fixing gramaphoes in the Grandbazaar since the 40s and he is a real gramophone lover with 56 gramphones and more than 2000 gramaphone records. Did you know?
Kapalar is the oldest bank and the shopping center in the world. Kapalar is the center of the gold market in Turkey. Kapalicarsi had faced more than 20 fires and eartquakes. The last disaster was the earthquale in 1894. t was renovated the last time in 1898. See Arasta Bazaar, Fatih, Sultanahmet www.kapalicarsi.org.tr GYPSY Although Gypsy people are usually known to work as musicians or flower sellers on the street, there are many famous gypsy people from different occupations such as actors, politicians, academicians and so on. ingeneyiz Biz www.cingeneyiz.org
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HACI BEKR Father of Turkish Delight A world-wide famous Turkish sweet shop. From the time of its founding during the Ottoman Empire, the name Hac Bekir has become a legend in Ottoman and Turkish confectionery and a leading symbol of this art. The Hac Bekir story began in 1777 when Bekir Efendi moved from Kastamonu to stanbul. Here, he opened a small shop in the Bahekap district of what we now call the Old City, in which he began to produce and sell varieties of lokum, or Turkish delight and akide, the boiled sweets much loved by Turks. On fulfilment of his religious obligation to make pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Bekir Efendi became known as Hac Bekir, a title of respect granted to those who have completed the hac, or pilgrimage. Today, Hac Bekir's tradition is being carried on by the family as Ali Muhiddin Haci Bekir Confectioners, and the company can proudly say that this first shop represents the only business in stanbul which has operated from the same premises for a period of more than two hundred years. Taken from official Hac Bekir web site Did you know? Hac Bekir is the oldest company in Turkey and one of the oldest in the world. An Englishman took some lokum with him to England in the 19th century, afterwards Turkish lokum became famous as Turkish delight and lokum all over the world. See Akide ekeri, Turkish Dessert Hac Bekir www.hacibekir.com.tr HAL See GOLDEN HORN HALK EKMEK Small booth selling bread and bakery products cheap. It is run by the stanbul Municipality. www.ihe.com.tr HAMAM Turkish Bath Turkish bath, hamam is a public bath that has been used since the Roman times. During the Ottoman period, they were either part of a klliye (a complex of buildings adjacent to a mosque) or a separate building that was run for mosques and charitable foundations. Hamam was not only a public bath, but it also had a socializing function. Especially women went to the hamam with their relatives or neighbours to chat, eat, drink, sing and dance, even find a girl to marry their sons. In addition to socializing, there were also traditional occasions done in the hamam such as kna gecesi (henna night) before the
wedding. Parts of Hamam Gbek ta Heated marble slab to lie on for sweating. Halvet Partially enclosed bathing cubicle. Kese Bath glove made of coarse cloth for rubbing the skin. Kurna Marble basin under a faucet. Kurna ba Open parts that the customers take bath alone. Petamal Loincloth worn in the hamam. Takunya Clog. Tas Metal bowl, vessel used for washing up. Tellak Rubber, attendant who messages and bathes the customer. In todays world, even if the hamam seems to lose its popularity, it is still a favourable place as part of the city culture as well as for traditional people. Some of the most popular hamams are as follows: emberlita Hamam Vezirhan Cad. No:8 emberlita cemberlitashamami.com.tr Caaololu Hamam Caalolu Fatih cagalogluhamami.com.tr Galatasaray Hamam Turnacba Sok. No:24 Beyolu galatasarayhamami.com Sleymaniye Hamam Mimar Sinan Cad. No:20 Fatih suleymaniyehamami.com.tr inili Hamam Murat Reis Mah. avudere Sok.No:204 skdar cinilihamam.com Nesclub (Ladies only) Balk Yunus Sok. No:12 Bostanc Kadky nesclub.com.tr Hamam stanbul Altntepsi Mah. Karabekir Cad. No:10 Bayrampaa hamamistanbull.com Historical Vezneciler Hamam Bozdoan Kemeri Cad. No:2 Vezneciler veznecilerhamami.com HAMS See ANCHOVY HASTANE See HOSPITALS HEYBELADA See PRINCES ISLANDS HEZARFEN AHMET ELEB Biography An Ottoman Turkish scientist who is said to fly with the wings he made from Galata Tower to skdar, whose story was told in the travelbook of famous Ottoman traveler, Evliya elebi. Hezarfen Ahmet elebi (1609-1940) inspired by smail Cevheri, a Turkish scientist lived in the 10th century, studied the birds first, practiced in Okmeydan and in 1632 he attempted to fly over the Bosphorus from Galata Tower to skdar. However, it is not clear whether he succeded or not as there aret any Ottoman records indicating Evliya elebis accounts. Lagari Hasan elebi Hezarfen Ahmet Celebis brother was an Ottoman scientist who made a succesful manned rocket flight in the 17th century. According to Evliya Celebi, an Ottoman traveler, Lagari Hasan Celebi launched in a 7 winged rocket using 50 okka (1 okka is 1282 grams) gunpowder from Sarayburnu in
1663. He was succeded to land in the sea and he was rewarded by the Sultan with silver and the rank of Sipahi in the Ottoman army. See Evliya elebi HIDRELLEZ Spring Festival A festival held in May sixth to celebrate the coming of summer. "Hdrellez" is one of the seasonal festivals of all Turkish world which is celebrated as the first day of the "early summer". It is also "day of Hzr", the day on which prophets Hzr and Ilyas (Ilias, Elijah) met with each other on earth. The words Hzr and lyas have since fused together pronounced as Hdrellez. Hdrellez Day falls on May 5-6. There are various theories about the origin of Hzr and Hdrellez. Various ceremonies and rituals have been performed for various gods with the arrival of spring or summer in Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, Greece and in fact all eastern Mediterranean countries since ancient times. One widespread belief suggests that Hzr is a prophet who has attained immortality by drinking the water of life (ab- hayat), and who has reached God, and wanders around among people from time to time, especially in the spring, and helps people in difficulty and distributes plenty and health. The identity of Hzr, the place and the time he lived in are not certain. Hzr is the symbol of spring, and the new life which emerges with it. In Turkey, where belief in Hzr is widespread, the characteristics attributed to him are as follows: Hzr rushes to the aid of people in difficulty and grants peoples wishes. He always helps well-meaning, benevolent people. He brings plenty and wealth wherever he stops. He brings remedies to those who are troubled and health to the sick. He helps plants to grow, animals to reproduce, and human beings to grow strong. He helps improve peoples fortune. He is the symbol of good omens. He has the God-given power of working miracles. Hdrellez Festival, which is still celebrated with grand ceremonies in Anatolia, has been celebrated since ancient times. Although it is celebrated under different names and in different times, it is possible to see the motifs of Hdrellez in many places. The arrival of spring and awakening of nature have been perceived by mankind as a phenomenon to be celebrated. In fact, Hdrellez, as a spring festival, has a universal character. Taken from Ahrkap Hdrellez Festival site Ahrkap Hdrellez enlikleri www.hidrellez.org HOSPITALS Hastane Hospitals on the European Side
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AVCILAR Avclar Hospital Uran Cad. avcilarhospital.com Hayat Hastanesi Tel:0212 6954830 Avclar Anadolu Hastanesi Mustafa Kemalpaa Mah. Esenyurt Yolu anadoluhastaneleri.com BACILAR Baclar Hastanesi Yavuz Selim Mah. 26/1-A Sok. Tel:0212 6112150 Safa Hastanesi Yldztepe Mah. Baclar Cad. safahastanesi.com.tr Yeni Ufuk Hastanesi nn Mah. Bakrky Cad. 27/2 Sok. yeniufukhastanesi.com BAHELEVLER Istanbul 70. Yl Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eski Londra Asfalt Tel:0212 5575700 Medicana Eski Londra Asfalt medicana.com.tr Balkan Hastanesi Zafer Mah. Ahmet Yesevi Cad. Gm Sok. Tel:0212 6543391 Geliim Hastanesi Mahbutbey Cad. gelisimhastanesi.com.tr Hizmet Hastanesi E-5 Karayolu Osmaniye Mevkii Tel:0212 5577070 JFK John F. Kennedy Hospital Begonya Sok. Bahelievler Tel:0212 4414142 Yaam Hastanesi Talatpaa Cad. yasaminiz.com BAKIRKY Bakrky Ruh ve Sinir Hastalklar Hastanesi bakirkoyruhsinir.gov.tr Bakrky Dr. Sadi Konuk Eitim ve Aratrma Hastanesi beah.gov.tr Lepra Hastanesi Eski Londra Asfalt Tel:0212 572 01 22 Bakrky Kadn ve ocuk Hastanesi stanbul Cad. Tel:0212 543 62 70 Bakrky mr Hastanesi Genler Cad. Tel:0212 660 07 20 amlk Hastanesi ncirli Cad. Bakrky camlikhastanesi.com.tr ncirli Hastanesi Pelinli Sok. ethicaincirlihastanesi.com.tr Yaar Hastanesi ncirli Cad. Tel:0212 570 3596 Bakrky Osmaniye Dispanseri Osmaniye Tel:0212 572 40 95 Bakrky Kadn Doum ve ocuk Hastanesi Tel:0212 543 62 70 BALAT Balat Musevi Hastanesi Demirhisar Cad. Ayvansaray orahayim.com BALTALMANI Baltaliman Kemik Hastalklar Hastanesi baltalimani.gov.tr BAYRAMPAA Beyzevler Hayat Hastanesi Beyzevler Mevki Edirne Asfalt Tel:0212 618 21 49 BEKTA Yeditepe niversitesi Balmumcu Gz Hastanesi Gazi Umur Paa Sok. Balmumcu yeditepegoz.com.tr Sait ifti Kamu Sal Merkezi Barbaros Bulvar Yldz Tel:0212 236 77 62 BEYOLU Beyolu Gz astanesi beyoglugoz.gov.tr Tepeba Vatan Hastanesi Aynal eme nceka Sok. Tel:0212 254 99 57 Tepeba Beyolu Dispanseri Merutiyet Cad. Tepeba Tel:0212 251 69 10 BYKEKMECE Bykekmece Hastanesi Fatih Mah. Turgut Reis Sok. Tel:0212 881 45 77 CERRAHPAA stanbul niversitesi Cerrahpaa Tp Fakltesi Cerrahpaa Tp Fakltesi ctf.edu.tr APA stanbul niversitesi apa Tp Fakltesi Hastanesi itf.istanbul.edu.tr apa Millet Hastanesi Millet Cad. Tel:0212 586 12 53 apa Hastanesi Necip Asm Sok. capahastanesi.com ESENLER Avicenna Hastanesi Menderes Mah. Atisalani Cad. 19. Sok. avicennahospital.com.tr EYP Eyp Hastanesi Silahtaraa Cad. eyupdevlethastanesi.gov.tr Bayrampaa Gz Hastanesi Numune Bag. Cad. zgr Sok. gozvakfi.com FATH Aka Hastanesi Fevzipaa Caddesi akcahastanesi.com Doaner Hastanesi Aksaray T. Sok. Tel:0212 632 16 19 Fatih Hastanesi Kzta Cad. fatihhastanesi.com.tr
FULYA Kadolu Hastanesi Fulya Cad. Tel:0212 211 33 33 kadiogluhastanesi.com GAZOSMANPAA Gaziosmanpaa Hastanesi ukureme Cad. gophastanesi.com.tr Ltfiye Nuri Burat Devlet Hastanesi 2116 Sok. Sultaniftlii Tel:0212 594 12 53 GNGREN Meltem Doum ve ocuk Hastanesi Baclar Cad. Haznedar meltemhastanesi.com HALKALI Halkal Kent Hastanesi Merkez Mah. Tel:0212 471 20 00 KTELL Tem Hospital Mehmet Akif Mah. Akarsu 1. Sok. tem.com.tr STNYE stinye Devlet Hastanesi stinye Cad. idh.gov.tr KARAKY Avusturya St. George Hastanesi Bereketzade Medresesi Sok. sjh.com.tr KASIMPAA Kasmpaa Deniz Hastanesi Tel:0212 238 79 00 KOCAMUSTAFAPAA stanbul Eitim ve Aratrma Hastanesi Org. Abdurrahman Nafiz Grman Cad. istanbuleah.gov.tr KKEKMECE Doan Hastanesi Ziyagkalp Cad. doganhastanesi.com LEVENT Dnya Gz Hastanesi Nispetiye Cad. Aydn Sok. dunyagoz.com Hattat Hastanesi Yeni Sln Sok. hattathospital.com Levent Hastanesi Eski Bykdere Cad. leventhastanesi.com.tr MECDYEKY Aksoy Hastanesi 2. Tasocagi Cad. aksoyhastanesi.com Avrupa Hastanesi Mehmetik Cad. Aydn Sok. Tel:0212 212 88 11 evre Hastanesi Cemal Sahir Sok. cevrehastanesi.com.tr MERTER Merter Vatan Hastanesi Glbayr Sok. Tel:0212 557 89 80 NANTAI Amerikan Hastanesi Gzelbahe Sok. amerikanhastanesi.com.tr OKMEYDANI Okmeydan Eitim ve Aratrma Hastanesi Darlaceze Cad. okmeydani.gov.tr Okmeydan Hastanesi Fatihsultan Cad. Osmanolu Sok. ozelokmeydani.com Memorial Hastanesi Piyale Paa Bulvar memorial.com.tr SARIYER Saryer smail Akgn Devlet Hastanesi Dursun Akif Sok. Tel:0212 242 06 65 SLVR Silivri Devlet Hastanesi Ali etinkaya Cad. silivridh.gov.tr RNEVLER Byk Anadolu Hastanesi Mahmutbey Yolu Polat Sok. Tel:0212 551 62 19 L ili Etfal Hastanesi sislietfal.gov.tr ili Hastanesi Tel:0212 321 12 41 Bilgi Hastanesi Tayyareci Cemal Sok. Tel:0212 234 31 10 Can Hastanesi Teyyareci Cemal Sok. Tel:0212 234 3110 Diabet Hastanesi Dr. Celal ker Sok. ozeldiabethastanesi.com.tr Florance Nightingale Avrupa Hast. Abidei Hrriyet Cad. florence.com.tr Gzelbahe Hastanesi Nianta Tel:0212 247 20 25 Huzur Hastanesi Haseki Cad. huzurhastanesi.com.tr Lape Hastanesi Fransz Lape Hastanesi Bykdere Cad. fransizlape.com Osmanolu Klinii Abidei Hrriyet Cad. osmanogluklinigi.com.tr Surp Agop Hastanesi Yedikuyular Cad. Elmada surpagop.com Trkiye Gazetesi Hastanesi Darlacaze Cad. turkiyehastanesi.com TAKSM Alman Hastanesi Sraselviler Cad. almanhastanesi.com.tr Taksim Eitim ve Aratrma Hastanesi Sraselviler Cad. taksimhastanesi.gov.tr TOPHANE talyan Hastanesi Defterdar Yokuu italyanhastanesi.com.tr YEN BOSNA Hayrunnisa Hastanesi Fatih Cad. hayrunnisa.com Yeni Bosna Hastanesi Yldrm Beyazt Cad. Tel:0212 652 52 00 Ataky Hastanesi ozelatakoyhastanesi.com
YELKY International Hospital stanbul Caddesi internationalhospital.com.tr ZEYTNBURNU Balkl Rum Hastanesi Yedikule L. Krdar Cad. Tel:0212 547 16 00 Avrasya Hospital Betelsiz Mah. Seyitnizam Cad. 101 Sok avrasyahospital.com Yedikule Gs Hastalklar ve Gs Cerrahisi Balkl Yolu Tel:0212 664 17 00
Hospitals on the Asian Side

ADALAR (ISLANDS) Bykada Devlet Hastanesi Lale Hatun Cad. Bykada Tel:0216 382 62 28 BADAT CADDES Erenky Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Hastanesi Sultan Sok. emsettin Gnal Altay Cad. Erenky erenkoyfizik.gov.tr Erenky Ruh Sal Hastalklar Hastanesi Erenky Mah. Sinan Ercan Cad. erenkoyruhsinir.gov.tr Gksoy Hastanesi iftehavuzlar Cavit Paa Mah. Cavitpaa Sok. Tel:0216 441 20 20 Tosunolu Hastanesi enesenevler Ayl Sokak Suadye Tel:0216 372 14 95 Yeil Bahar Hastanesi Cavit Paa Sok. ftehavuzlar Tel:0216 385 93 43 BEYKOZ Beykoz Devlet Hastanesi Tepest Cad. Paabahe Tel:0216 413 63 00 Beykoz ocuk Gs Hastalklar Hastanesi Hnkar skele Cad. Tel:0216 323 29 55 Paabahe Hastanesi Sahipmolla Cad. Paabahe Tel:0216 322 22 10 KADIKY Acbadem Hastanesi Tekin Sok. Acbadem acibadem.com.tr Fatih Sultan Mehmet Hastanesi E5 Karayolu, Bostanc fsmhastanesi.gov.tr Ferihan Lain Hastanesi Sarayard Cad. ferihanlacin.com.tr GATA Haydarpaa Eitim Hastanesi Selimiye Mah. Tbbiye Cad. hpasa.gata.edu.tr Gztepe Hastanesi Merdivenky Yolu, ahika Sok. Gztepe goztepehastanesi.com.tr Gztepe Eitim ve Aratrma Hastanesi Fahrettin Kerim Gkay Cad. sbgoztepehastanesi.gov.tr Gztepe afak Hastanesi Fahrettin Kerim Gkay Cad. Gztepe goztepesafak.com Haydarpaa Numune Hastanesi Halitaa Mah. Talimhane Sok. haydarpasanumune.gov.tr Kadky ifa Hastanesi Caferaa Mah. kadikoysifa.com Kadky Vatan Hastanesi Uzunayr Cad. Hasanpaa Tel:0216 326 06 55 Kouyolu Kalp ve Aratrma Hastanesi kosuyolu.gov.tr Medipol Hastanesi E-5 Harem Yolu zeri, Kosuyolu medipol.com.tr Meyan Hastanesi Kozyata Sok. Kozyata Tel:0216 410 77 90 Seyfi Basa ocuk Hastanesi Caferaa Mah. Hac kr Sok. Tel:0216 349 02 02 Siyami Ersek Gs-Kalp-Damar Cerrahisi Tbbiye Cad. Haydarpaa siyamiersek.gov.tr Yeditepe niversitesi Hastanesi Devlet Yolu Ankara Cad. Kozyata yeditepehastanesi.com.tr KARTAL Dragos Hastanesi Badat Cad. Orhantepe Dura Tel:0216 352 28 98 Dragos ifa Hastanesi Cevizli, Badat Cad. dragossifa.com Kartal Eitim ve Aratrma Hastanesi emsi Denizer Cad. E-5 Karayolu Cevizli Mevkii sbkeah.gov.tr Kartal Acil Yardm ve Trafik Hastanesi Tel:0216 305 57 40 Kartal Yavuz Selim Devlet Hastanesi stasyon Cad. Doan Sok. yavuzselimhastanesi.gov.tr Ortadou Hastanesi Badat Cad. Tel:0216 371 39 90 zel Kartal Hospital Bagdat Cad. Rahmanlar Tel:0216 488 31 80 Umut Hastanesi Petroli Mah. skdar Cad. umut.com.tr TCDD Yakack Hastanesi Soanlk Cad. Yakack Tel:0216 377 23 96 MALTEPE Maltepe ni. Tp Fakltesi Hastahanesi Feyzullah Cad. marmarahst.com Meslek Hastalklar Hastanesi Babyk Mah. Atatrk Cad.
Sreyyapaa imhh.gov.tr Sreyyapaa Gs Hastanesi Babyk sureyyapasa.gov.tr PENDK Pendik Devlet Hastanesi Dr.Orhan Maltepe Cad. pendikdevlethastanesi.gov.tr Pendik ifa Hastanesi Aydnl Yolu Gonca Sok. No:7 pendiksifa.com SULTANBEYL Sultanbeyli Devlet Hastanesi Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mah. Cami Cad. sultanbeylidevlethast.gov.tr LE ile Devlet Hastanesi Tel:0216 712 09 99 TUZLA Tuzla Devlet Hastanesi meler Mah. Kartal Sok meler tuzladevlethastanesi.gov.tr MRANYE amlca Hayat Hastanesi Alemda Cad. Tel:0216 521 30 30 amlca mr Hastanesi Alemda Cad. Tel:0216 443 71 00 Erdem Hastanesi Alemda Cad. Sezer Sok. erdemhastahanesi.com NPSTANBUL Hastanesi Alemda Cad. Site Yolu npistanbul.com SKDAR Academic Hospital Nuh Kuyusu Cad. Balarba academichospital.com.tr Anadolu Hastanesi Halk Cad. skdar uskudaranadoluhastanesi.com amlca Askeri Hastanesi amlca Tel:0216 325 72 50 Marmara niversitesi Hastanesi Tophaneliolu Cad. Altunizade hastane.marmara.edu.tr zel skdar Hastanesi Selamnipak Cad. Tel:0216 341 90 90 Polis Hastanesi Barbaros Mah. Veysi Paa Sok. Altunizade Tel:0216 310 53 03 Valideba retmenler Hastanesi Kalfaeme Sok. Kouyolu validebaghastanesi.gov.tr Zeynep Kamil Kadn ve ocuk Hastalklar Eitim ve Aratrma Hastanesi Arakiyeci Hac Mehmet Mah. Op. Dr. Burhanettin stnel Cad. zeynepkamil.gov.tr
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ICE CREAM Dondurma
Ali Usta Famous ice cream shop in Moda, Kadky on the Asian side. If you ever ask what the best place is to buy ice cream in stanbul, one of the first answers would probably be Ali Usta, founded in 1968 and serving ice cream 365 days of the year since then. Ali Kumbasar, the founder, makes different types of ice cream using the same formula and real fruit. Ali Usta serves about more than 40 types of ice cream according to the season. Sahlep with ice cream is a popular winter product we recommend. Moda Caddesi No: 264/A Kadky Girandola Arnavutky www.girandola.com.tr Vens Osmanbey, Levent, Gztepe, Etiler www.venuspastanesi.com Cremeria Milano Beyolu Hacbey Caddebostan, Kkyal www.hacibeytatlicilik.com.tr Mado Caddebostan www.mado.com.tr Gne Bebek Mini Dondurma Bebek Yaar Usta Bostanc
IM LISTENING TO ISTANBUL, WITH MY EYES CLOSED stanbulu dinliyorum, gzlerim kapal, Poem One of the best poems describing stanbul written by Orhan Veli known as the poet of stanbul.
I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed; At first there blows a gentle breeze And the leaves on the trees Softly flutter or sway; Out there, far away, The bells of water carriers incessantly ring; I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed. I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed; Then suddenly birds fly by, Flocks of birds, high up, in a hue and cry While nets are drawn in the fishing grounds And a woman's feet begin to dabble in the water. I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed. I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed. The Grand Bazaar is serene and cool, A hubbub at the hub of the market, Mosque yards are brimful of pigeons, At the docks while hammers bang and clang Spring winds bear the smell of sweat; I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed. I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed; Still giddy since bygone bacchanals,
A seaside mansion with dingy boathouses is fast asleep, Amid the din and drone of southern winds, reposed, I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed. I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed. Now a dainty girl walks by on the sidewalk: Cusswords, tunes and songs, malapert remarks; Something falls on the ground out of her hand, It's a rose I guess. I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed. I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed; A bird flutters round your skirt; I know your brow is moist with sweat And your lips are wet. A silver moon rises beyond the pine trees: I can sense it all in your heart's throbbing. I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed.
Translated by Talat Sait Halman (1982) Close your eyes and listen to stanbul at Galata Kprs, Galata Tower, skdar skelesi, Kadky skelesi, engelky, Eminn, Emirgan, Islands, in the street markets, on the ferry etc. STANBUL One of the oldest cities in the world located between two continents. What is stanbul? stanbul is a bridge, a gate opening to the East and West, a pot where the cultures meet and is cooked slowly, absurd and mystical as a fairy tale, a beautiful woman, tender as a girl, chaotic as hell, melancholic as a poem, sea gulls of Sait Faik, a rak bottle Orhan Veli is a fish in, beloved city of Yahya Kemal he looked at over a hill, the city made of golden soil, hope, frustration, abundance, poverty, the country of the blind, a kalabalk city full of balk, a rose pink erguvan in the spring, a fistful of wheat a pidgeon run after in the mosque yard, a duet of a sea gull and a mzezzin, a serenade of a nightingale, a story, running after this story and becoming the part of the story Names of stanbul stanbul is also Vizantion, Bizantium, Antoninya, Alma Roma, Nova Roma, Konstantinopolis, Istinpolin, Megali Polis, Kalipolis, argrad, Konstantingrad, Vizant, Stimbol, Esdambol, Eskomboli, Miklagord, Bizantiya, elMahsura, Kustantina el-uzma, Konstantiniyye, Mahrusa-i Konstantiniyye, Stambul, Dersaadet, Deraliyye, Mahrusa-i Saltanat, Istanbul, Islambol, Dars-saltanat- Aliyye, Asitane-i Aliyye, Darl-Hilafetl Aliye, Payitaht- Saltanat, Dergah- Mualla, Sdde-i Saadet Did you know? stanbul comes from the Greek word istinpolin meaning to the city, at the city. stanbul wasnt the official name during the Ottoman Empire, but it was used unofficially to refer to leading people e.g. stanbul Aas, the commander of the city, stanbul Efendisi, a gentleman, an intellectual person. Even in the early years of the young Turkish Republic, Istanbul was still called Konstantiniyye by the Turks and Constantinople by the foreigners until
the postal service law passed on March 28th, 1930. The official name of the city became stanbul and authorities asked the foreign authorities to use stanbul as the postal address. The mails sent to Constantinople or Istanbul / Constantinopolis was rejected and returned to the sender. STANBUL IN NUMBERS Buildings Housing 869.444 buildings or 3.393.077 single units (approximate in
2000) Mosques 2.944 (in 2009) Churches 50 Synagogues 16 Number of university 29 Climate Average temperature 13,6 degrees Celsius Average relative humidity 79 % Average sea temperature 15-16 Celsius Culture Libraries 72 Cultural centers 62 Fair/Congress centers 8 Concerts halls 28 Movie theaters 70 Theaters 23 Art galleries 68 Newspapers 337 local and 28 national papers Media 15 TV stations and 130 radio stations Demography in General Population 12.915.158 (2010) Density 2.444 person/km2 (26 times of Turkey, which is 94 person per square km) Districts in stanbul Adalar 9,8 km 16.171 stanbullu Avclar 38,7 km 214.621 stanbullu Baclar 21,1 km 487.896 stanbullu Bahelievler 16,2 km 442.877 stanbullu Bakrky 29,0 km 222.336 stanbullu Bayrampaa 7,8 km 240.427 stanbullu Beikta 18,2 km 202.783 stanbullu Beykoz 234,2 km 193.067 stanbullu Beyolu 8,3 km 231.826 stanbullu Esenler 34,9 km 344.428 stanbullu Eyp 189,6 km 254.028 stanbullu Fatih 10,8 km 432.590 stanbullu Gaziosmanpaa 106,4 km 649.648 stanbullu Gngren 7,5 km 273.915 stanbullu Kadky 35,9 km 699.379 stanbullu Kathane 15,2 km 317.238 stanbullu Kartal 68,3 km 362.175 stanbullu Kkekmece 106,9 km 460.388 stanbullu Maltepe 61,1 km 335.539 stanbullu Pendik 150,1 km 339.759 stanbullu Saryer 119,5 km 229.600 stanbullu ili 29,8 km 257.049 stanbullu mraniye 110,2 km 498.952 stanbullu skdar 38,6 km 472.124 stanbullu Tuzla 55,0 km 93.975 stanbullu Zeytinburnu 10,9 km 228.786 stanbullu Economy Municipality budget over 18 billion TL Contribution to national budget 6.454.947 x million TL Contribution to capital budget 40% Percentage in gross national product 23% Foreign currency inflow 3 820 386 391 TL Total deposit in Turkish banking system 25% GNP per capita 3.063 USD (7th in Turkey, first being Kocaeli province with 6,165 USD) Share in national GNP 23 % Share in national bank deposits 35% Share in national tax collected 40% Bank branches 1.730 (approximately 29% of total banks in Turkey) Free Trade Zones 4 (Thrace, Ataturk airport, Leather and Industrial, Stock Exchange) Import/Export 57% of national export and 60% of national import was made from Istanbul (in 2005), major export is textile Unemployment rate 15,5 % (461.185 people) Education Literacy rate 93.39 % (over 6 years of age), it's on top in country's average (87,32 % in Turkey) Students 2 323 628 (Both Primary and High Schools) Primary and high schools 2 707 Universities 23 (29 % of total universities of Turkey are in Istanbul) 70% of students are in State universities 30% in Private universities Geography Area 1,830.92 km2 Elevation 100 m. Coordinates 41.09 north, 29.42 east Forested land 216 392 ha. East Side 100 398 (46 %), West side 115
994 ha. (54%) Highest hill 537 meters, Aydos Hill on the Asian side Villages 151 Neighborhoods 817 Districts 39 Health Hospitals 194 (in 2005), 71% of them (140) are private hospitals Hospital beds 33,721 (in 2004) Doctors 12.827 (1.617 patients for each doctor) Pharmacies 4,494 Blood centers 31 Dialysis centers 70 X-ray labs 350 Elderly homes 61 (33 of them are private), with 5.535 beds (in 2004) Population Growth Rate 3.3 % yearly 35 % lives on the Asian side (Anatolia), 65 % on the European side (Thrace) 51 % of the population is men (in Turkey the rate is 50%) 62.24 % are born outside of Istanbul (mostly in Sivas) Sports Licensed sportsmen 105.009 (61.708 active) Stadiums 16 with grass (139.729 capacity) and 11 with firm ground Olympic shooting range 1 Bowling saloons 9 Golf courses 3 Football (Soccer) teams 5 teams in League A, 11 teams in League B, 10 teams in League C (2008-2009 Season) Sports clubs 470 football clubs, 190 basketball, 92 volleyball, 16 handicapped, 251 karate/judo/tekwandoo, 68 boxing Tourism Tourists 7.049.234 (in 2008), which is 28% of total arrivals in Turkey (approximately 26million tourists for 2008) Hotels/Motels 766 (28 five star, 57 four star, 80 three star, 75 two star, 18 one star, 38 special category) Beds 93.300 (as of Aug 2010) Travel agents 1.511 Sites 63 museums, 64 historic mosques, 66 historic medresse, 49 historic churches, 1 historic synagogue, 17 palaces Entertainment establishments 405 Traffic Plate number 34 Motor vehicles 2.710.802 (1 car for each 5 person) as of August 2009 (3 million estimated in 2010) Roads 25.000 km Traffic police 2.293 Taxis 17.395 (as of 2010) Public buses 3.838 Vehicles 2 441 667 (2007) Suspension Bridges 2 over the Bosphorus, making 537.000 TL daily income total from both bridges, around 381,091 vehicles daily Airports 2 international, 1 private, several military . Fishing boats 2,058 Utilities Electricity consumption 22.983.837 x million Kw/h per year Natural gas consumption 3.757.000.000 m3 Natural gas subscribers 3.005.000 (It was only 172,000 in 1993) Water consumption 2.000.000 m3 per day, 174 liters per person per day
STANBUL MARATHON Avrasya Maratonu International stanbul marathon run from Asian side to Euopean side in October every year. The idea of a marathon between Asia and Europe was first suggested by a newspaper, Tercman, in 1973. The idea came true in 1979 by a group of German tourists and stanbullu. This first Avrasya Maratonu was won by a runner called Hasan Seylan. Recently the marathon is run as public marathon, 15 km and marathon. www.istanbulmarathon.org STANBUL VIEW The best places for stanbul view are on a ferry, driving through the Bosphorus Bridge, Maiden Tower and minarets. Istanbul View from the Asian Side
amlca Tepesi (hill) in skdar, Sevda Tepesi in Anadoluhisar, Yldz Tepe near the second bridge in Kanlca, Nakkatepe near the first bridge in Beylerbeyi, Fethi Paa Korusu in Kuzguncuk, Salacak in skdar, Yoros Kalesi in Anadolukava, Moda in Kadky, Kadky, Adalar (Princes Islands)
Istanbul View from the European Side

Galata Kprs in Eminn, Yldz Park in Ortaky, Ulus Park in Ulus, Rumelihisar in Saryer, Glhane Park in Sirkeci, Sarayburnu in Sirkeci, Galata Kulesi in Karaky, Pierre Loti in Eyp, Tepeba in Beyolu
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JAZZ Istanbul offers various jazz music. There is an international stanbul jazz festival every July in different, spectacular parts of the city such as the stanbul Archeology Museum, Aya rini Museum, Cemal Reit Rey Concert Hall, Esma Sultan Yals, stinye Park, Caddebostan coast, Ortaky and Kadky Avenue, Eminn ferry station, Badat Caddesi and also on the ferries on the Bosphorus. International stanbul Jazz Festival iksv.org Nardis Jazz Club nardisjazz.com stanbul Jazz Center istanbuljazz.com
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KADIKY Guide A district on the Asian side in the South of the city facing the historical peninsula on the European side. Kadky, known as Chalcedon in ancient times, was the first settlement before stanbul was built. Relics and objects found around Kadky show that there has been a continuous settlement since prehistoric times. The name Chalcedon came from the trade of Chalcedon stone from Eskiehir to Kadky. The town named as Kadky after the conquest of Constantinople, which means village of the judge. Today Kadky is a large and cosmopolitan district, and a residential, cultural and commercial center of the Asian side. Badat Street A popular street in Kadky on the Asian side. It was called Badad Caddesi (street) because it was used by the Roman and Ottoman armies for the eastern campaigns. In time the street became a settlement and a modern street today with cafes, sops, restaurants etc. Aya Triada Orthodox Church During the Ottoman period, Kadikoy was widely inhabited by non-muslim citizens. Therefore, you can see more churches than the mosques in the town center. Aya Triada, a Greek Orthodox church located on Bahariye Street is one of the biggest churches in Kadikoy. The church was built by the Patriarch III. Yovakim and Kadikoy metropolitan bishop Yermenos in 1902. It was build in the shape of a Greek cross with two bell towers on each sides. Under the church is an ayazma (spring of water regarded as sacred by Orthodox Greeks) devoted to Ayia Ekaterini who was once a sinful woman, then became Christian and lived all her life in the church to be forgiven. Bahariye Cad. Nisbetiye Sok. Kadky Bahariye Street A shopping street in Kadky on the Asian side. Bahariye Caddesi starts at the Bull Statue in Altyol and continues up to Moda. The street has shops and boutiques as well as an opera hall, cinemas, two Eastern Orthodox churches and the Kadky Cultural Centre. Nearby are also several streets with lots of bars. There is also a nostalgic tramcar that runs between Kadky and Moda. Bahariye Caddesi may not be as attractive as stiklal Caddesi or Badat Caddesi but it is still a very nice area to go shopping and have a good time on the Asian side. Bar Street / Kadife Sokak Kadife Sokak (Barlar Sokagi) is a small street in Moda, Kadky (the street where Rexx Cinema is) with bars and cafes in the old Ottoman houses. There is also a music shop at the end of the street. In the bars at Kadife Sokak you can listen to alternative rock, heavy metal, jazz, rocknroll and many other. Most popular bars in the street are Arka Oda http://www.arkaoda.com Buddha Bar http://www.kadikoybuddha.com Dunia Cafe Bar dunia.com.tr Hera / Trip kadyagrup.com/hera/ Isis isisrest.com Karga
Bar kargabar.org Liman Kahvesi kadyagrup.com/limankahvesi/ Zincir Bar zincirbar.com Caferaa Mah. Kadife Sok. Kadky Boa, The Bull Statue The bull statue in Kadky, one of the hundreds of meeting points in stanbul, was made by Houillav Dir Isidore Bonhver in Paris in 1864. Then it was brought to Germany in the late 19. century when the Germans defeated the French. In 1917 it was presented to Enver Paa, Commander-inchief of the Ottoman Army, by the German king Wilhelm II as the symbol of power. The statue changed many places until it was brought to Kadky in 1969 and placed in the garden of Kadky District Administration opposite the Beikta Ferry Station. The statue was finally moved to Altyol in Kadky in 1976 and it has been a meeting point for stanbullu since then. Bomonti A tea garden in Moda near the old Moda ferry station, with a very nice view of Fenerbahe and the islands; a street in ili on the European side named after the Bomonti Brewery, the first brewery in stanbul. British Cemetery There are many non-muslim cemeteries for non-muslim Istanbulians but one of them, the English cemetery located in Kadikoy near Haydarpasa Train Station was reserved for the English soldiers wounded in the Crimean War (18531856) and died in Haydarpaa Military Hospital and Selimiye Military Barracks where Florence Nightingale stayed during the war. The entrance to the cemetery is from the street between Gata Military Hospital and Haydarpasa High School. On entering the cemetery, there is a 28-meter Crimean War Monument built by the Queen Victoria. The cemetery has two parts. First part where the monument is located is reserved for the English and colony soldiers died in the Crimean War and the second part for the bureaucrats and English citizens died during the First and Second World War. Haydarpaa Haydarpaa Tren stasyonu, Terminus train station in Kadky on the Asian side. The railroad in stanbul opened in 1872 and the trains run between Kadky and Gebze until Haydarpaa train station was built in 1908 by two German architects, Otto Ritter and Helmut Conu, with neo-renaissance style. Haydarpaa was an important link in the railway chain of the Berlin-Baghdad railway scheme, part of the German Empire's strategic plans to gain control over the trade routes between the East and the West in the late 19th century by building a railway connection between Germany and the Persian Gulf. You can have a meal or a drink at Haydarpaa Gar Lokantas with other stanbullu and train passengers to Anatolia. www.haydarpasagar.com Kadky Fish Market Kadky fish market starts near Osmanaa Camii and goes on along Gnelibahe Sokak (street) with the fish shops around as well as delicatessen, dried fruit shops, bakeries, greengrocers and the restaurants where you can sit outside. Yanyal Fehmi Efendi and iya are the most favourite restaurants but there are also kebap and fish restaurants along the street. At the
end of the street you can have a drink in one of the old Ottoman houses that is renovated and made a cafe or bar. There are also bookshops around the street. All those shops, cafes and restaurants make Kadky fish market a very favourable place for shopping and having a nice time afterwards. By the way, dont be surprised to see a goose walking around in the market. It is Rodi, the mascot of the market and the only goose in the world whose sculpture was made. You can walk around in Beyolu or Kadky balk pazar, have lunch in one of the fastfood restaurants, listen to the street musicians or gypsy boys, have a drink in one of the bars. Myth, Country of the Blind Bysaz of Megara wanted to build a city for his people and he asked the advice of the oracle of Delphi which was famous for its prophecies. The answer was short and clear: Build that city opposite the Country of the Blind! Byzas did not contemplate much about where that Country of the Blind could be, he decided to search for it. After months of travel, one day he arrived at the place where Sarayburnu is located in our day. He said to himself, while watching the city in the place of todays Kadky, from the Bosphorus: Why didnt they build that city on the beautiful place where I am standing now, rather than there on those barren lands? Are those men blind? Why didnt they select this location? Then he suddenly remembered the prophetic words of the oracle of Delphi: Build your city in opposite the Country of the Blind! He made his decision at that very moment. Here the Country of the Blind was in front of him! He would build his city on that green place on the shore of the Bosphorus, on those seven hills. And in a short period of time the city was built on the Hali (Golden Horn) and Ligos cape. The city was called Byzans after the name of its founder. Sreyya Opera House Sureyya Opera House, Sureyya Cultural Center is an opera hall in Kadikoy on the Asian side, built by the politician Sureyya Ilmen Pasa in 1927 as the first musical theatre on the Asian side. In the early years, operettas were never staged due to lack of appropriate facilities and equipments in the first years of the young Republic of Turkey. Therefore the hall was used as a movie theatre all those years until the building was restorated and reopened as an opera house in 2007 performing the oratorio Yunus Emre by Ahmet Adnan Saygun. Sureyya Opera house with a capacity of 570 spectators includes a cafe, cloakroom, elevator and disabled access. How to get there The opera house is located at Bahariye Street in Kadikoy. If you are coming from the European side, simply follow the nostalgic tram walking up the main street. Bahariye Street, No: 29 Kadikoy 0 216 346 15 31 (3 lines) http://www.sureyyaoperasi.org KAHVALTI See BREAKFAST KAHVE See TURKISH COFFEE
KAHVE DNYASI Coffee World Kahve Dnyasi is a popular chain of coffee shops just like Starbucks. It opened in 2004 with the Eminonu branch on the European side and today they have 33 shops all over Istanbul as well as shops in Adapazar, Ankara, Bursa, Denizli, Eskiehir, zmir, Kocaeli and Mula. Kahve Dnyas offers a wide range of coffee with more than 50 types, including Turkish coffee and many other popular coffees. They also produce chocolate and pastries to go with coffee and other beverages. www.kahvedunyasi.com Kahve Dnyas on the European Side
Akaretler Vinezade Mah. air Nedim Cad. No:13 Beikta Tel:0212 327 42 34 Ataky, Plus AVM Ataky Konaklar Adnan Kahveci Bulvar 6. Ksm Bakrky Tel:0212 661 83 79 Bahelievler, Metroport AVM Eski Londra Asfalt Kltr Sok. No:1 Bahelievler Tel:0212 442 77 53 Bahelievler, ehr-i Bazaar AVM Dereky Mevkii Szer Bulvar No:1 Baheehir Tel:0212 669 13 53 Beylikdz, Beylikdz AVM Migros Beylikdz Mevkii E-5 Karayolu zeri Bykekmece Tel:0212 854 07 80-81 Bykekmece, Atirus AVM Fatih Mah. Londra Asfalt No:40 Bykekmece Tel:0212 881 53 11 Eminn Asmaalt Cad. Kzlhan Sok. No:18/1 Eminn Tel:0212 520 02 04 Etiler, Akmerkez AVM Food Court Maaza No:443 Etiler Tel:0212 282 03 34 Fulya, Otim AVM Dikilita Mah. Yeilimen Sok. No:5 Otim Fulya Beikta Tel:0212 347 81 17 Gneli, Hrriyet Towers Kireoca Mevkii Evren Mah. Gneli Tel:0212 515 34 28 stinye stinye Mah. ayr Cad. No:65 stinye Tel:0212 229 47 24 Kabata Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. Ttn Han. No:167 Kabata Tel:0212 293 12 06 Levent Gonca Sok No:13 1.Levent Tel:0212 268 74 52 Maslak, Dou Power Center AVM Ahi Evran Cd. No:4 Kat:1 No:1011 Maslak Tel:0212 346 04 91 Mecidiyeky, Cevahir AVM Bykdere Cad. No:22-A Mecidiyeky Tel:0212 380 16 70 Nianta Gzel Bahe Sok. Gl Apt. No:21 Nianta Tel:0212 219 82 24 Nuruosmaniye Mollafenari Mah. Nuruosmaniye Cad. No:79 Gazi Sinanpaa Sok. No:12 Eminn Tel:212 527 32 82 Sefaky, Armonipark AVM Tevfik Bey Mah. Halkal Cad. No:132 Kkekmece Tel:0212 426 02 60 Ulus Adnan Saygun Caddesi No:19 Beikta Tel:0212 265 31 23 Yeilky mraniye Mah. stasyon Cad. No:52 Yonca Apt. Zemin Kat Yeilky Tel:0212 573 81 26
Kahve Dnyas on the Asian Side

Acbadem amlca Cad. een Sok. No:1 Acbadem skdar Tel:0216 325 71 71 Ataehir, Palladium AVM Barbaros Mah. Halk Cad. No:8/B Ataehir Tel:0216 663 19 66 Bostanc emsettin Gnaltay Cad. No:18/1-2 Bostanc Tel:0216 410 29 60 Bykada 23 Nisan Cad. No:32 Bykada Tel:0216 382 83 99 Fenerbahe Fenerbahe Mah. Dr.Faruk Ayanolu Cad. No:22/1-2 Kadky Tel:0216 337 44 03-07-08 Gztepe Badat Caddesi No:259 Gztepe Tel:0216 467 00 05 erenky, Carrefour erenky / Kadky Tel:0216 448 04 60 Kadky, Alkm Kitabevi Neet mer Sok. No:23-25 Kadky Tel:0216 338 21 10 Kzltoprak Zhtpaa Mah. Fener Kalam Cad. Gne Apt. No:5 Kadky Tel:0216 338 85 35 Pendik Viaport AVM Yeniehir Mah. Dedepaa Cad. Viaport AVM Kurtky/Pendik Tel:0216 696 12 74 Suadiye Badat Caddesi Hayrl Apt. No:462/1 ataleme Suadiye Tel:0216 362 79 13 Ziverbey Park Merkezi Fahrettin Kerim Gkay Cad. Ziverbey Park Merkezi No: 128/A1 Kadky Tel:0216 566 71 77
KANDLL See SKDAR KANLICA See BEYKOZ

KAPALIARI See GRAND BAZAAR KARAKY See BEYOLU KEBAB Kebab. Kebab meals come from the eastern part of Turkey but kebab has become very popular and common in stanbul with thousands of kebab restaurants, fastfood shops and also street vendors selling kebab. Common types of kebap are i kebap, p kebap, yrk kebab, yourtlu kebap, testi kebab, tandr kebab, patlcanl kebap, Kilis kebab, tas kebap, Ali Nazik kebab, kat kebab, Antep kebab, klbasy kebab, beyti kebap, ezmeli kebap, orman kebab, ca kebab, mlek kebab, gelin kebab, incik kebab, istim kebab, iskender kebab, kat kebab, kuyu kebab and many more. Adana & Urfa Kebap Adana kebab is spicy, Urfa kebab is mild. Adana, a city in the south of Turkey, is famous for its cuisine which uses plenty of hot spices and seasoning. For this reason, spicy kebab is called Adana Kebap. If you wish to try Adana kebab a bit spicy, then you can order it saying az acl but you dont like spicy kebab much, then you can order it saying az acl. Drm A wrap made of lava or yufka flatbread used to serve dner, kebab, tavuk, kfte, sucuk e.g. Adana drm, Urfa drm, tavuk drm, kte durum, sucuk drm etc. Drm shops are usually open until the morning because stanbullu who are coming from bars or meyhane stop at drmc shops before going home. Here are the most popular Drmc for stanbullu:
Kebap Uzunlar Kartal & Pendik kebapciuzunlar.com.tr Drmc Memo Nuh Kuyusu Cad. No:261 Altunizade skdar Tel:0216 343 49 21 Bizim Drmc Eminali Paa Caddesi (Lunapark) Bostanc Kadky Tel:0216 489 20 58 Kfteci Cemo Ankara Cad. No:99 Pendik Tel:0216 491 34 93 Drmc Hac Usta Balarba am Sok. Pnar Apt. No:24 Maltepe durumcuhaciusta.com Sahra Drm Acbadem Cad. Cokunolu Apt. No:108 Acbadem Kadky sahradurumevi.com Drmc Baba Bostan Sok. No:28/1 Yeiky durumcubaba.com
skender Kebap A kind of kebap prepared from thinly cut dner over pieces of pide served with yoghurt, tomato sauce and melted butter. Tomato sauce and boiling butter are sometimes poured over the dish at the table. skender (Alexandre in English) Kebap took its name from skender Efendi who lived in Bursa in the 19th century and invented skender Kebap. Kebap skender is now a trademark and the grandsons of skender Efendi still run the restaurant in Bursa. www.kebapciiskender.com.tr Kanat Wing; chicken wing. The best Kanat restaurants in stanbul are:
Kanat Haydar Kocasinan Merkez Mah. Ahlat Sok. No:18/A Bahelievler kanatcihaydar.com Kanat Aa Beylikdz kanatciaga.com Kanat Muhtarn Yeri Beylikdz kanatcimuhtarinyeri.com stanbul Kanat Beylikdz Tel:0212 853 12 12
Ocakba Grill, kebab grill, kebab shop where customers sit around the grill and served food and drinks. Here is the most popular ocakba in stanbul:
Zbeyir Ocakba stiklal Cad. Bekar Sok. No:28 Beyolu zubeyirocakbasi.com Musa
Ustam Ocakba Kkparmakkap Sok. No:14 Beyolu musaustam.com Peymane Ocakba Tomtom Mah. Boazkesen Cad. No:65/1 Beyolu peymane.com Tike Hanmeli Sok. No:5-2 Levent Tel:0212 279 50 70 Beylerbeyi skele Cad. No:19 Beylerbeyi tike.com.tr Gler Ocakba Cumhuriyet Cad. Babil Sok. No:37 Harbiye Tel:0212 241 18 66 Gazeteciler Mah. Keskin Kalem Sok. No:37 Esentepe ili gulerocakbasi.com Beyolu Ocakba stiklal Cad. Bekar Sok. No:20 Beyolu beyogluocakbasi.com
Popular Kebap Restaurants

iya Kebap Caferaa mah. Gneli Bahe Sok. No:48/B Kadky ciya.com.tr Gnaydn dealtepe Mah. Turgut zal Bulvar No:117 Maltepe gunaydinet.com Hamdi Restaurant Tahmis Cad. Kaln Sok. No:17 Eminn hamdirestorant.com.tr Beyti Orman Sok. No:8 Florya beyti.com.tr Keba 3. Levent, Fenrbahe, Maka, Bykekmece, Maslak, Ataehir, Beykoz kosebasi.com Develi Kebap Samatya, Fenerbahe, Etiler develikebap.com Musa Ustam Ocakba Kk Parmak Kap Sok. No:14 Beyolu musaustam.com Set Kebap Etiler Sok. No:264 Etiler Beikta setkebap.com.tr 1937 Konyal skdar 1937konyali.com Tahtasaray Levent tahtasaray.com Uluda Kebap stanbul Cad. No:12 Florya uludagkebap.com.tr Beyolu Ocakba stiklal Cad. Bekar Sok. No:20 Beyolu beyogluocakbasi.com
KIZ KULES See MAIDENS TOWER KLSE See CHURCH KOKORE See FASTFOOD KFTE Meatballs Meatballs made with minced meat, eggs, bread, parsley, cummin, salt and blackpepper. Kfte is not only a popular meal with many types from all over the country, but also a favourite fastfood preferred by the Istanbullu. Common types of kfte meals are kuru kfte, zgara kfte, kadnbudu kfte, i kfte, negl kfte, zmir kfte, kaarl kfte, dalyan kfte, sulu kfte, ili kfte etc. Here is the most favourable kfte restaurants for stanbullu:
Mostar Kftecisi Kavak Sok. Bahelievler mostarkoftecisi.com Kfteci Ali Baba Arnavutky koftecialibaba.net Bizim Kfte Aksaray, Fatih, Altunizade, Yenibosna, Marmara Forum AVM bizimkofte.com.tr Kfteci Ramiz kofteciramiz.com Filibe Kftecisi Hoca Paa Mah. Ankara Cad. No:112 Fatih Tel:0212 519 39 76 Han Restuarant aknbakkal No:353/A Badat Caddesi Kadky hanrestoran.com stanbul Kftecisi zzettin allar Cad. No:51 Bahelievler istanbulkoftecisi.com Kfte & Kfte Ankara Cad. No:114 Sirkeci koftevekofte.com Hain (treator) Kfte Ortaky Mah. Yeil Evler Sitesi Beikta hainkofte.com
KY Village Village. stanbul, also Constantinople, is the city inside the walls that surrounds the historical peninsula. Therefore the settlements out of the walls were called ky, such as Kadky, Bakrky, engelky, Arnavutky. They were small villages until the ferries started to run all over the Bosphorus in the mid 19th century., which led the city spread along the Bosphorus. The towns around the city are regarded as inside stanbul today but actually most areas still look
like villages or small towns. KURUKAHVEC MEHMET EFEND Mehmet Efendi, who was born in 1857 in Fatih, stanbul and studied at the Sleymaniye Medresesi (the school attached to the Sleymaniye Mosque complex), began to work in his father's shop on Tahmis Street, Beyolu. Mehmet Efendi took over the family business in 1871 and began roasting raw coffee beans, grinding them in mortars and selling roasted and ready-ground Turkish coffee to his customers. Soon Tahmis Street was filled with the rich aroma of freshly roasted coffee. Thanks to Mehmet Efendi, coffee lovers were able to enjoy the convenience of buying ready roasted and ground coffee, and he soon became known as "Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi", or Mehmet Efendi, vendor of roasted and ground coffee. After he passed away in 1931, the business passes to his three sons: Hasan Selahattin Bey, Hulusi Bey and Ahmet Rza Bey. The family formally took Kurukahveci as their last name in 1934. His oldest son recognized the importance of the international market and decided to become active abroad. Thus, Turkish coffee began to be promoted abroad as well as in the domestic market. Mehmet Efendis youngest son Ahmet Bey, who was educated abroad, was inspired to take steps to modernise the firm and invest in advertising. In 1933, he had the company logo designed, which is still used today, and also company was promoted through posters and calendars, which was a revolutionary media attempt for the period. Then Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi began to distribute their products via the firms own fleet of automobiles and they opened new branches. Today Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi is run by Mehmet Efendis grandchildren and what began as a small family business on Tahmis Street in 1871 has now grown into a global brand. Kuru Kahveci Mehmet Efendi www.mehmetefendi.com
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LAHMACUN A kind of round or oval thin piece of dough topped with minced meat, onions and spices. Lahmacun is served with lemon slices and vegetables. It is wrapped around the vegetables like tomato, lettuce, onions and parsley. There is also a small type of lahmacun called fndk lahmacun served as appetizer before main course, usually kebab meals. stanbullu usually consume lahmacun with ayran. List of the most popular lahmacun restaurants in stanbul:
Yzevler Kebaps ili, Maslak, Gztepe, Etiler yuzevler.com.tr iya Kebap Caferaa Mah. Gneli Bahe Sok. No:48/B Kadky ciya.com.tr Sahan Acbadem, Ataehir, Suadiye, Caddebostan sahan.com Hamdi Restaurant Tahmis Cad. Kaln Sok. No:17 Eminn hamdirestorant.com.tr Beyti Orman Sok. No:8 Florya Tel:0212 663 29 90 beyti.com.tr Keba 3. Levent, Fenrbahe, Maka, Bykekmece, Maslak, Ataehir, Beykoz kosebasi.com Develi Kebap Samatya, Fenerbahe, Etiler develikebap.com Musa Ustam Ocakba Kk Parmak Kap Sok. No:14 Beyolu musaustam.com Set Kebap Etiler Sok. No:264 Etiler Beikta setkebap.com.tr
Did you know? Lahmacun means meat with dough in Arabic. LALE See FLOWER LIGHTHOUSES Fener in Turkish. Lighthouses on the Europen Side Rumeli Feneri, Saryer (30m) Ahrkap Feneri, Sarayburnu (29m) Yeilky Feneri, Bakrky (23m) Lighthouses on the Asian Side Anadolu Feneri, Beykoz (20m) Fenerbahe Feneri, Kadky (20m) ile Feneri, ile (19m) Did you know? The first lighthouse that was built in stanbul during the Ottoman period was Fenerbahe Feneri in Fenerbahe on the Asian side (1562). The tallest lighthouse in stanbul is Rumeli Feneri in Saryer on the European side. LODOS Lodos, another Greek word in Turkish, is the south and southwest wind that is strong and brings rain. Istanbul is usually paralyzed when lodos blows. Boats are usually overturned and ships run ashore. It also causes health problems like headache and shortness of breath. The worse is the delay in sea transportation that stops life of Istanbullu in the city and makes this crowded metropolitan even more unbearable. Another problem caused by lodos is the disconnection of the Adalar to the city.
Did you know? It is not only the wind, rain and chaos that come with lodos; also there is a kind of fish called lodos fish that becomes dazy and is caught easily when lodos blows. LOKANTA Restaurant. Lokanta is usually used for small-scaled places such as lunchroom, eating house e.g. esnaf lokantas and the international cousines such as Rus Lokantas, in Lokantas, talyan Lokantas etc.
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MAIDENS TOWER See SKDAR MARINA Marinas in stanbul
Ataky Marina Sahilyolu Ataky atakoymarina.com.tr Setur Kalam & Fenerbahe Marinalar Mnir Nurettin Seluk Cad. Kalam Kadky seturmarinas.com Marina Dragos Orhangazi Cad. Mutlu Sok. No:63 Dragos Kartal marinadragos.org.tr Marina stanbul Atirus Merkezi Fatih Mah. Londra Asfalt Kat:12 Bykekmece marinaistanbul.com Marinturk City Port Pendik stanbul
MARKETS Pazar Pazar means Sunday as well as street market in Turkish. The word comes from ba (food) and zar (place) in Farsi. There are more than 200 street markets all over the city and they are usually set on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays. Street Markets in stanbul stanbul is a city of street markets. Every week 358 markets open in the streets of Istanbul, serving millions of Istanbullu by 50 thousands of sellers, selling vegetables, fruits, diary food, things for home, clothes, secondhand stuff, even antiques. The markets are usually named after the day they open e.g. Sali pazari, Carsamba pazari, Persembe pazari. Below is the list of some of the markets and the number of street markets on each day:
Monday/43 markets Bahelievler, Baheehir, Maltepe, Selamieme (Kadky) Tuesday/48 markets Baheehir, Bakrky, Bostanc (Kadky), Hasanpaa (Kadky), ehremini (Fatih) Wednesday/57 markets Bostanc (Kadky), Fatih, Ihlamur (Beikta), Selimiye (skdar), Yeilky Thursday/59 markets Acbadem (Kadky), Erenky (Kadky), Merter, Suadiye (Kadky), Ulus (Beikta) Friday/54 markets Fndkzade (Fatih), Kozyata (Kadky), Ulus (Beikta), skdar Saturday/52 markets Baheehir, Bakrky, Ihlamur (Beikta), Pendik, Sefaky (Kkekmece) Sunday/45 markets Beylikdz, Dolapdere (Taksim), Kkekmece, Kuzguncuk (skdar)
Ecological Markets in stanbul It really is worrying to see echological markets open in Istanbul, where all the street markets were already echological not long ago. Here are the list of the echological markets on both sides: Asian Side
Kadky Organik Halk Pazar. Open at zgrlk Park on every Wednesday.
Kartal Ekolojik Pazar. Open on every Sunday. Located between Belediye (municipality) and the train station. In addition to products there are also workshops, exhibitions, art events and concerts. Maletepe Organik Halk Pazar. Open on Sundays at Altayesme Belediye Hizmet Alan
European Side
Bakrky Ekolojik Pazar. Open on every Friday at the car park of the Airport Shopping Center. Kasmpaa, Balat, nebolulular Halk Pazar. Open on Sundays. Local products from nebolu such as diary food, vegetables, home made butter, jam, bread etc. ili Ekolojik Halk Pazar. Open on Saturdays, located in Ferikoy. Fresh and healthy products from zmir, Bursa, Gkeada and other localities.
MARMARA The Marmara Sea; one of the 7 regions in Turkey in the northwest of the country. The name Marmara comes from Greek meaning crystalline rock, shining stone. Marmara Beer Marmara Biras, a kind of beer produced by Efes Pilsen Group. Marmara Island Marmara Adas, the largest island in the Marmara Sea, famous for marble. It is one of the favourable places for stanbullu for the sun and sea in the summer. You can get to Marmara Adas by ferry or seabus from stanbul or motorboats from Tekirda and Erdek. For further information visit www.marmaraadasi.org Marmara Newspaper Marmara Gazetesi, an Armenian daily newspaper (6 days a week except Sundays). It was founded by Souren Shamlian in 1940. Marmara Gazetesi has also a section written in Turkish language and the circulation is 2000 per issue. www.normarmara.com Marmara Region Marmara Blgesi, one of the 7 regions in the country. The other regions are Ege Blgesi Aegean Akdeniz Blgesi Mediterrenean Karadeniz Blgesi Black Sea Dou Anadolu Blgesi East Anatolia Gneydou Anadolu Blgesi Southeast Anatolia Anadolu Blgesi Central Anatolia Marmara Sea Marmara Denizi, an inland sea that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea. The cities around the sea are stanbul, Tekirda, anakkale, Balkesir, Bursa, Yalova and Kocaeli. Marmara University Marmara niversitesi, founded in 1981 and the only university in the world that has faculties in two continents. www.marmara.edu.tr MEATBALLS See KFTE MEYHANE Tavern Tavern, public house, a traditional restaurant or bar in Turkey and the Balkans. The word is composed of two Farsi words: mey (wine) and hane (house). Meyhane serves alcoholic beverages like wine, rak, vodka, beer etc with meze and traditional foods. Today a meyhane is either a cheap place, mostly serving the lower class people or a posh, pricy restaurant with
traditional kind of music and entertainment. The best meyhane around the city are as follows:
Eleos stiklal Cad. No:231 Hidivyal Palas Beyolu Tel:0212 244 90 90 mraniye Mah. Yeilbahe Sok. No:9 Yeilky eleosrestaurant.com Demet imirci Sok. No:6/1 Cihangir demeti.com.tr 9-Ece Aksoy Asmalmescit Oteller Sok. No:9-B Tepeba Beyolu dokuzeceaksoy.com Krependekiimroz Nevizade Sok. No:24 Beyolu krependekiimroz.com Beyzade stiklal Cad. Terkoz kmaz Karacaaslan Merkezi No:4 Tnel Beyolu Tel:0212 243 22 25 E5 Karayolu zeri 120 Ada Fesh Han No:12 Beylikdz beyzade.net Sofyal Asmalmescit Mah. Sofyal Sok. No:9 Beyolu sofyali.com.tr Kallavi stiklal Cad. Kurabiye Sok. No:16 Beyolu kallavi20.net Cumhuriyet Meyhanesi Nevizade Sok. Beyolu tarihicumhuriyetmeyhanesi.com Zarifi ukureme Sok. No:13 Sraselviler Beyolu zarifi.com.tr Ziyade Fasl Karanfil Cad. No:25 3. Levent Tel:0212 269 96 86 Yazmac Tahir Sok. No:22 Sahil Yolu Suadiye Kadky ziyadefasil.com Giritli Keresteci Hakk Sok. Cankurtaran Ahrkap giritlirestoran.com Liman Rhtm Cad. No:52-3 Yolcu Salon st Kat:3 Karaky capacapa.com
Did you know? Meyhane owners used to be called Barba, meaning uncle in Greek. They took an important place in cultural life and literature in stanbul. MEZE Appetizer Snack, appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre, side dish, side order, delicatessen, deli, which is the indispensable food of Turkish and Mediterranian cousine as a starter or side food. Mezes vary from cold food (cheese, salad, yoghurt, cold meat, nuts, olive oil vegetables etc) to hot food (brek and seafood as starter before the meal or during the meal as side food). Meze associates rak more than any other drinks. The most favourite mezes for ilingir sofras (rak table) are as follows:
Muhabbet (friendly conversation) musiki (music) especially a nice fasl, beyaz peynir, ezme, a kind of yoghurt meze especially haydari, fruit especially melon or watermelon, olive oil vegetables like eggplant with tomato sauce, brek like sigara brei, nuts especially badem, or tuzlu leblebi (salty roasted chickpeas) seafood especially hamsi tava or karides gve salads like cucumber, oban salatas or turu (pickles)
Arnavut Cieri A kind of meal or appetizer made from liver cut in small chunks dipped in flour and fried. Arnavut Cieri, literally Albanian liver, can be served as main course or cold appetizer, and also eaten as a fastfood served in sandwich. Ingredients are liver (lamb or veal) flour, salt, red pepper powder, black pepper, oil, onions, parsley, sumac. Badem Almond, another good meze for raki table especially almond kept on the ice sold by street vendors around the restaurants. Beyaz Peynir See Kahvalt Beyin Salatas Brain (of a sheep) salad, boiled brain served cold with a dressing of olive oil and lemon juice. Cack A kind of meze or side dish made with yoghurt and cucumber. Cack is simply made with yoghurt and cucumber but also mint or dill, olive oil and garlic is added preferably. It is served as a side dish or meze as well as cold soup on hot
sesaons. A cheap but delicious and nutricious meal of kuru fasulye (beans soup) pilav (rice) and cack is enough to make stanbullu happy. ilingir Sofras A dinner table prepared with rak and a few mezes, hors doeuvres. ilingir is locksmith, sofra is table in Turkish. According to one theoy, the word ilingir was mutated from the word enigir that was the person who tasted Sultans food in the palace. enigir was served the food in small proportions just like mezes today, so it was called enigir sofras, a lot of food in small portions. Another theory is that drinking rak helps people to open up just like a locksmith opens the doors and it is called ilingir sofras. Which one do you think makes more sense? There is a popular belief that rak is drunk with a meal, usually fish or meat as well as many different mezes. However, rak is a cocktail drink and the rak table, ilingir sofras in other words, should be as light and humble as possible according to rak experts. Cheese, melon or water melon, cucumber, almond and something salty or spicy like brek or ezme would make the best ilingir sofras. Afiyet olsun! iroz Salted and dried thin mackerel. oban Salatas A very popular and simple mixed salad made of tomatos, cucumber, green pepper, onions, parsley and olives dressed with lemon or vinegar, and olive oil. Dolma See Dolma Ezme A very simple but delicious spicy meze made with chopped tomato, onions and pepper paste. Ingredients are onions, greenpepper, tomatoes, garlic, parsley, dill, fresh mint, pepper paste, thyme, salt, blackpepper, redpepper, lemon juice and olive oil. Hamsi See Hamsi Haydari A kind of meze made from yoghurt, garlic, olive oil and spices. Haydari is one of the main mezes of a ilingir sofras (rak table). Ingredients are szme (strained) yoghurt, garlic, cumin, thyme or mint, red pepper, parsley, salt. Karides Gve Stewed prawn. Most favourite prawn meal for stanbullu and one of the best rak mezes. It is made with large shrimps, onion, carrots, tomatoes, bayleaves, garlic meshed, corn oil, flour, grated cheese, salt, black pepper. Lakerda Saltbonito, bonito preserved in salt and served as meze. Mcver A fried patty made of squash, dill, cheese, eggs and spices. It is usually served with garlic yoghurt. Paanga A kind of brek made with pastrami, tomato, pepper and kaar cheese and deep-fried in oil. Paanga goes very well with an Efes. Pilaki A kind of dried beans or kidney beans meal in olive oil served cold. Pilaki is also made from fish such as lfer, levrek and palamut. Piyaz A cold dish or salad made with dried beans, chopped onions, parsley,
olives, boiled eggs, vinegar and olive oil; onions that have been chopped, salted, and mixed with parsley. You can have a meal of zgara kfte (grilled meatballs) piyaz and a dessert at a kfte restaurant. Rus Salatas A kind of salad made from mayonnaise, pickles, carrot, peas and potato, known as Amerikan Salatas, Rus Salatas, Olivye Salatas, usually consumed as meze as well as added into sosisli (hot dog) and kumpir (baked potato). Rus Salatas, known as Olivier salad in some languages, was first made by a French chef, Lucien Olivier. This delicious salad came to Turkey in the late 19th century and become widespread thanks to the restaurants opened by the Russian people who came to stanbul after the October Revolution in 1917. After the World War II during the cold war, Russian salad oddly become Amerikan salatas as Turkey took side of the Western world. Rus salatas is usually consumed as meze as well as added into sosisli (hot dog) and kumpir (baked potato). akuka A kind of fried eggplant meal with tomato, garlic and yoghurt sauce. Sigara Brei A very simple kind of brek. Sigara brei is a very popular hot hors doeuvre and it is very easy to make. Cut the filo pastry, put the filling (cheese and parsely) and roll as dolma. Fry in hot oil. It is also dipped into the beaten egg and then to the mixed sesame seeds and pane flour. Dont forget to order a sigara brei, paanga or patates kzartmas when you drink an Efes. Turu Pickles. It is usually made of vegetables and fruits such as cucumber, cabbage, pepper, green tomato, sloe, plum, gherkin, carrot, zucchini, eggplant, beans, beet, quince, apple, unripe melon and many other vegetables and fruit. Also bay leaves, blackpepper, lemon, garlic, dill, parsley, ginger are added to give aroma to pickles. See Beer, Rak, Wine MISIR ARISI See EGYPTIAN MARKET MMAR SNAN Biography (1489-1588) Famous Ottoman architect and civil engineer who built more than 300 structures and served the sultans Sleyman I, Selim II, Murad III. His masterpiece is Selimiye Mosque in Edirne.
94 large mosques (camii) 57 colleges 52 smaller mosques (mescit) 48 bath-houses (hamam) 35 palaces (saray) 22 mausoleums (trbe) 20 caravanserai (kervansaray) 17 public kitchens (imaret) 8 bridges 8 store houses or granaries 7 Koranic schools (medrese) 6 aqueducts 3 hospitals (darifa)
Respect to Sinan www.sinanasaygi.org

MONEY Alman Usl Dutch treat, literally German style. When the time comes to pay for the bill, it is quite possible to hear dialogues like Let me pay No, I will pay!.. No, no, I will pay. I insist Please dont insist But you paid last time Me? No, you are wrong. Let me pay for God sake Put your money back in your pocket. I am paying and the story goes on this way quite a long time until one of them gives up and finally the bill is paid with a condition But I will pay next time, ok? In short, Alman usul isnt very common for stanbullu. Bahi Tip. In Turkey tipping is common for even the smallest services. The amount varies according to the client's satisfaction and the attentiveness of the service. Generally the tip is given after being served, but some clients actually give the tip before being served to ensure that the service will be impeccable, which may in some ways be considered a bribe. Some restaurants and cafs include a 10% tip in the bill, but satisfied customers often leave an additional tip. Bozuk Para Small change, literally broken money. Dviz Foreign currency e.g. dviz brosu exchange office dviz bozdurmak to exchange foreign currency www.doviz.com Hesap Bill, account. Bahi vermek to leave/give a tip Cebinde akrep var. He has a scorpion in his pocket cimri tight, cheap (person) eliak / cmert generous Hesap ltfen Bill please Hesap alabilir miyim? Can I have the bill? Nakit Cash e.g. Nakit demek istiyorum. I want to pay cash. Para Money. Para babas moneybags para birimi currency para bozmak to make change, break a coin or note into smaller denominations para cezas law fine para ekmek to draw money from a bank, ATM Parayla deil srayla. Money cant always get you what you want. para kazanmak to earn money Para paray eker. Money breeds money. para yatrmak to deposit money in Pazarlk Bargain, bargaining, deal e.g. pazarlk yapmak/etmek to bargain, haggle MONUMENTS Abide-i Hirriyet Ant, ili The Monument of Liberty, first national monument in Turkey built in 1911 in honour of the soldiers killed in 31 March Incident in 1909. The monument located on the highest hill in ili on the European side was built by Mimar (Architect) Muzaffer Bey who won the contest for building the monument. The monument in the form of a cannon on an equilateral triangle base is situated in the center of a park with pathways like a pentagon star surrounded by a cirscle symbolizing the star and crescent in the Ottoman flag. On each side of the marble base are the names of the soldiers buried below the monument. Today the monument symbolizes the laicism in Turkey and serves a focal point for official ceremonies and public gathering in Istanbul. Barbaros Monument, Beikta The monument built in honour of the Ottoman Admiral Barbaros Hayrettin Paa is situated in Beikta, where his fleet used to assemble. He was buried in the tall mausoleum near the statue, which was built
by the famous architect Mimar Sinan in 1541. On the back of the statue are the verses by the Turkish poet Yahya Kemal Beyatl:
Whence on the seas horizon comes that roar? Can it be Barbarossa now returning From Tunis or Algiers or from the Isles? Two hundred vessels ride upon the waves, Coming from lands the rising Crescent lights: O blessed ships, from what seas are ye come?
Did you know? Turkish seamen salute his mausoleum with a cannon shot before leaving for naval operations. emberlita Column, Beyazt emberlita, 35 meter high banded stone/column located between Sultanahmet and Beyazt was brought to Istanbul from the Temple of Apollo by Constantinus I (B.C. 324-327). The column was topped by a statue of Apollo clasping a javelin in one hand and a cross in the other. The cross was removed during the Ottoman period but the column was left untouched. Sultan Mustafa II re-enforced the column with iron bands and built the pedestal on which it still stands today. It is believed that the column contains relics belonging to Jesus Christ. Column of Arcadius, Fatih The column of Arcadius was a Roman triumphal column begun in 401 in the forum of Arcadius in Constantinople to commemorate Arcadius triumph over the Goths in 400. Arcadius died in 408 but the decoration of the column was only completed in 421. the monument was dedicated to his successor Theodosius II. The column was destroyed either in the 16th or 18th centuries by the eartquakes and the column was taken down because it threatened to topple down. Today its 9-metre base survives in the garden of an old house near Cerrahpaa Mosque in Fatih. Column of Goths, Gotlar Stunu, Sultanahmet Gotlar Stunu, Column of Goths, located near Sarayburnu entrance at the Glhane Park, is the oldest column survived from the Roman era until today. It is a Roman triumphial column for the Goths victory dating to the 3rd or 4th century AD. The 18 meter high column is located on Proconnesian marble base with an inscription in Latin: FORTUNAE REDUCI OB DEVICTUS GOTHOS meaning To Fortuna, who returns by reason of victory over the Goths Taksim Monument Cumhuriyet Ant, the Rebublic Monument located in Taksim Square built in 1928 to commemorate the formation of the Rebuplic of Turkey. It was designed by Italian sculptor Pietro Canonica. The 11 m high monument portrays the founders of the Turkish Republic. One side of the monument depicts Atatrk and the other side has Atatrk and his comrades in a modern country. Did you know? Two of the statues behind Atatrk are Mikhail Frunze, an important leader of the October Revolution and Kliment Voroshilov, a Marshal
of the Soviet Union. Their presence in the monument points out to the military aid given by Vladimir Lenin during the Turkish War of Independence in 1920. MOSQUE Cami in Turkish. The word cami comes from the Arabic word cem (gathering). Parts of a Mosque Avlu Wide area in the entrance of the mosque, courtyard. Gasilhane Place or room used to wash the corpse before funeral Kble South, the direction of Mecca where Muslims turn in worship. Kubbe Dome, sky, vault of heaven. Selimiye Camii in Edirne has the biggest dome. Krs Raised, throne-like seat from which imams preache. Mihrap Niche in a mosque wall indicating the direction of Mecca. Minber Pulpit on the right of the mihrab reached by a long, straight flight of steps. Musalla Ta A marble within a mosque courtyard or garden where the funeral put for ceremony. adrvan Fountain used for ritual ablutions and usually located in the middle of a mosque courtyard. Trbe Large, usually domed tomb. Abdest Ritual ablution, the state of canonical purity. Muslims get washed before the namaz, pray. Therefore there are taps and fountains in the yard of mosques. Allah God in Arabic. Also Tanr in Turkish. Allah is used more by stanbullu for everyday language as well as worshipping. Common Expressions & Idioms in Turkish
Allah Allah! Goodness gracious! How strange! Allahtan luckily, fortunatelyAllah bilir. God knows. Aman Allahm! Oh my God Hay Allah! Oops, gosh Allah kahretsin! God damn it! Allah gstermesin. God forbid! Allah raz olsun. May God grant your every wish. Allah belan versin. God damn you. Allah akl fikir versin. Where is your good sense? I am surprised at you. Allah rahmet eylesin. May God have mercy on him (said for a person who died) Allah bir yastkta kocatsn. May you have a happy life together (said to a newly married couple) Bismillahirrahmanirrahim In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate. This expression or Bismillahirrahmanirrahim is pronounced before praying or doing something, in the name of God.
Cuma Friday. Cuma comes from the Arabic word cem, cuma (gathering). Friday is a holiday in Arab world when people gather in the mosques for Friday pray. It is quite possible to see stanbullu spilled over out of mosques on the streets on Fridays. Ezan Call to prayer, the azan. The person who sings ezan is called mezzin. The words of ezan is as follows:
Allahu Ekber God is Great Ehed enla ilahe illallah I testify that there is no god but God Ehed enne Muhammeden resulullah I testify that Mohammed is His prophet.
Hayya ale'salah Come to pray Hayya alel-felah Come to salvation As-salatu hayrun mine'n nevm Namaz is more propitious than sleep Allahu Ekber God is Great. La ilahe illallah There is no god but God.
You can wake up early and go to Sultanahmet Avenue to listen to Ezan in the silence of the morning. Namaz Ritual of worship centered in prayer in Islam. Namaz is performed five times a day. First Mosques in Istanbul
Arap Camii (European Side) located in Kalyon street in Karaky is the first mosque built in Istanbul. Constantinople was besieged by the Arab Army in 717. They failed to conquer the city after a years battle but eventually they managed to seize Galata area and stayed there 7 years. The Arab commander Mesleme Bin Abdlmelik ordered to build a mosque for his army and he made history as the first person to have ezan sung in Istanbul. The army had to leave due to an uprising in Damascus and left the area back to the Byzantium forces. The mosque was converted to a church by the Dominicians and the bell tower today was added to the building. After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the church became a mosque again by order of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mehmet II the Conquerer. The mosque then called Arap Camii (Arab Mosque) because Arabs brought from Endls, Andalucia, Spain were located in the area. Beside being the first mosque in Istanbul, Arap Camii is also an extraordinary mosque with its gothic-style and the minaret built as a bell tower during the fourth Crusade. Tersane Cad. Arap Camii Mah. Mahkeme Sok. No:16 Karakoy Beyolu www.arapcamii.org Rum (Greek) Mehmet Paa Camii (Asian Side) located in Semsi Pasa, near skdar town center is the first Ottoman mosque built on the Asian sidean Ottoman. The mosque built in 1471 by Rum Mehmet Pasa, who was of Greek origin, combines Byzantine and Ottoman architectural elements. Although the mosque was built as a complex (kulliye) with its imarethane, hamam etc, today you can only see the remains of the complex around the mosque. Rum Mehmet Paa was executed before the mosque was completed and buried in the tomb in the garden of the mosque. His relatives also buried in the same place after they passed away. emsi Paa Cad. Eref Saat Sok. Uskudar
Did you know? There are 2,499 mosques in stanbul. The first mosque on the Asian side, Rum Mehmet Paa Camisi, was built in skdar in 1460s by Rum Mehmet Paa who was a vizier. Mosques with 4 minarets were built only by the Sultans. The only exception is Maltepe Camii that was built in the republic era in the 20th century. Ezan, call to prayer was sang in Turkish from 1932 to 1950. MOVIE THEATRES Sinema Cinema in Turkey first started in the Yldz Palace in 1896. A Frenchman called Bertrand showed films by Lumiere Brothers to the Sultan Abdulhamid II and his family as his daughter Aye Osmanolu mentioned in her memories. The same year first public show took place in Sponeck
Beerhouse in Galatasaray. The first film was l'Arrivee d'un train en gare de la Ciotat by Lumier Brothers in 1895. Cambon, a Frenchman and Sigmund Weinberg, a Jewish man from Romania continued the public movie shows at the pubs and the theatre halls. In the mean time Lumier Brothers cameramen came to Turkey and took films in Istanbul and other parts of the Empire. These were the first films made in Turkey. Sigmund Weinberg opened the first movie Hall in Tepeba, Taksim. The name of the hall was Pathe Sinemas because Weinberg was the representative of the famous French company Pathe Freres. Immediately after new movie halls opened in Beyolu and ehzadeba. Movie Theatres on the European Side
74 Bakrky Afak emberlita AFM Akmerkez Etiler AFM Beylikdz AFM Carousel Bakrky AFM Fita Beyolu AFM Mayadrom Akatlar AFM Prenses Maslak AFM Prenses Ortaky AFM Tevikiye Alkazar Beyolu As Harbiye Atlantis ili Atlas Beyolu Atrium Ataky Avar Avclar Beko K. M. Baheehir Cinebay Bayrampaa Cinecity Olivium Zeytinburnu Cinemetro Avclar nar Yeilky Emek Beyolu Favori Bykekmece Feriye Ortaky Feza Fatih Galeria Prestige Ataky Gazi Osmanbey Hillside Etiler HolidayPlex Bahelieveler ncirli Bakrky Kadir Has Bahelievler Kent ili Lale Beyolu Mass Gaziosmanpasa Maxi Silivri Movieplex Etiler Movieplex Nianta Odeon Cineplex Mecidiyeky Pera Beyolu Renki Bakrky Seba Maslak Sinepop Beyolu Yunus Emre K. M. Ataky
Movie Theatres on the Asian Side

AFM dealtepe AFM Piramit Fenerbahe AFM Prenses mraniye As Kadky Atlantis Kadky Broadway Kadky Capitol Altunizade Cinepol Kozyata Coliseum Kavack Egebank K. K. aknbakkal Grandhouse Maltepe Gney Pendik Hakan Kadky Hollywood Kadky Kadky Kadky Moda Kadky Movieplex Suadiye M&S aknbakkal Ocak Kadky Oscar Pendik Rexx Kadky
Did you know? Cinematograph was first shown by the magician Bernard for Sultan Abdulhamit II in the Yldz Palace. The first public cinema show was made by Weinberg at the Sponeck Beerhouse in Galatasaray in 1897. The first movie theatre was opened in Fevziye Kraathanesi in ehzadeba. MUSSEL Midye One of the most favourable fastfood for stanbullu, is usually cooked in two ways: stuffed and deep-fried. Midye Dolma Stuffed mussel made from rice, pine nut, raisin, onions and various spices. It is boiled and served cold with lemon. It is sold both at restaurants and by street vendors. Midye Tava Deep-fried mussels served as a sandwich or serving with tarator sauce. Tarator A kind of sauce made from walnuts, garlic, salt, inside of bread, vinegar, tahini (or yoghurt) and lemon juice. Tarator is usually served with midye tava
(deep-fried mussels). Did you know? Most midye dolma sellers on the street are from Mardin in the Southeast of Turkey, where there is no sea. MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATRK Biography The founder of the Turkish Republic (1881 Salonika 1938 stanbul). Biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatrk
1881 He was born in Salonika. 1888 He lost his father. 1896 1899 He attended Manastr Military School. 1902 He graduated from stanbul Military School with the rank of lieutenant. 1905 He graduated from the Military Academie with the rank of major. 1905 1907 He was stationed in am, Damascus with the 5th Army. 1907 He was promoted to the rank of senior major. 1909 He was the Staff Officer of the Hareket Ordusu (Special Troops) which entered stanbul to stop an uprise. 1910 He was sent to Paris to attend the Picardie manuevers. 1911 He started to work at the General Staff Office in stanbul. 1911 He was sent to Tripoli, Libia to take part in the war against Italian army. 1912 He was made the commander of Derne, Libia. 1912 He joined the units from Gallipoli when the Balkan war broke out. 1913 He was assigned to Sofia, Bulgaria as a military attache. 1914 He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in Sofia. 1915 He took part in the battles in Gallipoli. The enemy forces were stopped by the 19th Divison under Mustafa Kemal's command at Conkbayr. He was promoted to the rank of colonel after this victory. He is remembered with the famous words that he addressed to the soldiers: "I am not giving you an order to attack, I am ordering you to die!" 1916 He was stationed to Edirne and Diyarbakr after the anakkale battles and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. He fought against the Russian forces and recaptured Mu and Bitlis. He was assigned to Damascus Khallepo for a short time. 1917 He traveled to Germany with Vahdettin Efendi, the heir to the throne. 1918 He returned to Khalleppo on 15 August 1918 as the Commander of the 7th army. Mondros Armistace was signed, the Ottoman army was disbanded and he came back to stanbul to work at the Ministry of Defence. 1919 He went to Samsun as an Army Inspector upon the Allied forces started to take over the Ottoman armies and invade stanbul. He declared that " The freedom of the nation shall be restored with the resolve and determination of the nation itself" and called the meetings in Amasya, Sivas and Erzurum. Greek Army invaded Anatolia. 1920 The Sultan's regime in stanbul signs an agreement to leave parts of Anatolia to the Greeks, as drafted in the Treaty of Sevres. 1920 April 23 He went to Ankara and started the Turkish Grand National Assembly. He was elected as the head of the national assembly as well as the head of the government. The assembly decided to integrate the army and Kuva-i Milliye, the militia. 1921 August New Turkish Army wins a decisive battle against the Greek Army at Sakarya.
1922 August New Turkish Army wins a decisive battle against the Greek Army at Dumlupnar. 1922 After beating the Greeks in Dumlupinar, Mustafa Kemals army gets control over zmir in the following month. 1922 November 1 The sultanate is abolished by the powers around Mustafa Kemal. 1923 January 29 He married Latife Hanm. They took many trips to different parts of the country together. This marriage lasted until 5 August 1925. 1923 July 24 The Treaty of Lausanne superceded the Treaty of Sevres and Turkey recovered all of Anatolia and eastern Thrace from the Greek Army. 1923 October 29 The Turkish Republic was formally proclaimed and M. K. Atatrk was unanimously elected as its first President. The first government of the Republic was formed by smet nn. Turkish Republic started to grow on the foundations of the twin principles "Sovereignty, unconditionally belongs to the nation" and "peace at home, peace in the world," Atatrk undertook a series of reforms to "raise Turkey to the level of modern civilization" which can be grouped under five titles: Political reforms, social reforms, legal reforms, reforms in the field of education and culture, economic reforms. 1924 March 3 Abolishment of the caliph (the position of nominal head of the Islamic faith, held by the Ottoman Sultans). Unification of education. 1924 Abolishment of the Canon Law. 1925 November 25 Reform of Headgear and Dress. 1925 November 30 The theological schools madrassas were closed. 1925-1931 Adoption of international calendar, hours and measurements. 1926 1934 Recognition of equal rights to men and women. 1927 October 15-20 He read his Great Speech, which covers the War of Independence and the founding of the Republic. 1928 November 1 Adoption of new Turkish alphabet. The government decreed that the Arabic script be replaced by a modified Latin alphabet, which was easier to learn and teach and made publishing much easier. All citizens from six to 40 years of age were made to attend school and learn the new alphabet. The Turkish language was "purified" by the removal of many Arabic and Persian words and their replacement by new Turkish ones. 1930 He assigned Fethi Okyar Bey to organize an opposition party for the sake of democracy. The main difference of the principles of Serbest Cumhuriyet Firkasi (Liberal Republic Party) was liberalism against the statism in CHP. But after the reactionist attitudes of the new members, which were against revolutionism, Fethi Bey closed it. 1931 The official ideology of the regime, Kemalism, was promulgated by the ruling Republican People's Party (CHP), which Kemal founded and controlled. Its six principles were republicanism, nationalism, populism, statism, secularism and revolutionism. 1931-1932 Establishment of Turkish Language and History Institutions. 1933 May 31 Regulation of the university education. Innovations in fine arts. 1933 October 29 He read his 10th Year Speech. 1933-1937 Abolution of tithe, encouragement of the farmers, establishment of model farms, establishment of industrial facilities, and putting into effect a law for Incentives for the Industry, putting into effect Ist and IInd Development Plans, to develop transportation Networks.
1934 December Women were given the vote for parliamentary members and were made eligible to hold parliamentary seats. 1934 November 26 Abolishment of titles and by-names. Acccording to the Law on Family Names, the Turkish Grand Assembly gave "Atatrk" (Father of Turks) as last name to Mustafa Kemal 1936 The Restoration of Turkish sovereignty over the Straits under the Montreux Convention. 1937 He donated his farms to the Treasury. 1938 November 10 He died at 09:05 a.m. at Dolmabahe Palace, defeated by the liver ailment he was suffering from. 1938 November 21 He was taken to his temporary place of rest at the Ethnograpy Museum in Ankara. 1953 November 10 When Antkabir, the mausoleum was completed, he was taken to his permanent rest place with a grand ceremony
MUSEUMS Mze The first museum in stanbul was Mecma- Asar- Atika (collection of antiques and old things) which became Mze-i Hmayun (Imperial Museum) in 1869 and then became the stanbul Archeology Museum. Today there are tens of museums in Istanbul. Below is the most popular 8 museums in the city: Museum Visitors in 2008 Ayasofya Mzesi 2.226.159 Topkap Saray 1.757.317 Kariye Mzesi 230.736 Arkeoloji Mzesi 176.636 Trk ve slam Eserleri Mzesi 95.510 Rumelihisar Mzesi 37.229 Mozaik Mzesi 36.603 Yldz Saray Mzesi 21.525 Museums on the European Side
Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya) Museum Ayasofya Meydan Sultanahmet Fatih http://www.ayasofyamuzesi.gov.tr Topkap Palace Museum Sultanahmet Fatih topkapisarayi.gov.tr Chora Museum Edirnekap Fatih kariye.muze.gov.tr Istanbul Archaeological Museum Alemdar Cad. Osman Hamdi Bey Sok. Sultanahmet Fatih istanbularkeoloji.gov.tr Turkish & Islamic Arts Museum At Meydan Sok. No:46 Sultanahmet Fatih tiem.gov.tr Rumelihisar Museum Yahya Kemal Cad. No:42 Rumelihisar Saryer Tel:0212 263 53 05 Mosaic Museum Arasta ars Sultanahmet Fatih muze.gov.tr/mozaik/ Yldz Palace Museum Barbaros Bulvar Yldz Park Beikta Tel:0212 258 30 85 Dolmabahe Palace Museum Beikta dolmabahce.gov.tr Miniaturk Stlce Mah. mrahor Cad. Stlce Beyolu miniaturk.com.tr Cistern Yerebatan Cad. No:13 Sultanahmet Fatih yerebatan.com stanbul Modern Musuem Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. No:4 Karaky istanbulmodern.org Pera Museum Merutiyet Cad. No:65 Tepeba Beyolu pm.org.tr Rahmi M. Ko Museum Hasky Cad. No:5 Hasky rmk-museum.org.tr Sakp Sabanc Museum Sakp Sabanc Cad. No:22 Emirgan Saryer muze.sabanciuniv.edu Yap Kredi Bank Museum stiklal Cad. No:161 Beyolu ykykultur.com.tr Bank Museum Hobyar Mah. Bankaclar Cad. No:2 Bahekap
Eminn muze.isbank.com.tr Rezan Has Museum Kadir Has niversitesi Cibali rhm.org.tr Sadberk Hanm Museum Bykdere Piyasa Cad. No:27-25 Saryer sadberkhanimmuzesi.org.tr Naval Museum Beikta denizmuzeleri.tsk.tr/idmk/ Santral stanbul Kazm Karabekir Cad. No:2 Eyp santralistanbul.com Jewish Museum of Turkey Karaky Meydan Peremli Sok. No:1 Karaky muze500.com City Museum Barbaros Bulvar Yldz Saray Beikta Tel:0212 258 53 44 Divan Literature Museum Galip Dede Cad. No:15 Tnel Beyolu Tel:0212 245 41 41 Calligraphy Museum Beyazt Meydan Fatih Tel:0212 527 58 51 stanbul Railways Museum Sirkeci Train Station Eminn Tel:0212 520 65 75 Aviation Museum Yeilky Adam Mickiewicz Museum Tatl Badem Sok. Dolapdere Beyolu Military Museum Harbiye tsk.tr Aiyan Museum Aiyan Yokuu, Bebek, Beikta Atatrk Museum Halaskargazi Cad. No:250 ili Aya rini Church Museum Topkap Palace Sultanahmet Fatih Press Museum Divanyolu Cad. No:84 emberlita Fatih
Museums on the Asian Side

Beylerbeyi Palace Musuem skdar beylerbeyi.gov.tr Toy Museum merpaa Cad. Dr. Zeki Zeren Sok. No:17 Gztepe Kadky istanbuloyuncakmuzesi.com stanbul Graphic Arts Museum nalan Mah. Keban Cad. No:20 skdar imoga.org Museum of The Princes Islands Hangar Mze Alan, Aya Nikola Mevkii Bykada adalarmuzesi.org Sait Faik Abasyank (Author) Museum ayr Sok. No:15 Burgazada Adalar Tel:0216 381 21 32
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NAMES Unisex Names in Turkish Ayhan, Deniz, Derya, Fikret, Gngr, lhan, lkay, smet, Kamuran, Muzaffer, mr, zcan, zgr, Servet, Sezer, enel, Umut, mit, Yaar, Ycel, Yksel Turkish Versions of Foreign Names Adem Adam Davut David Havva Eve brahim Abraham lyas Ilias sa Jesus/Chris skender Alexandre Meryem Miriam/Mary Musa Moses Noah Nuh Yahya John, Johannes Yakup Jacob Yasemin Jasmine Yusuf Joseph Did you know? The most common female names are Fatma, Aye, Emine, Hatice, Zeynep. The most common male names are Mehmet, Mustafa, Ahmet, Ali, Hseyin. It is very common to use natural names such as Deniz (sea), Yamur (rain), Nur (light), Su (water) Gne (sun), Yldz (star), Eyll (September) Yldrm (lightning), Yaprak (leaf), Ik (light), Gamze (dimple), Buse (kiss), iek (flower) Gl (rose), Nergis (daffodil). Turks alphabetize names by first names e.g. Mustafa Kemal Atatrk, not Atatrk, Mustafa Kemal. Turkish (Senin) adn/ismin ne? (Sizin) adnz/isminiz ne? (formal & plural) Whats your name? (Benim) adm/ismim Ali. My name is Ali. NARGLE Water pipe, hookah, nargileh, narghile, a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-bottomed) water pipe for smoking. Nargile was originated in India, became popular in Iran and Arabic geography afterwards. It is smoked on a social basis at the cafes and homes in stanbul. There are nargile cafes all over the city where you can drink tea or coffee, have nargile, play backgammon or chess and chat with friends. Some people may have nargile after dinner as a replacement of cigarette. Parts of Nargile Ser Body of the nargile made of glass or ceramic. Lle Tray with holes on top of the body where tobacco and cinder are put. It is usually made of silver, brass or copper. Marpu Long flexible tube or pipe. ie Bottle, part of the nargile that filter the smoke in water. Sipsi Mouthpiece that is usually made of amber. Tepsi Tray. Tmbeki Narghile tobacco.
Tmbeki, narghile tobacco, is stronger than cigarette tobacco. Tmbeki tobacco has a 10 percent of nicotine whereas Virginia and Burley tobacco consists of 3-4, and Turkish tobacco 1-2. It is produced in Hatay and Konya in Turkey. There are also different types of tmbeki tobacco imported from Egypt called Bahri or Arap. Tmbeki is served plain as well as with fruit mixtures like apple, mint, apricot, strawberry, orange, banana, lemon, melon, chocolate, cappuccino, coconut etc. You can go to orlulu Ali Paa Medresesi and Balkanlar Dernei, Semaver Nargile Cafe in Beyazt, 10 Numara and Dersaadet at Galata Bridge, Nargilem and Balcoon in amlca, kram Nargile Cafe in Barbaros Bulvar in Beikta, Ali Baba in Tophane. Did you know? Nargile is originally from India and called hookah. Nargile became popular in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, probably due to Middle East campaign and interaction with the Arabic culture. NATIONAL DAYS Milli Gnler Republic Day Cumhuriyet Bayram, Republic Day is celebrated on the 29th of October. The Republic of Turkey was founded on the 29th October, 1923. The first political party in Turkey is CHP, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Republican Peoples Party. Childrens Day 23 Nisan ocuk ve Egemenlik Bayram, International Childrens and National Sovereignty Day is celebrated on April 23rd. Natinal Sovereignity Day started in 1920 (for the opening of the Turkish Parliament) was combined with the Childrens Day (for the children who became orphans in the war) in 1935. ocuk Bayram started as a national day on April 23rd, 1935 became an international activity for the children of the world by the announcement of UNESCO in 1979. Since then, children between the ages of 8-14 come to Turkey to present their culture through songs and dancing, and get to know the other children all over the world. So far over 20 thousands children from about 90 countries have visited Turkey for the Childrens Day. Youth Day 19 Mays Genlik ve Spor Bayram, Youth and Sports Day on May 19th. This day is also a day of commemoration of M.K. Atatrk and the beginning of the national liberation movement initiated by Mustafa Kemal in 1919. The day is celebrated in honor of the arrival of M. K. Atatrk to Samsun on May 19, 1919 when the Turkish War of Independence began. Victory Day Zafer Bayram, Victory Day is celebrated on the 30th of August. It is the remembrance day of the final war in 1922 against the Greek Army invaded Turkey after the first world war. CHP: First Political Party in Turkey CHP, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Republican Peoples Party, was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatrk on September 9, 1923. The party was established during the Congress of Sivas as a union of resistance groups against the invasion of Anatolia. On September 9, 1923 Peoples Party
officially declared itself as a political party organization and on October 29, 1923 announced the establishment of the Turkish Republic. On November 10, 1924 the Peoples Party named itself to Republican Peoples Party as Turkey was moving into single-party period. In the late 40s, CHP introduced democratic elections and opened the political system to multiply activity. Turkish National Anthem stiklal Mar, Independence March written by Mehmet Akif Ersoy and composed by Osman Zeki ngr was officially adopted on March 12, 1921, two and a half years before the Republic of Turkey was founded.
In Turkish Korkma, snmez bu afaklarda yzen al sancak; Snmeden yurdumun stnde tten en son ocak. O benim milletimin yldzdr, parlayacak; O benimdir, o benim milletimindir ancak. atma, kurban olaym ehreni ey nazl hill! Kahraman rkma bir gl! Ne bu iddet bu cell? Sana olmaz dklen kanlarmz sonra hell, Hakkdr, Hakk'a tapan, milletimin istikll! In English Fear not! For the crimson flag that proudly ripples in this glorious twilight, shall not fade, Before the last fiery hearth that is ablaze within my nation is extinguished. For That is the star of my nation, and it will forever shine; It is mine; and solely belongs to my valiant nation. Frown not, I beseech you, oh thou coy crescent, But smile upon my heroic race! Why the anger, why the rage? This blood of ours which we shed for you shall not be blessed otherwise; For Freedom is the absolute right of my God-worshiping nation.
NEWSPAPERS Gazete Newspapers are very functional. As well as reading the news, you can see stanbullu wrap a wine bottle or a can of beer to hide it from the public, workers in the construction areas make a hat out of the papers or lay it on the ground and have lunch on it, or the worst, an unfortunate traffic victim is covered with a few pieces of gazete papers while waiting for the ambulance. Popular Turkish Newspapers
Akam Evening aksam.com.tr Vakit Time vakit.com.tr Birgn OneDay birgun.net Bugn Today bugun.com.tr Cumhuriyet Republic cumhuriyet.com.tr Dnya World dunyagazetesi.com.tr Fotospor efsanefotospor.com Evrensel Universal evrensel.net Fanatik fanatik.com.tr Gne The Sun gunes.com.tr HaberTrk NewsTurk haberturk.com Hrriyet Freedom hurriyet.com.tr Milli Gazete National Paper milligazete.com.tr Milliyet Nationality milliyet.com.tr Ortadou Middle East ortadogugazetesi.net Fotoma fotomac.com.tr Posta posta-gazetesi.net Radikal radikal.com.tr Referans referansgazetesi.com Resmi Gazete Official Paper rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr Sabah Morning sabah.com.tr Szc Announcer sozcu.com.tr Star stargazete.com Takvim Calendar takvim.com.tr Taraf Side taraf.com.tr Tercman Translator tercuman.com Trkiye turkiyegazetesi.com Vatan vatanim.com.tr Yeni Asya New Asia yeniaysa.com.tr Yeni a
New Age yenicaggazetesi.com.tr Yeni Mesaj New Message yenimesaj.com.tr Yeni afak New Dawn yenisafak.com.tr Zaman Time zaman.com.tr
Newspapers in Other Languages

Agos, Armenian agos.com.tr Apoyevmaniti, Greek, Azadiya Welat, Kurdish azadiyawelat.com Hrriyet Daily News, English hurriyet.com.tr/english/ Online Daily ho, Greek, Jamanag, Armenian, Daily Journal of Turkish Weekly, English turkishweekly.net Weekly Marmara, Armenian normarmara.com Daily alom, Ladino salom.com.tr Weekly The New Anatolian, English thenewanatolian.com The New Anatolian, English thenewanatolian.com Todays Zaman, English todayszaman.com Daily Trkei Kurier, German tuerkeikurier.de
Turkish Newspapers in English

Sundays Zaman, The New Anatolian, Todays Zaman, Turkish Daily News
Did you know? The first newspaper published inside the borders of the Ottoman Empire was Vekayii Msriyye in Egypt in the early 19th century. The newspaper published both in Turkish and Arabic. In 1831 the first Turkish newpaper Takvim-i Vekayi was published by the order of the Sultan Mahmut II as part of the reform movements in 19th century. The first private newspaper was Ceride-i Havadis published by an Englishman, William Churchill in 1840. The first private newspaper published by a Turk was Tercman-i Ahval started by inasi and Agah Efendi in 1860. NIGHT CLUBS Istanbul offers many entertainment options with lots of night clubs on both sides. The most popular areas that the night clubs are located are Taksim/Beyolu, Etiler, Kalam, Ortaky, Kurueme and various areas along the Bosphorus. Here is the list of some of the most popular night clubs in Istanbul:
Cahide Cabaret Kadrgalar Cad. Maka Park Maka cahidecabaret.com Otto Asmalmescit Mah. Sofyal Sok. No:22/A Tnel Beyolu ottoistanbul.com Crystal Club Muallim Naci Cad. No:109 Ortaky Beikta clubcrystal.org ubuklu 29 Barbaros Cad. No:22 ubuklu Beykoz cubuklu29.com Reina Muallim Naci Cad. No:44 Ortaky Beikta Tel:0212 259 59 19 reina.com.tr Sortie Muallim Naci Cad. No:54 Kurueme Beikta sortie.com.tr Roxy Sraselviler Cad. Aslanyata Sok. No:5 Cihangir Beyolu roxy.com.tr Ulus 29 Adnan Saygun Cad. Ulus Park No:7/1 Ulus Beikta group-29.com Supperclub Ortaky Muallim Naci Cad. No:65 Beikta supperclub.com Riddim Sraselviler Cad. No:35/1 Taksim riddim.com.tr Studio Live stiklal Cad. Acara Sok. No:2 Galatasaray Beyolu studiolive.com.tr Murhys Dance Bar Setur Marina B skele Kalam Kadky murphysdancebar.com Zoe Tomtom Mah. Yeni ar Cad. No:38 Galatasaray Beyolu zoeteras.com
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NUSRET OLPAN Biography Nusret olpan (19512008) was a well-known miniature artist. He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Yildiz University in stanbul. During this time, he studied with two of the leading authorities in Turkish illumination and miniature painting, Dr. Sheyl nver and Azade Akar. Nusret olpan has been greatly inspired by the work of Matraki Nasuh, the acclaimed miniaturist in the court of Sleyman the Magnificent. Nasuh, an historian as well as a painter, not only immortalized sixteenth century Istanbul, and other Ottoman cities, but also Toulon and Genoa, whose European architecture he rendered in classical miniature style. Many of Mr. olpans paintings are now Iocated in private collections in New York, Germany, England and Japan, as well as in Turkey. One of his miniatures is a part of the permanent collection at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California.
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OCAKBAI See KEBAP ORIGINS of names of towns, neighbourhoods
Acbadem, Bitter Almond Acbadem street located between Kadky and amlca was a suburb with villas until the 60s and 70s named after the almond trees in the gardens of these villas. Ahrkap, Stable Gate Ahrkap comes from the Sultans stable (Has Ahr) near one of the seven gates by the Marmara Sea. Akaretler, Rental Property Sultan Abdlaziz founded these rental properties to support the Aziziye Mosque. Aksaray, White Palace After the conquest of Constantinople, shak Paa, one of the viziers of Fatih Mehmet Sultan brought people from Aksaray (near Konya) to settle down in this area and this part of the city is called Aksaray ever since. Altunizade, Goldson The town is named after the mosques built by Altunizade smail Zht Paa whose father in gold business. Anadoluhisari, Anatolian Fortress The neighbourhood called Potamion (sweet water) during the Roman times was built after the conquest of the city. Balarba, Head of Vineyards It is called Balarba because this part of the city was famous for vineyards and orchards once. Bakrky, Copper Village The old name of Bakrky Makri Hori during the Roman period. It was changed into Makrikoy after the conquest and finally it became Bakrky by the order of Atatrk. Bebek, Baby It is believed that the name comes from the a commander knicknamed Bebek guarding the area. Beikta, Craddle Stone See Beikta Beyazt, An Arabic Name This area was called Beyazit after Sultan Beyazit II built a kulliye (mosque complex). Beyolu, Son of the Lord There are a few theories for this name. One of them is the Venecian prince residing in this area were called Beyoglu and it remained so. Another one is that the official way of addressing the Venecian ambassador was Bey Olu. Either way, its got something to do with the Venecians in Istanbul. The original name is Pera which is still used since the Roman period. Burgazada, Prygas, Fortress It was called Antigoni earlier. Bykada, Big Island It was called Prinkipo in the ancient times. emberlita, Strapped Stone Constantinus Forum was called strapped stone during the Ottoman Empire because of the metal circles around it. engelky, Hook Village It was called hook village because big anchors were build in this area. Eminn The area was named after Customs Department (Gmrk Eminlii) and the payclerks, paymasters during the Ottoman period.
Feriky, Feri Village The area was named after Madame Feri living during the reigns of Sultan Abdlmecid and Abdlaziz, whose husband was donated the land in this area. Galata Gala means milk in Greek. It is believed to be derived from this word refering the diary farms in this area. Another theory is that Galata means path to the sea in Italian, which could make more sense considering the Genoese hegemony in the area. Kadky, Judge Village Kadkoy was called Chalcedon due to chalcedon trade for ages until the conquest. Later on the town was called Kadikoy because of the first judge in the city. Okmeydan, Arrow Arena It was called arrow arena because there were stones used for training arcory. ili, Skewer It is believed that the name was mutated from the iilerin Konai (the mansion of the iiler, The Skewers), a family whose business was producing skews. aknbakkal, Confused Grocer The name comes from confused grocer who opened a grocer in Saskinbakkal, a modern and very busy neighbourhood today, when there was no settlement or population except for the people coming to swim. Tahtakale, Wooden Fortress The name of this famous shopping area was mutated from taht-el-kale in Arabic. It means crown of the fortress. Taksim, Shareout Taksim meaning shareout in Turkish is the place containing a reservoir from which water is distributed to various parts of a city. skdar The name was mutated from Scutari in Greek meaning military barracks.
ORHAN VEL Biography Orhan Veli Kank (1914-1950) a Turkish poet, also known as the poet of stanbul, who started Garip movement together with Oktay Rfat and Melih Cevdet. Garip movement symbolized a break with the conventional style of Turkish poetry and literature. Garip poets used vernacular speech and surrealist elements in their poems.
There must be a catch Is the sea as gorgeous as this every day? Is this what the sky looks like all the time? This furniture and this window Are they always this lovely? They aren't; I swear they aren't; There must be a catch somewhere. Translated by Talat Saim Halman The song of stanbul In Istanbul, on the Bosphorus, I am poor Orhan Veli; I am the son of Veli With indescribable sadness. I am sitting by the shore of Rumeli, I am sitting and singing a song: `The marble hills of Istanbul, Landing on my head, oh, landing are the sea gulls; Hot, homesick tears fill
My eyes, My Eda, Full or airs, my Karma, the fountain salt Of all my tears. In the middle of Istanbul movie houses, My mother won't hear of my exile; Others kiss And tell And make love, but what's that to me? My lover, My fever, oh, my bubonic river. In Istanbul, on the Bosphorus, I am the stranger Orhan Veli, The son of Veli With indescribable sadness. Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat, 1989
See stanbulu dinliyorum gzlerim kapal OTTOMAN EMPIRE Osmanl mparatorluu Timeline of the Ottoman Empire
1280 Osman, founder of the Ottoman dynasty, born. 1299 Osman declares the independence of his small principality from the Selcuk sultanate of Konya. 1326 Orhan Gazi captures Bursa, which becomes the second Ottoman capital (the small town of St in Bursa was the first capital). 1352 Benefitting from the deadly strife within the Byzantine Empire, the Ottomans cross the Dardanelles and sieze a foothold on the European side. 1361 Murad I captures Edirne (Adrianople). As the third Ottoman capital, Edirne now becomes the headquarters for the further expansion. 1386 The conquest of Sofia (capital of present-day Bulgaria). 1396 The final conquest and annexation, under Bayezid I the Thunderbolt, of the territories of the medieval kingdoms of Bulgaria and Serbia. 1400-1401 A new force out of the plains begins to make its presence felt in West Asia, forcing the Ottomans to over-extend themselves two distant fronts. 1402 The Battle of Ankara between Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) and Bayezid I. Alienated by Bayezid's hasty push of rapid centralization, the forces of the recently annexed Turcoman principalities of Anatolia cross over to the side of the relatively semi-tribal Timur in the heat of battle. Deserted by all expect his Serbian allies, Bayezid is captured and eventually commits suicide. 1402-1413 The Interregnum. Bayezid's four sons fight each other for the throne, which is eventually won by elebi Mehmed I (1412-1420) 1423-1430 War between Venice and the reconsolidating Ottoman state-the first of many for supremacy in the Aegean and the Mediterranean, and ultimately for control over the traditional trade routes of the Old World.
1448 Second battle of Kossova consolidates the Ottoman rule in Balkans. 1451 With the death of Murad II, his son Mehmed II ascends the throne for the second and final time. 1453 The conquest of Constaninople, which becomes the fourth and last Ottoman capital. The remaining 29 years of Mehmed II's reign witness the decisive conquest or reconquest of Serbia, Albania and Greece in the West as well as most of Anatolia. 1454 Construction work begins on the Topkapi Palace. 1454-1481 Greece, Trebizond and Crimea conquered. 1481-1512 The peaceful reign of Bayezid II is marred by a conservative religious reaction against the Conqueror's cosmopolitan cultural outlook and strong centralization drive. From 1500 onwards, the Safavids of Iran begin to take advantage of Ottoman passivity in pushing their Shiite proselytizing efforts into Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia. 1514 Selim I the Grim, who with janissary support, dethroned his father in 1512, relies on his cannon to defeat Sah Ismail at the battle of Caldiran, conquers Tabriz, secures his left flank for the subsequent advance into Egypt, and returns to Istanbul with enormous war booty as well as large numbers of Persian artists and craftsmen. 1516-1518 In lightning campaigns marked by the continued superiority of Ottoman field artillery, Selim I completes the conquest of Eastern Anatolia, Northern Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and the Hicaz. 1521 The capture of Belgrade marks the second year of the long reign of Suleyman I the Magnificent (1520-1566). He resumes the westward drive towards the rich markets and trade crossroads of Central Europe. 1522 The capture of Rhodes, a manifestation of rising Ottoman naval power. 1526 Ottoman firepower destroys the flower of the Hungarian nobility at the battle of Mohacs; the conquest of Buda and Pete follows. That same year, Franois I appeals to Suleyman, who agrees to provide military and economic assistance to France against the Hapsburgs in order to help restore the balance of power in Europe. 1528 Szapolyai, king of Hungary, accepts Ottoman overlordship. 1529 The first siege of Vienna by the Ottomans, who are, however, unprepared for a long and all-out effort. 1533 The great Eastern expedition led by the Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasa. 1533-1534 Hayrettin Pasha (Barbarossa), the Ottoman Grand Admiral, annexes Algeria and Tunisia. 1534-1535 Suleyman the Magnificent's expedition into Iran and Iraq. 1538 The naval battle of Preveza off the Adriatic coast. Barbarossa defeats a much larger allied fleet commanded by the great Genoese admiral Andrea Doria. 1555 The first coffeehouse opens at Tahtakale in Istanbul. 1566 Suleyman the Magnificient dies on his last expedition to the fort of Szigetvar on the Hungarian border, leaving Istanbul as Europe's biggest city (1/2m inhabitants). Selim II ascends the throne. 1569 The great fire of Istanbul. 1571 At Lepanto (off the Morean coast), the last great naval battle between galleys takes place. The Allied fleet led by Don Juan of Austria defeats and destroys most of the Ottoman fleet expect one squadron commanded by Kilic Ali Pasa. This, however, cannot prevent the capturen of Venetian-held Cyprus.
1588 The death of Mimar Sinan, the master architect of the 16th century. 1606 Treaty with Austria gives Hapsburg Emperor titular equality. 1607 The high tide of the Celali uprisings, rebellions against the land tenure system of the provincial fief-holding cavalry. This turn-of-the-century upheaval marks the end of the Classical Age and the opening pf a new chapter in Ottoman history characterized by the waning of the state's political and military fortunes. 1609 Work begins on the Blue Mosque. 1622 Osman II the Young, the first Ottoman sultan to formulate a reform program (and to lose his head for it), sets out on his Hotin expedition - essentially to overcome the developing crisis of confidence and to re-establish charismatic leadership over the army. 1623-1640 Murad IV restores order. 1638 Murad IV, who succeeded by imposing his unusually harsh will to halt progressive anarchy and destabilization, sets out on his great expedition to the East. His journey culminates in the capture of Baghdad. He is the last great centralizing sultan. 1645-1669 Siege of Venetian Candia, capital of Crete. 1648 The great earthquake of Istanbul. 1661 Another great fire in Istanbul. 1678 For the first time in decades, a sultan, Mehmed V the Huntsman, personelly leads an Austrian expedition as far as Belgrade. 1683 The second siege of Vienna, led by the ambitious Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasa. He overestimates his strength and commits the inwardly fragile Empire to an impossible project of conquest. With defeat, everything begins to crumble. 1686 The Ottomans are forced to evacuate Hungary. 1693 Istanbul is ravaged by yet another great fire. 1699 Peace of Karlowitz : loss of Pelopponese, Hungary, Podolia, Azov to Christian enemies. 1711 The battle of Pruth against the Russians under the command of the Grand Vizier Baltaci Mehmed Pasha. According to a spicy tradition, Pasha surrounded Peter the Great's army but then let them avoid humiliation because he was "persuaded" by a secret nocturnal visit to his tent by the tsar's mistress (later empress) Catherine. 1712 Peace treaty with Russia. 1718 The Treaty of Passarowitz with Austria following yet another lost war. 1720-1730 First Ottoman ambassadors sent to western capitals. 1730 Patrona Halil rebellion against taxation and western influences; Ahmet III deposed, Tulip Period ends. 1739 Peace of Belgrade returns Belgrade to the Ottomans; Russians forced to sign separate peace. 1750 Another great Istanbul fire burns covered markets to the ground. 1754 A major earthquake in Istanbul. 1769 War with Russia renewed. 1770 The Crimean Tartars switch sides to conclude an anti-Ottoman alliance with Russia.
1773 Cin-Ali Bey, who had proclaimed himself sultan of Egypt, is defeated in battle, and his rebellion crushed. Nevertheless, esraf and ayan (newly crystallizing dynasties of provincial notables) are on the move throughout the empire. 1774 Disastrous Treaty of Kucuk Kainardji with Russia. 1779 Russia annexes Crimea. 1782 A fire in Istanbul lasts 50 hours. 1789 Selim III, a dedicated reformer, ascends the throne in the same year as the French Revolution. Some of his social experiments are inpired by the same democratic ideologies which motivated the French. 1790 Ottoman-Prussian alliance against Austria and Russia. 1798 Napoleon's Egyptian expedition becomes stranded after Nelson destroys the French fleet at the battle of the Nile. Napoleon advances into Syria, but is forced to retreat the next year in the face of determined Ottoman resistance. 1807 The British navy attempts to force the Straits; the Ottoman government declares war on both Britain and Russia. 1808 An Istanbul revolt instigated by conservative elements within the ruling elite and led by Kabakci Mustafa, a man of the urban underclass, dethrones Selim III. The sultan first is imprisoned and later killed when an army of provincial reformers led by Alemdar Mustafa Pasa advences on the capital to rescue the Sultan. Alemdar, nevertheless, succeds in overthrowing Mustafa IV and putting Mahmud II on the throne. 1821 The Greek revolt and war of independence: the first step in the formation of new nation-states by the former Christian subjects of the Ottoman Empire. 1826 Massacre of the Janissaries by Mahmud II. 1827 Greece's European allies help defeat and destory the combined OttomanEgyptian fleet. 1828 Fez introduced, along with judicial, military and administrative reforms on more western models. 1830 Greek independence. 1838 Anglo-Turkish Trade Treaty marks the incorporation of the Ottoman internal market into world economy. 1839 Noble Rescript' promulgated, a liberal charter of reform. All creeds and declared equal. 1853-1856 Crimean war pits Turkish, English and French troops against Russia. 1864 The signing of the Protocol of Istanbul. It marks the birth of Romania with the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia. 1867 Abdulaziz visits Europe on the invitation of Napoleon III. 1875 Empire declares bankruptcy. Balkan uprisings. 1876 The Empire continues to crumble, revolt in Bosnia and Herzegovina, war against Serbia and Montenegro. 1876-1877 The short-lived First Constitutional Period. 1877 War against Russia, known in Turkey as "the campaign of 93", after which the Russian army dictates the Treaty of Ayastefanos. Sultan Aldulhamid II uses the crisis to dissolve parliament and suspend the constitution. 1878 Treaty of Berlin - to which Ottomans are not invited - establishes partial Bulgarian autonomy.
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1881 The French invade Tunisia. Mustafa Kemal is born in Selonika. 1882 The British invade and take over Egypt. 1895 Last Ottoman province in the Balkans, Macedonia, succumbs to civil war. 1908 Mutiny in Monastir, calling for restoration of the constitution. Committee of Union and Progress triumphs. Bulgaria declares independence. Crete unites with Greece. 1908 The Young Turks Revolution overthrows Sultan Abdulhamid II. The Second Constitutional Period begins. 1909 Muslim counter-revolution thwarted. Sultan deposed. Constitutional manarchy declared. 1912 Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria launch joint assault on European Turkey. 1913 The victors turn upon each other; Turkey recaptures Edirne. 1914 Turkey enters World War I on German side. 1918 Armistice. CUP leadership flees. Civil War erupts, followed by war with Greece in Anatolia. 1918-1921 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk secures boundaries of a new Turkish state. 1919-1922 The War of Independence culminates in the creation of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923. 1922 Deposition and exile of last sultan, Mehmed Vahideddin 1923 Turkey proclaimed a republic.
1. Osman I (1299-1326) 2. Orhan I (1326-1359) 3. Murad I (1359-1389) 4. Beyazid I (1389-1402) 5. Mehmed I (1403-1421) 6. Murad II (1421-1451) 7. Fatih Mehmed II (1451-1481) 8. Beyazid II (1481-1512) 9. Selim I (1512-1520) 10. Sleyman I (15201566) 11. Selim II (1566-1574) 12. Murat III (1574-1595) 13. Mehmed III (15951603) 14. Ahmed I (1603-1617) 15. Mustafa I (1617-1623) 16. Osman II (1618-1622) 17. Murat IV (1623-1640) 18. Ibrahim I (1640-1648) 19. Mehmed IV (1648-1687) 20. Sleyman II (1687-1691) 21. Ahmed II (1691-1695) 22. Mustafa II (1695-1703) 23. Ahmed III (1703-1730) 24. Mahmud I (1730-1754) 25. Osman III (1754-1757) 26. Mustafa III (1757-1774) 27. Abdlhamid I (1774-1789) 28. Selim III (1789-1807) 29. Mustafa IV (1807-1808) 30. Mahmud II (1808-1839) 31. Abdlmecid I (1839-1861) 32. Abdlaziz I (1861-1876) 33.Murat V (1876) 34. Abdlhamid II (1876-1909) 35. Mehmed V Resad (1909-1918) 36. Mehmed VI Vahdettin (1918-1922)
Facts & Figures

The first 6 sultan stayed in Bursa, the others in stanbul. After the 9th sultan (Selim I) sultans were also called caliph as well as padiah. The sultan who lived longest during his reign was Orhan I. He was 78 years old when he died. The sultan who lived shortest during his reign was Osman II (Gen Osman). He was murdered when he was 18 years old. The oldest sultan who ascend the throne was Mehmet V. He was 65 years old when he became the sultan. The youngest sultan who ascend the throne was Mehmet IV. He was 7 years old when he became the sultan. The sultan who was on the throne longest was Sleyman I (Kanuni, the Magnificient). His reign lasted 45 years, 11 months, 7 days. The shortest reign was Murat V. It lasted only 93 days. Among the sultans, Murat III had the most children. He was considered to have 100stanbullu, Dictionary of Istanbulians 157
130 children. brahim I was called deli (crazy, insane). Murat IV had 20.000 people executed in 7 years. There were 203 grand vizier during the Ottoman Empire. 44 grand vizier were executed by the order of the sultans. andarl Halil Paa was the first vizier to be executed. He was executed by Mehmet II (Fatih, conquerer) Most sultans were poets and they had knicknames: Murad II (Muradi) Mehmet II (Avni) Beyazd II (Adni) Ahmet I (Bahti) Osman II (Farisi) Murat IV (Muradi) Mustafa II (kbali) Ahmet III (Necip) Mahmut I (Sebkati) Mustafa III (Cihangir) Selim III (lhami) Mahmut II (Adli) Murat I was killed in the battefield, Mehmet II (Fatih) and Beyazit II was poisened, Osman II (Gen), Selim III and Abdulaziz was murdered, brahim I and Mustafa IV was executed by fetwa because they were insane.
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PALACES Saray stanbul has been the capital city of some of the most powerful empires of the history since its foundation. Therefore, you can visit many palaces or traces of the palaces, from these empires which left their remarks in this magnificient city. Most of the palaces in stanbul today are from the Ottoman period because earlier ones were either destroyed, transformed after the conquest or damaged by the destructive earthquakes throughout the centuries. Palaces from Byzantine Period
Great Palace The most important and largest Byzantine palace built in Sultanahmet area today by Constantine the Great in the 4th century. You can visit the Mosaic Museum and see the floor mosaics. Tekfur Palace Also known as Constantine Porphyrogenetus Palace located at the Kariye Neighbourhood near the Chora Church Museum. Blakherna Palace A summer residence built near the Golden Horn. Bryas Palace A summer residence built in the 9th century on the Asian side near Kkyal today. See CITY WALLS Manganoi (Mangana) Palace Located inside the Topkapi Palace walls between Sirkeci Cankurtaran stations. Reghion Palace A summer palace built by Theodosius I in Kkekmece district on the ancient Via Egnazia Road to Rome Iukundianae Palace A summer palace located between Yenimahalle Bakrky area along the Sea of Marmara. Magnaura Palace A summer palace located between Yenimahalle Bakrky area along the Sea of Marmara. Myrelaion Palace A summer residence located between Aksaray and Laleli districts. Boukoleon Palace A summer residence near atladkap neighbourhood between Sirkeci and Florya. Damatrys Palace A summer residence and hunting pavilion built in Samandra neighbourhood near Yakack on the Asian side.
Palaces from Ottoman Period

Old Palace First Ottoman palace built after the conquest of the city located in Beyazt on the grounds of the stanbul University today. Topkap Palace Most popular Ottoman palace built by Mehmet II (Conquerer) between 1466 and 1478 on top of a hill dominating the Sea of Marmara, the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus. The palace was used as the heart of the empire between 15th and 19th century until the Dolmabahe Palace was built in Kabata, Beikta. Dolmabahe Palace The most magnificent palace in Istanbul built in 1856 by the imperial architects Garabet and Nikogos Balyan by the order of Sultan Abdulmecid I. The palace is located in Kabata coast that was filled in and converted into a nice garden before the palace was built, as the name of the palace refers to (Dolmabahe, filled garden).
Beylerbeyi Palace A summer palace located in Beylerbeyi on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, built by the imperial architects Sarkis and Agop Balyan between 1861 and 1865 by the order of Sultan Abdulaziz. The palace was designed in French neobaroque style with a traditional Ottoman house plan. raan Palace Another palace built during the reign of Sultan Abdulmecid I, located on the European shores of the Bosphorus between Beikta and Ortaky. The raan Palace was the last palace built by the Ottoman Empire. Yldz Palace A summer palace located in the woods (Yldz park) between Beikta and Ortaky. brahim Paa Palace Adile Sultan Palace Feriye Palaces
PAPER MARBLING See EBRU PARKS Below is the list of the popular parks in stanbul: Fenerbahe Park It is a nice park you can go for a walk at weekend mornings, have breakfast at Romantika Cafe with live classical music, drink a few beers at the Baraka by the sea (a small fishing hut serving beverage and beer) with a very nice view of stanbul and the islands. Yldz Park Located opposite raan Palace between Ortaky and Beikta, Yldz Park is a palace park with a very nice view of the Bosphorus. There are two kiosks in the park: Malta Kk and adr Kk. Yldz Park offers a nice walking path with a very nice Bosphorus view as well as cafes to have something to eat and drink. www.yildizparki.com
Bebek Park, Bebek Maka Park, Beikta Ulus Park, Ulus Sanatlar Park, Akaretler Glhane Park, Eminn Abbasaa Park, Beikta Caddebostan Park, Kadky Gztepe Park, Kadky
PATISSERIE Pastane The word pastane is derived from pasta (cake) in Italian and hane (house) in Farsi. Here are the most popular pastane in stanbul:
Pelit pelit.com.tr Divan divanpastaneleri.com.tr Beyaz Frn Kadky, Ataehir, Suadiye, Erenky beyazfirin.com By van Aye avu Cad. No:33/B Suadiye Kadky Tel:0216 372 74 40 Kocayol Cad. No:3/B enesenevler Bostanc Kadky byivan.com Butterfly Chocolate Alkent AVM Tepecik Yolu F4 Blok No:13/2 Alkent Sitesi Etiler Beikta Tel:0212 352 77 83 Akmerkez AVM Nispetiye Cad. Kat:1 No:360 Ulus Beikta - stinye Park AVM stinye Cad. stinye Saryer butterfly.com.tr Gezi stanbul nn Cad. No:5 Taksim - stanbul Cad. No:9/1 Gktrk Eyp - Erenky Mah. Cemil Topuzlu Cad. Aktar Apt. No:115 Erenky Kadky geziistanbul.com Savoy Pastanesi Sraselviler Cad. No:181 Cihangir Beyolu savoypastanesi.com Bahar Pastanesi Knalada, Tevikiye, Kurtulu, Arnavutky, Bomonti, Bykada, Florya baharpastanesi.com Baylan Muvakkithane Cad. No:9/A Kadky Tel:0216 346 63 50 Cevdet Paa Cad. No:52-54 Bebek Beikta baylangida.com Coccolat Badat Cad. Rtiye Sok. No:8 Kzltoprak Kadky coccolat.com
PICNIC AREAS The best picnic areas in stanbul are Dilburnu on Bykada, Fatih Orman in Maslak, Deirmenburnu on Heybeliada, Polonezky, Bentler in Belgrade Forest, Marmarack in Saryer, Mihrabad in Kanlca, Tadelen in ile, ilingoz on the Blacksea coast, Elmasburnu in Beykoz. PLACES TO SEE IN ISTANBUL
Visit Hagia Sophia Museum, Ayasofya Mzesi Visit Chora Museum, Kariye Mzesi Visit the Blue Mosque, Sultan Ahmet Cami Visit the Topkap Palace, Topkap Saray Spend time in the Old City, Sultanahmet Avenue Visit the Cistern, Yerebatan Cistern Sarnc Visit the Archaelogical Museum, Arkeoloji Mzesi Visit the Eyup Sultan Mosque Visit the Istanbul Modern Museum in Karaky Visit the Turkish & Islam Works Museum in Sirkeci Visit the Dolmabahe Palace in Kabata Visit the Maiden Tower in skdar Visit the Fatih Mosque and its complex Visit Miniaturk to see the top attractions in stanbul and Turkey Visit the Beylerbeyi Palace Visit the Bulgarian Church of St. Stefan in Eyup Visit the Panorama 1453 Museum Visit the Grand Bazaar in Beyazit Visit the Mosaic Museum near the Sultanahmet Avenue Visit the Toy Museum in Gztepe, Kadky
POPULAR FOOD & MEALS Brek See Brek Cier Liver, a popular meal and meze. Cier is usually cooked on a skewer (i) or fried and served with piyaz (chopped onions, parsley and spices). orba See Soups Dolma See Dolma Dner See Kebab Fastfood See Fastfood mam Bayld A stuffed (with vegetables) eggplant meal in olive oil. Literally it means The imam fainted. Ingredients are eggplants, onions, tomatoes, oil, sugar, green pepper, parsley, garlic, lemon juice, salt Gve Casserole, stew, stewpan; kind of food cooked in a casserole. Typical foods to cook gve are usually vegeables, meat and seafood e.g. karides gve. In order
to make gve, simply put meat at the bottom, vegetables and tomato, parsley, salt pepper on top of it, cook on the stove or in the oven. Common types of gve are gvete yumurta egg stew gve kebab stew kebab gvete balk fish stew karides gve shrimp stew trl mixed vegetables. Most popular restaurants serving gve are Gvei Abdullah in Fenerbahe & Etiler guvecciabdullah.com Borsa Restoran in Sirkeci & Taksim borsarestaurant.com Feriye Restoran in raan Palace in Ortaky feriye.com Konyal Lokantas in Sirkeci konyalezzetlokantasi.com Kavurma Meat braised in its own fat and sold as cold meat like salami; a kind of meal (oban Kavurma) made with kavurma, tomato, pepper, thyme, various spices served sizzling. Kavurma is also consumed as a toast with cheese e.g. kavurmal kaarl tost and in pide e.g. kavurmal pide. Kebap See Kebab Kfte See Meatball Meals Kuru Fasulye Beans soup. It is usually cooked wih meat or pastrami and consumed with salad, pickles and pilav. Have a meal of kuru, pilav and cack at one of the small restaurants. Cheap, delicious and healthy. Afiyet olsun! Kuzu Lamb. Common types of kuzu meals are kuzu but lamb leg kuzu i lamb skewer kuzu incik lamb shin kuzu pirzola lamb rip beendili kuzu kebab a kind of meal made of lamb and eggplant paste kuzu tandr roasted lamb sebzeli kuzu sarma stuffed lamb with vegetables patlcanl kuzu kebab lamb kebab with eggplants Mant Turkish ravioli made from minced meat, onions, parsley, spices and served with yoghurt with garlic and sumac. All the cities in Turkey has something famous, for example Malatya for apricot, Bursa for chestnut candy, Kastamonu for honey etc. Kayseri, a city in central Anatolia is famous for mant, Turkish ravoli. In the past ten years mant restaurants are opened all over stanbul even though it is not as tasty as homemade mant, more like a kind of fastfood. If you really wish to taste mant, try to find a family orginally from Kayseri and ask to cook Kayseri mants, roasted or cooked on a tray with tomato sauce, not boiled and served like typical pasta in mant restaurants. Pilav See Rice Sakatat Offal. stanbul offers a wide range of offal meals if you like offal meals. Most common types of sakatat preferred by Istanbullu are as follows: Beyin Brain (boiled, fried, omelette, salad as meze, soup) Bbrek Kidney (grilled, skewer, saut) Cier Liver (fried, stuffed, grilled, skewed) Dil Tongue (roasted) skembe Tripe (soup) Kelle Sheeps head (roasted, soup) Ko yumurtas Ram balls (fried, grilled)
Paa Trotter (soup, boiled, roasted) Yrek Heart (roasted, skewed) The most popular offal meals are Arnavut cieri, kokore, ikembe orbas, beyin salatas, kelle, kelle paa orbas, bumbar. Trl A meal of mixed vegetables and meat. It is usually stewed in an earthenware pot. Yahni Stew made with onions, tomato and other various vegetables e.g. papaz yahnisi, tavuk yahnisi. Common types of yahni meals are papaz yahnisi a stew made with meat, onions and carrot patatesli yahni a stew made with meat, potato and pepper dn yahnisi a stew made with meat, onion, cinnamon, clove Arnavut yahnisi a stew made with lamb, liver, pepper, chickpeas and leek POPULAR RESTAURANTS
Kanaat Lokantas Selmanipak Cad. No:9 skdar kanaatlokantasi.com.tr Gler Osmanl Mutfa Hasanpaa Mah. No:74/A Kadky osmanlimutfagi.com iya Caferaa Mah. Gnelibahe Sok. No:48/B Kadky ciya.com.tr Hac Abdullah Atf Ylmaz Cad. No:9/A Beyolu haciabdullah.com.tr Borsa Boazii Ltfi Krdar Uluslararas Kongre ve Sergi Saray Harbiye borsarestaurant.com Feriye raan Cad. No:40 Ortaky Beikta feriye.com Pandeli Msr ars (Egyptian Market) No:1 Eminn pandeli.com.tr Hac Baba stiklal Cad. No:39 Beyolu hacibabarest.com Hnkar Lokantas amlk Yolu Sok. No:2/4 Etiler - Mim Kemal ke Cad. No:21 Nianta hunkarlokantasi.com Konyal Lokantas Bykdere Cad. No:185 Kanyon Kat:1 Levent Tel:0212 353 04 50 Topkap Palace konyalilokantasi.com Gvei Abdullah Badat Cad. No:294/C Caddebostan Kadky guvecciabdullah.com Ziya ark Sofras Aksaray, Florya, Dudullu, Sultanahmet, Kouyolu ziyasark.com.tr Yanyal Fehmi Lokantas Osmanaa Mah. Yalk smail Sok. No:1 Kadky fehmilokantasi.com Bab- Hayat Msr ars (Egyptian market) Sultan Hamam Entrance Yeni Cami Cad. No:39/47 Sultanhamam Eminn babihayat.com
List of the best 10 restaurants by the Bosphorus: Feriye, Ortaky Lacivert, Kanlca Ky, Tarabya Krfez, Rumelihisar skele, Rumelihisar Poseidon, Bebek Bebek Balks, Bebek smet Baba, Kuzguncuk Les Ambassadeurs, Bebek Park Fora, Kurueme
POPULAR FOOD & RESTAURANTS Istanbul offers many delicious taste from local, Turkish, Balkans, Middle East and international. Here is a list of the most popular food, meals and where to eat them. Yemeksepeti.com is a very useful web site for ordering food from different restaurants and cafes in your neighbourhood including kebab, sandwich, pizza, hommade meals, foreign cuisine, anything you wish to order for you or for your guests. Using Yemeksepeti.com is very easy. All you need to do is to sign up and order your food without paying for any extra service charge except for your order at delivery. http://www.yemeksepeti.com
Breakfast & Fastfood Balk ekmek in Eminn Brek with minced meat at Tarihi Kireburnu Frn in Kireburnu, Saryer www.kirecburnufirini.com engelky cucumber from June to August Drm dner at Bambi Caf in Sraselviler, Beyolu www.bambicafe.com.tr Clotted cream at Bulgar in Beikta Hamburger at Kzlkayalar Kokore at ampiyon in Beyolu www.sampiyonkokorecci.com Kumpir (baked potato) in Ortaky Lahmacun at Kabeyaz in Florya www.kasibeyaz.com.tr Menemen at Emek Cafe in Yeniky Menemen at Lades in Beyolu Pide at Gnaydn in Kozyata, Kadky Poaa at Saryer Brekisi in Saryer Simit at the street vendor in Ereneky, Kadky Tea and poaa at Emirgan naralt Toast (with cheese and tongue) at Bar Bfe in Badat Caddesi, Kadky www.barisbufe.com.tr Fish & Seafood Atom (seafood stew) at skele Restaurant in engelky www.cengelkoyiskelerestaurant.com Brek with shrimps at Barba Yani in Burgazada www.burgazadabarbayani.com Fish kokore at Set Balk Lokantas www.setbaliklokantasi.com Horse mackerel at Adem Baba in Arnavutky www.adembaba.com Octopus at Giritli Restoran in Carkurtaran, Ahrkap www.giritlirestoran.com Raw fish at Todori in Caddebostan, Kadky www.fenerbahce.org/todorisite/ Stuffed mackerel at Lacivert Resaurant in Anadoluhisar www.lacivertrestaurant.com Meals Almond paste at Bebek Badem Ezmesi in Bebek ilav at Feriye in Ortaky www.feriye.com Dolma at Fatih Sarmacs in Fatih Hot meals at Kanaat Lokantas in skdar www.kanaatlokantasi.com.tr Hnkarbeendi at Boazii Borsa www.borsarestaurant.com Kazandibi at Saryer Muhallebicisi in Saryer Kuru fasulye at Ayder in skdar www.ayderkurufasulye.com
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Mant at Emek Mant in Saryer www.emekmanti.net Onion stew at Yanyal Fehmi in Kadky www.fehmilokantasi.com Profiterol at nci Pastanesi in stiklal Caddesi Rice with chicken at Saray in Tevikiye Stew with quince at Hnkar in Nianta Stuffed vegetables at Asitane in Edirnekap, Fatih Meat Meals & Kebab Beyti kebab at beyti in Florya www.beyti.com Chicken wings at Kanat Haydar in Bahelievler www.kanatcihaydar.com Grilled chicken at Padiah Sofras in ili www.padisahsofrasi.com negl kfte at Han Restoran in Bostanc and aknbakkal, Kadky www.hanrestoran.com Kebabs at Hamdi Et Lokantas in Eminn www.hamdirestorant.com.tr Kfte at Darzziyafe in Sleymaniye www.daruzziyafe.com.tr Kfte at Selim Usta in Sultanahmet Kfte at Filibe Kftecisi in Sirkeci Lamb ribs and lamb klbast at Park amdan in Nianta Liver at Ky Restoran in Tarabya www.kiyi.com.tr Meatball at Ali Baba in Arnavutky www.koftecialibaba.net initzel at Caf Wien in Tevikiye www.cafewien.com Sucuk kfte at Hain Kfte in Levent Meze & Appetizers Brek at Pandeli at Msr ars in Eminn Brekita with eggplant at Mavi Caf in Nianta ikfte at Develi in Kalam, Etiler, Samatya and Etiler www.develikebap.com iroz salad at Yakup in Tnel, Taksim Hamsi at mroz Restaurant in Nevizade, Beyolu www.nevizadeimroz.comitr likfte at Sabrta Ali Amca in stiklal Caddesi Lakerda and oban salatas at Balk Hasan in Arnavutky Midye tava in Anadolukava Mcver and mosaic cake at Salomanje in Tevikiye www.salomanje.com.tr Pickles at Asri Turucu in Cihangir www.asritursucu.com Piroki (Russian brek) at Rejans www.rejansrestaurant.com Pub salad at Divan Pub www.divan.com.tr Salads at the Marmara Hotel in Taksim Salad at Doa Balk in Cihangir and Ataehir www.dogabalik.com.tr Salad at Zencefil Restoran in Beyolu Tripe saut at eni in iftehavuzlar www.istanbul-pedia.com 165
Turkish cheese at Caf Antre in Kadky Soups Tripe soup at Apik in Dolapdere Red pepper soup at Lokanta Ottoman style chicken soup at Tura Restaurant at raan Saray Gl ikembe orbas (rose tripe soup) at Refik Restoran refikrestaurant.com Sweets & Desserts Akide ekeri at Hacbekir Almond on ice at Murtaza (a street vendor in Nianta) Almond paste with chocolate at Konak Pastanesi in Beyolu and Nianta www.galatakonakcafe.com Baklava at Gllolu in Karaky www.gulluoglu.biz Cheese cake at Kantin in Nianta Chestnut with chocolate at Bahar Pastanesi in Tevikiye Chocolate at Divan Pastanesi www.divan.com.tr Cookies at Yeniky Brekisi in Yeniky Hot chocolate at Gezi Pastanesi in Taksim and Kemerburgaz www.geziistanbul.com Ice cream with melon at Yaar Usta in Bostanc, Kadky rmik Helva at Hnkar Restoran www.hunkarrestaurant.net Kup griye at Baylan in Kadky Leyla (toast with chocolate and banana) at Marmaris Bfe www.marmarisbufe.net Makaron at Markiz Pastanesi in Taksim Milfy pasta at Savoy in Cihangir www.savoypastanesi.com Muhallebi with raspberry at Ethemefendi 36 in Ethemefendi, Kadky www.ethemefendi36.com Paskalya rei (scone) at Beyaz Frn Profiterol with figgs at Loft in Harbiye Pumpkin dessert at iya in Kadky www.ciya.com.tr Sorbe at Kanaat Lokantas in skdar Stewed fruit at Hac Abdulah in Beyoglu www.haciabdullah.com.tr ekerpare at Aa Lokantas in Beyolu and Gneli www.agarestaurant.com Tavukgs and kazandibi at Zeynel www.zeynelcilli.com Waffle at Bebek Abbas in Bebek www.abbaswaffle.com.tr PRINCES ISLANDS Adalar The islands facing Kkyal and Maltepe in the south east part of Istanbul. The islands also known as Prens Adalar (Prince's Islands) are as follows:
Bykada, 5.400 km Heybeliada 2.350 km
Burgazada 1.500 km Knalada 1.356 km Tavanadas 1.010 km Sedefadas 0.157 km
Yassada 0.052 km Sivriada 0.045 km Kakadas 0.008 km
Bykada is considered as the metropol of all the islands due to population, architecture and lifestyle. Because automobiles are forbidden on all the islands, people and goods move by horse-drawn wagons and by bicycles. As well as ferries from stanbul, there are also motorboats from Bostanc going to the Islands. The Islands are a place where stanbullu go to escape from the noise and stress of the city. On the Islands you can go to the seaside, have picnic and spend a nice time relaxing in a peaceful atmosphere out of the city. There are quite a few churches and monasteries because the Islands had a greater proportion of non-Muslim inhabitants during the Roman and Ottoman period. Island Ferry, Ada Vapuru Island ferry leaving from Bostanc and Kadky on the Asian side, from Kabata and Sirkeci on the European side. The first island stop is Knalada, next Burgazada, Heybeliada and finally Bykada. The island ferry is everything for Adal. Especially when the Lodos wind blows from the southwest and the ferries are cancelled, the Islands cut off from the city. On weekends the trip to the Islands starts with the release of the ropes at stanbul iskele, goes on with hundreds of other stanbullu drinking glasses of tea, ends in one of the island piers with the twittering seagulls flock around the ferry all the way from stanbul after a piece of simit. The island ferries from stanbul are one of the places in the world where everyone is equal, just like Noahs Ark. On the ferry's decks you can meet all kinds of people - from the Islands, the mainland, all over Turkey and the world, Muslims, non-Muslims, educated, uneducated, rich, poor, young, old who get together to go to the Islands off the Bosphorus which doesnt belong to any continent, neither Europe nor Asia. One of the most pleasant sides of a trip to the Islands is the return trip on the night ferry when you get to enjoy Istanbul's city lights over the water. What to do on the Islands Going for a picnic on the Islands would be a very nice pastime out of stanbul. The most popular picnic areas are on Bykada and Heybeliada. To reach the picnic areas on both of these islands, you need to turn right and follow the shoreline when you get off the ferry. You can either bring your food and drinks with you, or you can shop at the ar near the ferry station. At the picnic areas you can buy a small mangal and charcoal for a very reasonable price. After your picnic, you can stroll around, rent a bike, or take a tour on a phaeton. Did you know? The islands of stanbul had many different names throughout history: Saint's Islands, Monk's Islands, Spirits' Islands, Genie's Islands, Red Islands, and www.istanbul-pedia.com 167
finally Prince's Islands. The name Prince's Islands originated with the Byzantine custom of exiling nobles and even queens to these islands. There on these beautiful islands where today people come to relax and escape from the bustle of stanbul, the exiled nobles lived lonely, isolated lives, and some were even tortured. Burgazada The second island of Adalar, the Princes Islands in stanbul. The earliest name of the Burgazada was Antigone, one of the generals of Alexandre the Great. When the Ottomans conquered the island, it was called Burgaz (Pyrgoz), fortress, bastion in Greek. Burgazada is known as the home of Sait Faik, a famous short story writer of Turkish literature. He lived his last years on this island until he died in 1954. His house then was made Sait Faik Museum. It is possible to see the traces of Sait Faik all over the island. One of the nicest places on the island is Kalpazankaya (rocks on the other side of the island). Kalpazankaya means counterfeiters rock in Turkish as it was thought that counterfeiters printed money there. Around Kalpazankaya is the Kalpazankaya open air restaurant, which is one of the symbols of Burgazada. You can have a nice meal at the restaurant underneath the acacia, olive, plum and chestnut trees with a nice view of the Marmara Sea and stanbul. You can walk to Kalpazankaya or take a fayton to get there. Burgazada is the only island that the fayton goes along the sea with a spectacular sea view. Things To Do Have a sakzl ice-cream after getting off the ferry Walk to Kalpazankaya (follow the fayton) Have a delicious lunch at Burgazada Kr Lokantas with a nice sea view Bykada The largest island of the Princes Islands in the South of stanbul, famous for the architecture of the houses. Literally it means big island. Bykada used to be called Prinkipo, big in Greek. The population of the island is over 7,000 but it is more crowded during the spring and summer time as most of the houses on the island are summer houses. 207 golden coins that was found in 1930 proves that the history of the island dates back to Macedonia King Filip II, father of Alexandre the Great. This treasure, called Bykada Treasure is exhibited in the stanbul Archelogy Museum. Places To See & Things To Do Go on a Bykada tour by fayton Rent a bike and go for a ride around the island to see the architecture of the island Have a picnic in Dilburnu Swim at Yrkali Plaj, Prenses Plaj, Nakibey Plaj Walk up to Aya Yorgi and have lunch at Aya Yorgi Restaurant with a very nice view of the islands, sea and stanbul. Did you know?
Lev Trocki who was expelled by Stalin lived on Bykada in 1920-1933. Every 23rd of May and 24th of September, people from different religions walk up the Aya Yorgi Church and leave offerings of olive oil and pray. Aya Yorgi Aghios Gheorghios, the Rum (Greek) Orthodox church on Ycetepe (or The Hill of Aya Yorgi) on Bykada. On the 23rd of July and the 24th of September, thousands of people - Christians and Muslims, natives and foreigners - climb up the hill to Aya Yorgi, tie rags to the trees and bushes along the way to the church, leave offerings of olive oil, light a candle and pray.
Did you know? People walking up the hill with bare feet are believed to become half pilgrim.
Aya Yorgi Kr Lokantas An open air restaurant on top of the Ycetepe Hill (also known as The Hill of Aya Yorgi) on Bykada. Aya Yorgi Kr Lokantas, in addition to its excellent view of stanbul, serves very tasty food including appetizers, grilled meats and a variety of salads. From July to October the restaurant is open from 11:00 to 23:00. In the winter it is only open on weekends.
Aya Yorgi Church, Ycetepe Mevkii No:5 Bykada Tel: 0216 382 13 33 www.yucetepe.com
Heybeliada One of the stanbul islands. Heybeliada or Halki as it was called before, is the greenest of all the islands. It is the third island after Burgazada and before Bykada. On getting off at the iskele there is the Navy School on the left side and ar, restaurants and cafes on the right side. If you keep walking or take a fayton to the right you will get to the beach and the picnic area in Deirmen Burnu where there is an old windmill. There are two fayton routes on Heybeliada: Byk tur (big tour) and kk tur (small tour) or aklar turu (tour for lovers). You can go on a fayton tour and a picnic on Heybeliada. Did you know? Edward Barton, the ambassador of the Queen Elizabeth I, lived on Heybeliada. Barton lived in a house in Tophane for a while, but he had noisy parties and the people around his house complained about the noise and eventually he was sent to Halki. Knalada One of the stanbul islands. Knalada is the closest island to stanbul. It was called Knalada (kna=hanna) because of the colour of the land from the iron and copper mines. As it is the closest island to the city, most expellees were brought to Knalada in the Roman period. Did you know? The Roman Emperor Romanos Diogenes (1068-1071) was expelled to Knalada in 1072. Vordonisi, Lost in Istanbul There are 9 islands (Princes Islands) on the southern coast of Istanbul: Bykada, Heybeliada, Burgazada, Knalada, Sedef Adasi, KaIkadas, Yassada, Sivriada, Tavanadas. Actually there is another one that we cant see on the surface today: Vordonas, Vordonisi or Horeke Rocks as the fishermen call it. Vordonisi, located near Dragos, Maltepe coast on the Asian side, is one of the www.istanbul-pedia.com 169
Istanbul islands sank about 1000 years ago during an Istanbul earthquake with the monastry and the monks in it as it is believed. Today there is a light on the rocks, the highest part close to the surface.
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RAKI Lions Milk Worldwide famous rak (coming from the Arabic word arak, sweat) is an alcoholic drink produced by distilling fruits like grapes, fig, plum etc. with ethyl alcohol. It is also known as aslan st (lions milk) among public. Rak is drunk in the evening with a few mezes. It is a popular belief that rak is served with main course such as balk, kebab but actually it is a cocktail drink consumed with mezes and a nice chat. Most rak experts say that rak isnt drunk with ice, but cold water if you prefer it cold. What experts say All the meyhanes are the faculties of the Rak University. Yakup, Refik, Sefa are good faculties. Vefa Zat Rak isnt fondip (See fondip) and isnt drunk with meat such as salami, sausage, ham etc. Deniz Grsoy The best rak mezes are (feta) cheese and melon. mer Nida ilingir Sofras, Rak Table See Meze How not to drink rak by Deniz Grsoy, a raki expert Dont drink rak during the day. Dont drink rak alone. It is a social drink and drunk with meze and chatting. Dont talk business or anything serious at the rak table. Dont drink rak somewhere noisy. This may stop people chatting and enjoying rak and the table. Dont fondip (shot, bottoms up) rak. It is drunk slowly like a cocktail drink. Dont eat foods like salami, sausage, sucuk or meals with rak. Dont put a lot of ice in the rak glass. Dont mix rak with other drinks to make a cocktail drink.Dont drink another drink before or after rak. Maydanoz, Parsley Maydanoz, parsley is indispensable for stanbullu. It is consumed in salads, brek, as side dish with kebab, kfte, lahmacun and many other foods. It is also believed that maydanoz clean the rak smell in mouth if you chew a piece of maydanoz after drinking rak. Therefore, expert stanbullu rak drinkers order some maydanoz for their rak table. Meze See Meze Rak Bottles 20lik (Yirmilik) 20 cl. Rak bottle. 35lik (Otuz belik) 35 cl. rak bottle, kk rak (small bottle of rak). 70lik (Yetmilik) 70 cl. rak bottle, byk rak (big bottle of rak). Also 70 cl. beer glass, byk bira. 100lk (Yzlk) 100 cl. Big rak bottle. www.istanbul-pedia.com 171
Rak Dictionary Aslan st lions milk, a name given to rak in colloquial speech akrkeyf tipsy duble double, a double ehlikeyf a pleasure-loving person; a copper container used to keep rak glass cold rak-balk going for rak-balk meal erefe! Cheers! Literally to honour tek one, single, one and only; single shut (of rak) Tekirda a city in the west of stanbul; a very good quality rak brand Yeni Rak the most popular rak brand preferred by stanbullu RELIGIOUS DAYS Ramadan / Ramazan An Islamic religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar (the month that Quran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed on the 27th of the Ramazan month). Ramazan is the month that Muslims fast which means they dont drink or eat from dawn to sunset. Fasting mean to teach the person patience, sacrifice and humility. After Ramazan month finishes, Muslims celebrate Ramazan Bayram or eker Bayram (It is called eker, because people offer candies and sweet to the guests). eker / Ramazan Bayram Ramazan Bayram, or eker (candy, sugar) Bayram in other words because people offer candies and sweets each other, is the feast celebrated after the Ramadan, fasting month. The aim of this feast is to get together after fasting the whole month, visit each other other and offer food, especially desserts and candies. This is why it is commonly called eker (candy, sugar) Bayram. The most typical Bayram foods are of course baklava and akide ekeri (See Desserts). Baklava is still favourable but akide sekeri is replaced with candies and chocolate. Ramadan Dictionary Arife Gn Eves Day, the day before Bayram. Glla One of the most popular Turkish desserts made with starch, milk, rose water and dried fruits. It was called gll a (food with rose) during the Ottoman period because the chefs used to add rose water to the dough made with corn starch. The name was mutated as glla in time. Gllolu, Saray Muhallebicisi, Sti are the best to try glla. Hurma Date (fruit). Hurma is usually consumed at Ramazan because it is regarded as a holly fruit. ftar Evening meal during Ramazan when the Muslims fast. You can join the other stanbullu for an iftar meal in the iftar tent all over the city at Ramazan month. Kadir Gecesi Kadir Gecesi (gece=night) is the Night of Power, the twenty-seventh of Ramazan when the Koran was revealed. People get together in the mosques and pray. Mahya Message spelled out by lights strung between minarets during Ramadan month. Oru Fasting, a religious exercise by not eating or drinking anything for worshipping. Oru tutmak To fast. Oru amak To break ones fast (at the proper time, e.g. sunset for Muslims observing the Ramazan fast). Oru bozmak To break ones fast (at an improper time, e.g. before sunset). Oru yemek Not to fast. Ramazan Davulu Drummers used to play the drum to wake people up for sahur, breakfast eaten before the dawn. It was a very good way before but today it could be annoying and even scary by waking people up in the middle of their sleeps. Ramazan Pidesi A kind of pide usually eaten at Ramazan. Sahur Meal 172 www.istanbul-pedia.com
taken just before dawn during the Ramazan fast. Teravih (Namaz) The supererogatory prayer performed in the month of Ramazan. The Sacrifice Feast / Kurban Bayram Kurban Bayram, the Sacrifice Feast is one of the holy feasts in Turkey that people sacrifice a sheep, cow or camel and offer the meat poor people or neighbours for the sake of God. Kandil / Islamic Nights Oil lamp shaped like a small glass bowl; one of the five Islamic nights when the minarets are illuminated. Kandil nights are peculiar to Turkish Islam. It is called kandil because candles started to be used at the minarets during the reign of Selim II. Since then, these nights are called Kandil Gecesi, candle night. Here are the kandil nights: Mevlid Kandili is the religious celebration held on the evening of the Prophet Muhammads birth Regaip Kandili is the night preceding the first Friday in the month of Rajab, regarded as the anniversary of the conception of the Prophet Muhammad. Mira Kandili is the night of the Prophet Muhammads miraculous journey to heaven (the 27th of Rajab). Berat Kandili is the Night of Pardon, the night between the 14th and the 15th days of the month Shaban. Kadir Gecesi is the Night of Power (the twenty-seventh of Ramazan, when the Koran was revealed). Muharrem Gecesi is the first month in the Muslim calendar. During these days, a kind of cookie called Kandil Simidi is sold at the bakeries and by the street vendors, not only to eat but also to give people as a present. RICE Pilav Pilav, rice takes an important part in Turkish cuisine. It is usually consumed in soup, stuffed meals, desserts and as a meal, pilav, pilaf, rice. There are many different kinds of pilav preferred by stanbullu but these are the most common types of pilav: Pilav Plain rice and noodles. Bulgur pilav Wheat, tomato paste, onions, tomato, pepper and meatpreferably. Meyhane pilav Rice, lamb, onions, garlic, pepper, tomato, various spices. pilav Pilav used for stuffed vegetables (rice, pine nut, raisin, onions, dill, liver, meat juice, various spices. zbek pilav Rice, onions, meat, carrot, various spices. Sebzeli pilav Rice made with vegetables. Pilav is eaten both as a side dish and fast food. You can see the street vendors selling plain pilav, pilav with chickpeas, beans or chicken and oban salatas (mixed salad). Pilav st (food topped on rice) is another way of serving rice e.g. pilav st dner, pilav st kuru (dried beans topped on rice) pilav st nohut etc. www.istanbul-pedia.com 173
stanbullu, no matter what class they are from, like to eat kuru fasulye, pilav, cack meal (beans soup, rice and cack). You can go to a small lokanta and order kuru, pilav, cack meal, or buy a plate of pilav with beans or chickpeas and oban salatas from the street vendors. RUM Roman in Turkish, people from the Eastern Roman Empire; Greek people who live in Muslim countries. Apokries is the carnival celebrated 40 days before Paskalya, the Easter. Before fasting people have fun for three days by eating, drinking, dancing, having costume parties. Ayios Stefanos is the rememberance day (December 27th) of Aya Stefanos, the first marty of Christianty. People sacrifice animals and give them to poor people just like Kurban Bayram in Islam. Ta Fota is the celebration of baptism of Jesus on the 6th of January along the coast of the Bosphorus, in front of Aya Yorgi Church in engelky and Aya Stefanos Church in Yeilky. A priest throws a wooden crucifix into the sea referring the consecration of the sea. Young boys jump into the sea and race to find the crucifix. The winner is rewarded with a golden necklace and cross. Tessarakosti is the beginning of forty-day fasting. Zoodohu Piis is the Ayazma Day. It is celebrated at Balkl Ayazma in Silivrikap. Not only Christians, but also Muslims visit this ayazma to drink the holly and healing water just like visiting Aya Yorgi in Bykada. stanbul Rumlar www.istanbulrumazinligi.com stanbul Rum Patriklii (Greek Patriarch) www.ecupatriarchate.org
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SAHAF Old Bookshops Shop or person that buys and sells old books, documents etc. Also sahaflar ars means old bookshops. Sahaflar ars The oldest Sahaflar ars in stanbul is the one in Beyazt located between Kapalar (Grand Bazaar) and Beyazt Camii. When the construction was completed in 1460 some shops were allocated to book sellers. Due to the big stanbul earthquake in 1894 the bookshops had to move where they are today. Old book sellers during the Ottoman Empire were affiliated with the guild of sahaf. They had ranks such as master, experienced apprentice and apprentice and also they opened the shops with a prayer every morning, just like other jobs. Today sahaf shops are less than in the past but they are still serving bookworms, writers and academicians even though they face a big problem with the market of the test books. The most popular sahaf shops are located in Beyazt (Sultanahmet) Beyolu and Kadky. Some of the well-known sahaf shops in stanbul are as follows: Simurg Kitabevi is famous for their cats and run by three brothers in Aslhan Pasaj in Beyolu since 1988. They have a collection of over 50 thousands books on the history of Turkey, archaeology, arts, literature, music and sociology. One of the oldest documents they have is the book of the Byzantium laws written by the emperor Justinien and printed in 1542 in Paris. Hasnun Galip Sokak, Beyolu simurg.com.tr Turkuaz Sahaf was founded 2001 and has a collection of thousand of books, documents, maps and engraving. They give consultancy service on old books and documents. They also exhibit collections of old publications and documents. Emir Nevruz Sokak, Panayia Apt, No: 12, Beyolu www.sahafturkuaz.com Bar Kitabevi Beyolu, Kadky www.bariskitabevi.com Mteferrika, Sakall Ltf Kadky www.muteferrika.com.tr Sahaf Dil-Tarih Kadky Sahaf Lamelif Beyolu www.lamelifsahaf.com Sahaf Babil Bahariye Caddesi, Kafkas Pasaj, Kadky Daarck Sahaf Kadky www.dagarciksahaf.com Elif Kitabevi Beyazt Sahaflar ars Librarie De Pera Tnel, Beyolu www.ldp.com.tr Enderun Kitabevi Vezneciler Did you know? brahim Mteferrika (1674-1745) was the first publisher to run a printing press during the Ottoman Empire. www.istanbul-pedia.com 175
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AYA (Greek) Aya Sofya Museum Sultanahmet Aya Irini Church Sultanahmet Aya Yorgi Church Fener, Buyukada Aya Triada Church Istiklal Street Aya Dimitrios Church Kurucesme, Beikta Aya Dimitri Church Bykada AZZ (Turkish) Aziz Mahmud Hudayi Camii skdar PANAGIA (Virgin Mary in Greek) Panagia Mugliotissa Fener Panagia Elpida Kumkap Panagia Hanceriotissa Tekfursaray Panagia Suda Erikap Panagia Blakherna Ayvansaray Panagia Balinu Balat Panagia Galatasaray Panagia Evangelistria Dolapdere Panagia Beikta Panagia Evangelistira Boyacky Panagia Pege Silivrikap Panagia Kaphatiane, Hnikolaos, oannes Prodromos Galata SURP (Saint in Armenian) Surp Asdvadzadzin Meryemana Kumkap Surp Harutyun Kumkap Surp Kevork Samatya Surp Hagop Samatya Surp Hovhan Vosgeperan Taksim Surp Hovhannes Avedaranic Narlkap Surp Pirgic Yedikule Surp Hresdagabed Balat Surp Asdvadzadzin Eyp Surp Kirkor Lusavoric Karaky Surp Yerrortutyun Beyolu Surp Asdvadzadzin Beikta Yerevman Surp Hac Kurueme Surp Garabed Balarba Surp Kirkor Lusavoric Kuzguncuk Surp Asdvadzadzin Sakzaac Surp Yerrortutyun Beyolu Surp Hisus Pirgic Karaky Surp Bogos Bykdere Surp Kirkor Ortaky Surp Levon Kadky Surp Nian Kartal Surp Asdvadzadzin Tarlaba SAINT Saint Benoit (French) Galata Saint Esprit (French) Beyolu Saint Antoiene (French) Beyolu Santa Maria (Italian) Tnel Saint Georg (Austrian) Harbiye Saint Pierre & Saint Paul (French) Galata St Augustine (French) Fenerbahe All Saints Anglikan-Presbiteryen Moda
SAT FAK ABASIYANIK Biography Turkish short story writer (1906-1954). Sait Faik Abasyank, or Sait Faik, was one of the greatest short story writers in Turkish literature. He created a brand new language and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, the poor and stanbul. A major theme was always the sea and he spent most of his time in Burgazada until he died on May 11, 1954. Sait Faik Museum, Burgazada Burgaz ayr Sokak No: 15 (Open every day until 5
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Did you know? He was an honorary member of the International Mark Twain Society of St. Louis, Missouri. He sometimes published his works under the names Adal (island dweller), Sait Faik Adal and S.F. He left his wealth to the Darafaka School for orphans. His house in Burgazada was maintaned and opened as a museum. Sait Faik Literature Prize has been given to successful writers since 1954. SANTA CLAUS Noel Baba Did you know Noel Baba, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas (Noel Baba in Turkish) was from Turkey? St. Nicholas was born in 245 A.D. in Patara near Fethiye ( known variously as St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Santa Claus, Pere Noel ) and died in 363 A.D. having spent his life in Anatolia. Son of a wealthy family and of good education, he
devoted himself to mankind. Because of the assistance he rendered to those around him, St. Nicholas was known as the protector of children and sailors and to this day the legend of Father Chirismas continues to live as vividly as ever. As the Bishop of Demre, by his religious and social work, he solved the problems of the people in a humane way. After he died he was buried in Demre and a church was built there in his memory. In 1080 Italian pirates stole some of his bones and took them to Bari. In their haste they left a few behind and these are today on display in the Antalya museum. The first father Christmas symposiom ever was held between 5-7 December 1983. This symposium is now held annually and is attended by people of religion and sciense from all over the world. At these symphosia and in keeping with Anatolia s St. Nicholas love of humanity, a call is made to people of different religions and beliefs for peace, friendship and brotherhood. Merry Christmas! Mutlu Noeller! SARAY See PALACES SARIYER Guide A district on the European side in the North of the Bosphorus opposite Beykoz. Saryer means yellow place, ground in Turkish. There are three stories for the name of Saryer. The first is the yellowish colour of the earth around Maden (meaning mine) neighborhood before Saryer became a dense settlement. The second is that Sar Saltuk, a legendary dervish, lived in Saryer during the reign of Mehmet II (Fatih) and the area called Sar Er that was mutated to Saryer in time. The third one is that the area relatively turns yellow in the spring when a flower, broom, blooms. The seaside by the Bosphorus and the beaches in Kilyos by the Black Sea makes Saryer a touristic town in the summer time. It is also a historical town with the mansions and kiosks by the Bosphorus, churches, Roman aqueducts, Genoa fortress near Rumeli Feneri etc. Belgrad Forest A forest in Saryer district on the European side in the north of stanbul, in other words, the lungs of the city. The forest called Belgrade after the Belgrade campaign of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificient. The slaves from the campaign were accomodated in this area in a village called Petra. Belgrad Orman has many kinds of trees such as oak, hornbeam, beech and chestnut. There are also dams from the Roman and Ottoman period built in the forest to meet the water need of the city. stanbul, at first glance, may look like a pile of ugly buildings but it has sandy beaches such as ile and Kilyos and natural sights such as Belgrade Forests that even many stanbullu havent been yet. Belgrade Forest is partly open to public for recreation but the most part of the forest is a national park. Emirgan A town on the European side of the Bosphorus located between stinye and Baltaliman. Emirgan is a beautiful town with a nice view of the Bosphorus, streets with old stanbul houses and Emirgan Korusu, a park where you can go www.istanbul-pedia.com 177
for a walk, have a tea or take nice photos of the Bosphorus. As well as the park and scenery, a nice breakfast at the naralt cafes or Emirgan Sti is one of the best things to do by the Bosphorus before you visit Sakp Sabanc Museum. Breakfast in Emirgan A typical Bosphorus breakfast in Emirgan is made of cheese, olives, tomato and cucumber in olive oil, balkaymak (honey and clotted cream) menemen (a kind of omlette with tomatoe and pepper) brek, eggs with sucuk and of course a nice cup of tea. Places To See & Things To Do Have a nice breakfast or Turkish coffee at the naralt cafe. Go for a walk in Emirgan Korusu (woods) and have a glass of tea at the Sar Kk. See an exhibition at the Sakp Sabanc Museum http://muze.sabanciuniv.edu stinye A town by the Bosphorus on the European side between Yeniky in the North and Emirgan in the South. stinye, or Stenia in the Roman period, is one of the coves of the Bosphorus. There was a shipyard, stinye Tersanesi that was built in 1912 and closed in 1991. Today there is a marina project in stinye. Kilyos A town in Saryer on the Black Sea coast on the European side. Kilyos is one of the nicest areas in stanbul where you can go swimming on the sandy beaches. www.kilyos.org Telli Baba A turbe (shrine) in Rumelikava in Saryer on the European side that people who have wishes visit to pray and make a wish, especially a wish for marriage. We dont know who Telli Baba was, but it is thought that he was an imam called mam Abdullah Efendi in the army of Sultan Mehmet II the Conquer. Years ago a girl claimed that she saw him in her dream and his tomb was found and ever since many people visit his shrine to make a wish. You can go to Telli Baba by dolmu from Saryer. Rumelihisar The fortress and the town in Saryer between Bebek and stinye on the European side. Rumelihisar facing Anadoluhisar on the Asian side is located between two bridges. Rumelihisar was built by Mehmet II (The Conquerer) in 1452 before the conquest of Constantinople to prevent aid from the Black Sea, particularly Genoese colonies Caffa, Sinop and Amasra. After the fall of Constantinople, the fortress used as customs checkpoint. The fortresses on both sides lost their strategic importance when a second pair of fortresses were built further up the Bosphorus. In the 19th century a residential neighborhood was formed inside the fortress until it was renovated in the late 1950s as a museum an open-air theatre, which hosts concerts and festivals during the summer. Places To See & Things To Do Have breakfast at one of the cafs on the street Visit the Rumelihisar Museum Go to an open-air concert (July-August) at the Rumeli Fortress Did you know?
Rumelihisar and Anadoluhsar were built in the narrowest part of the Bosphorus with 660 meters. Mehmet II (Fatih, the Conquerer) worked in the construction and built the fortress in the shape of his own tura (sultans signature). Rumelikava A fishing town in the very north of the Bosphorus between Saryer and Rumelifeneri (Rumeli Lighthouse) on the European side facing Anadolukava on the Asian side. Rumelikava is a nice, quiet fishing town famous for fish and mussel restaurants. It is known as the homeland of mussels. There are also four nice beaches in Rumelikava. You can get to Rumelikava by bus from 4. Levent (bus 25A) after getting off the metro from Taksim. You can also take a ferry from Bosphorus ferry station in Eminn. Just like Anadolukava, the best thing to do is to take a ferry to Rumelikava and have a rak-balk at the restaurants in Rumelikava. Tarabya A town by the Bosphorus on the European side between Yeniky in the South and Saryer in the North. The word Tarabya comes from the Greek word Therapia meaning therapy. The name of the town indicates that the area was used as a sanctuary from the city for the sick people. Like other Bosphorus towns, Tarabya also is a nice place to go for a rak-balk meal at the restaurants and listen to taverna mzii at the taverns. Places To See & Things To Do Go for a walk along the Boshorus. Have a rak-balk meal and listen to tavern music. Visit Ural Ataman Car Museum www.atamanmuseum.com SEAFOOD & FISH DICTIONARY
Ahtapot Octopus Barbunya Red mullet; kidney bean that is usually cooked in olive oil inakop Young of the bluefish. Common types of inakop meals are inakop tava fried bluefish inakop zgara grilled bluefish frnda inakop roasted bluefish inakop gve bluefish stew inakop pilaki cold bluefish stew with olive oil and vegetables Hamsi Anchovy. See HAMS stakoz Lobster stavrit Horse mackerel. Common types of istavrit meals are istavrit tava deep fried horse mackerel frnda istavrit roasted horse mackerel istavrit pilaki horse mackerel salad with dried beans, onions and olive oil istavrit buulama stewed horse mackerel istavit dolmas stuffedhorse mackerel stiridye Oyster Kalamar Calamary, squid. Common types of kalamar meals are kalamar tava fried calamari kalamar soslu spagetti sphagetti with calamari sauce ite kalamar calamari skewer taratorlu kalamar calamari with tarator sauce limon soslu kalamar calamari with lemon sauce kalamar soslu makarna pasta with calamari sauce kalamar salatas calamari salad kalamar dolmas stuffed calamari Kalkan Turbot. Common types of kalkan meals kalkan are tava deep fried turbot katta kalkan roasted turbot in paper kalkan buulama stewed turbot frnda kalkan roasted turbot Karides Shrimp, prawn. Karides Gve, stewed prawn is the most favourite prawn meal for stanbullu and one of the best rak mezes. Ingredients are large shrimps, onion, carrots, tomatoes, bayleaves, garlic meshed, corn oil, flour, grated cheese, salt, black pepper Kefal Striped mullet, gray mullet. Common
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types of kefal meals are kefal tava fried mullet kefal dolmas stuffed mullet frnda kefal roasted mullet kefal orbas mullet soup kefal zgara grilled mullet kefal pilaki stew of mullet with olive oil and vegetables Levrek Sea bass. Levrek is usually consumed all year, but the best time for a levrek meal is the winter time and early spring. Common types of levrek meals are levrek orbas sea bass soup patlcanl levrek sote sea bass saut with eggplants frnda levrek roasted sea bass tereyal levrek sea bass with butter mantarl levrek yahnisi sea bass stewed sea bass with mushroom levrek buulama stewed sea bass sebzeli levrek sea bass with vegetables levrek dolma stuffed sea bass katta levrek sea bass roasted in paper kiremitte levrek sea bass casserole Lfer Bluefish. Lfer is usually consumed from the middle of September to the end of January. Common types of lfer meals are lfer orbas bluefish soup lfer zgara grilled bluefish lfer buulama stewed bluefish frnda lfer roasted bluefish lfer pilav rice with bluefish kiremitte lfer bluefish casserole lfer kat kebab bluefish roasted in paper lfer pilaki stew of bluefish with olive oil and onions, eaten cold Mezgit Whiting. Common types of mezgit meals are mezgit orbas whiting soup mezgit tava fried whiting mezgit zgara grilled whiting gvete mezgit whiting casserole mezgit buulama stewed whiting mezgit kebab whiting kebap zeytinyal mezgit sarma olive oiled stuffed whiting Midye Mussel Palamut Bonito. Common types of palamut meals are terbiyeli palamut orbas seasoned bonito soup palamut tava fried bonito frnda palamut roasted bonito palamut zgara grilled bonito palamut pilaki stew of bonito with olive oil and onions, eaten cold kiremitte palamut bonito casserole palamut yahnisi stewed bonito palamut kftesi bonito meatballs katta palamut roasted bonito in paper domatesli palamut bonito with tomato sauce Pavurya Crab Somon Salmon Ton Bal Tuna fish Torik Large bonito Uskumru Mackerel. Common types of uskumru meals are iroz salted and dried thin mackerel uskumru dolmas stuffed mackerel uskumru i mackerel skewer uskumru tava fried mackerel uskumru pilakisi cold mackerel stew uskumru buulama mackerel stew uskumru zgara grilled mackerel katta uskumru grilled mackerel wrapped in paper
SEVEN HILLS Yedi Tepe The 7 hills stanbul was built on. There is a popular belief that the city today was built on 7 hills; however, those are the hills in the old city (inside the walls). The 7 hills are as follows: 1. The hill of Topkap Saray, Ayasofya and Sultanahmet Camii 2. The hill of emberlita and Nuriosmaniye Camii 3. The hill of Beyazt Camii, stanbul niversitesi and Sleymaniye 4. The hill of Fatih Camii 5. The hill of Yavuz Selim Camii 6. The hill of Mihrimah Sultan Camii in Edirnekap 7. The hill in Kocamustafapaa SEVEN WONDERS OF ISTANBUL Hagia Sophia Museum No doubt at the top of the list of the wonders of Istanbul. www.ayasofyamuzesi.gov.tr Blue Mosque Built in the same area to establish the Ottoman power as opposed to the Hagia Sophia representing the Christian Byzantine. www.sultanahmetcami.org
Grand Bazaar Still an important shopping center and amazes both visitors and locals. www.kapalicarsi.org.tr Topkap Palace Served the Empirefrom 15th century to 19th century when the Empire made a fresh start in the new world and moved to the Dolmabahce Palace leaving the Topkapi Palace in the Old City. www.topkapisarayi.gov.tr Sleymaniye Mosque Built by Suleiman the Magnifcent is also regarded as one of the wonders of Istanbul. Chora Museum http://kariye.muze.gov.tr The Archaelogical Museum Worldwide wonder with the collections exhibited in the museum. www.istanbularkeoloji.gov.tr SHOPPING MALLS Alveri Merkezi Did you know that the first shopping center in Istanbul is Galleria in Bakrky? Akmerkez in Etiler won an award for the best shopping center in Europe? Shopping Categories bilgisayar computer elektronik eya electronical goods fotoraf photograph kamera camera telefon telephone beyaz eya white goods zcaciye glassware kitap book mzik aletleri musical instruments krtasiye stationary ofis malzemeleri office goods tak accessory, jewellery mcevher jewellry saat watches hediye gift hobi hobby mobilya furniture mutfak kitchen giyim clothing i giyim/i amar underwear spor giyim sports wear salk rnleri health products kiisel bakm personal care gvenlik security Turkish: Shopping For Clothes Types of clothes
atk weft atlet undershirt ayakkab shoe(s) bikini bikini bluz blouse bot boot(s) ceket jacket orap socks izme top boot elbise dress eldiven glove(s) etek skirt fanila undershirt, vest gmlek shirt hrka cardigan i amar underwear kazak sweater, jumper, pullover kemer belt kep/kasket cap kravat tie kot (pantolon) jeans mayo swimsuit mont coat klot underpants, panties klotlu orap pantyhose palto heavy coat pantolon pants, trousers pijama pyjamas sandalet sandals spor ayakkab sports shoe(s), trainers sveter sweater, pullover al scarf, shawl apka hat sort short(s)svetrt sweatshirt takm elbise suit tayt tight(s) terlik slipper, house slipper tirt t-shirt yamurluk raincoat
Patterns
benekli/puantiyeli spotted iekli flowered izgili stripped desenli patterned dz/sade plain kareli/ekose checked
Colours
ak light bej beige beyaz white eflatun mauve, lavender gri gray kahverengi brown (coffee colour) krmz red koyu dark lacivert dark blue mavi blue mor purple pembe pink renkli coloured, colourful sar yellow siyah black turuncu orange yeil green
Useful Expressions
Bakyorum. I am just looking. . . . bakyorum. I am looking for a. . . . . . var m? Do you have a . . .? . . . istiyorum. I want a . . . . . . istemiyorum. I dont want. . . Denemek
istiyorum. I want to try on. Bunu alyorum. Ill take this. Beendim. I like it. Beenmedim. I dont like it. Ka para/ne kadar? How much? Daha kuuk var m? Do you have a smaller size? Daha byk var m? Do you have a bigger size? Baka var m? Do you have another one? ok pahal. Very expensive.
Shopping Malls on the Asian Side

Asyapark Alveri Merkezi Outlet mraniye asyapark.com Bauhaus erenky bauhaus.com.tr Capitol skdar capitol.com.tr Carrefour erenky carrefour.com.tr ar Maazalar Capitol, Carrefour, Nautilus, aknbakkal, Kadky carsi.com.tr Gima gima.com.tr Mr. Bricolage Kkyal mrbricolage.com.tr Praktiker Kartal, Kadky, Suadiye ykm.com.tr
Shopping Malls on the European side

Mr. Bricolage Baclar mrbricolage.com.tr Polcenter Levent polatholding.com.tr Addresistanbul ili addresistanbul.com Akmerkez Etiler akmerkez.com.tr Alkent Alveri Merkezi Etiler Astoria Alveri ve Yaam Merkezi Gayrettepe astoria.com.tr Atrium Alveri Merkezi Ataky atrium.com.tr Carousel Alveri Merkezi Bakrky carousel.com.tr Carrefour Bykekmece, mraniye Cevahir stanbul Alveri Merkezi ili sktm.com.tr Citys Nianta citysnisantasi.com ar Maazalar Bakrky, Beylikdz, Bykekmece, Maslak, Mecidiyeky carsi.com.tr Deposite Outlet Center kitelli deposite.com.tr Dou OtoMotion Maslak otomotion.com.tr Dou Power Center Maslak doguspowercenter.com.tr Flyinn Alveri ve Yaam Merkezi Florya flyinn.com.tr Galleria Alveri Merkezi Ataky galleria-atakoy.com.tr Gtzen Merter Hayatpark Alveri ve Yaam Merkezi Gneli hayatpark.com.tr stanbul Outlet Park Bykekmece istanbuloutletpark.com.tr stinye Park Alveri Merkezi stinye istinyepark.com.tr Kanyon Ev Ofis ve Alveri Merkezi Levent kanyon.com.tr Kaya Millenium Alveri Merkezi Bykekmece Kule ar 4.Levent Marka City Alveri Merkezi Beylikdz markacity.com.tr Mass Alveri Merkezi Gaziosmanpaa Maxi City stinye maxi.com.tr Maxi Shopping Center Gngren maxi.com.tr Maxi Shopping Center Topkap maxi.com.tr Maxi Shopping City Silivri maxi.com.tr Mayadrom Alveri Merkezi Etiler mayadrom.com.tr Metro Gneli Metro City 4. Levent Migros Beylikdz Alveri Merkezi Beylikdz Pabetland Maslak Prestige Mall Alveri Merkezi Baheehir prestigeavm.com Profilo Alveri Merkezi Mecidiyeky profiloalisverismerkezi.com.tr Sinanpaa Alveri Merkezi Beikta Sinasos Alveri ve Yaam Merkezi Kemerburgaz sinasos.net Town Center Bakrky Uptown Etiler Alveri Merkezi Etiler YKM (Yeni Karamrsel) Bykekmece ykm.com.tr Zeytinburnu Olivium Outlet Center Zeytinburnu olivium.com
LE Guide A small holiday town by the Black Sea coast on the Asian side. ile means wild flower in ancient Greek. The district is one of the most popular resort areas around stanbul like Kilyos, with a 10 km. beach. ile is famous for ile bezi (a crimpled-looking light see-through cotton fabric) and ile culture and art festival. You can get to ile from Harem or skdar on the Anatolian side. Ava A quiet, calm, charming town in ile district in the north of stanbul on the shores of the Black Sea. Ava is one of the most popular spots in stanbul that stanbullu prefer to go for a weekend trip to relax, enjoy the beautiful nature,
fresh air, and the sandy beaches of the Black Sea shores, which have been rediscovered by stanbullu in the past ten years and these isolated shores that people went to only for a day-trip at the weekends have become a tourist attraction with the new pensions, hotels and tours for local tourists. ile and Ava on the Asian side, just like Kilyos on the European side are among the ideal tourist destinations in stanbul for sun, sea and beach. What to see & do? You can swim on the beach by the Black Sea coast, go fishing, rent a boat or stay in one of the hotels along the Ava creek and enjoy the solidarity away from the hussle of the city center. You can also see the waterfalls around and the caves that the Christians hid from the Romans. Did you know? This town built on two brooks flowing into the sea got its name from the word "aqua". How to get there? You can get to Ava by the buses leaving from skdar (139 and 139A). It costs 7 TL and takes about 3 hours to get there. yi yolculuklar! Riva A small town on the Black Sea coast in Beykoz on the Asian side. This small town has a wonderful sea side, beaches and coves. Remember that the Black Sea is a very rough sea where tens of people die in the sea every year! SMT See FASTFOOD SOUPS orba Soups take an important part in Turkish cuisine. A Turkish meal usually starts with a soup, especially lentil soup or a kind of yoghurt soup. It is also part of the typical Turkish breakfast. Soups like tripe, sheeps head and trotter are consumed to recover from hangover. Here are the most common types soups consumed by Istanbullu: Ezo Gelin orbas A kind of lentile soup cooked with rice or pounded wheat. Ingredients are broth of meat, red lentile, rice or pounded wheat (usually rice) tomatoe paste, onions, flour, olive oil, blackpeper, salt, dried mint. Ingredients are broth of meat, red lentile, rice or pounded wheat (usually rice) tomatoe paste, onions, flour, olive oil, blackpeper, salt, dried mint. Cack It is a kind of side dish or meze made with yoghurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil, mint or dill preferably but it is also very good to consume as a cold soup in the summer time. A kind of meze or side dish made with yoghurt and cucumber. A cheap but delicious and nutricious meal of kuru fasulye (beans soup) pilav (rice) and cackis enough to make stanbullu happy. Domates orbas Tomato soup. kembe orbas Tripe soup is a very popular Bulgarian soup in Balkan countries like Turkey, Macedonia, Hungary and Romania. According to popular belief, ikembe orbas is one of the best solutions to hangover due to the combination of liquid, salt, vinegar, and oil used in the preparation. Ingredients are tripe, salt, water, egg yolks, flour, vinegar, garlic, butter, cayenne. Here are the most popular ikembeci in stanbul: Apik kembe in Dolapdere, Lale kembecisi www.istanbul-pedia.com 183
in Beyolu, Uur-1 Fenerbahe kembecisi in Kzltoprak, Tarihi (historical) Hali kembecisi in Hali, ah kembecisi in Ortaky, Geyikli kembe Salonu in Kasmpaa, Rumeli kembecisi in alayan, Sindoma Aiyan in Kzltoprak, Mesire kembe Salonu in Saryer. Kelle Paa orbas A kind of soup made from boiled sheeps head and trotter. It is one of the solutions to hangover. Mantar orbas Mushroom soup. Mercimek orbas Red lentile soup. stanbullu loves this delicious and healthy soup. It has two types. One is a regular soup, the other one is strained, szme mercimek orbas. It is one of the main meals you might come across on the menu wherever you go. Ingredients are red lentile, onion, potato, carrot, oil, tomato paste, salt, dry mint. Butter, red pepper, hot red pepper is used for garnish. Ingredients are red lentile, onion, potato, carrot, oil, tomato paste, salt, dry mint. Butter, red pepper, hot red pepper for garnish. Paa orbas Sheeps trotter, a kind of soup made of trotter, onion and garlic. Sebze orbas Vegetable soup. Tarhana orbas A kind of delicious and healthy soup made by drying a mixture of yoghurt, mint, red pepper, green pepper, tomato and onion in the sun and grinding this mixture to make the soup. It is believed that it was invented by nomadic Turks as they needed the preserve food for a long time. Yayla orbas A kind of soup made with rice, butter, yoghurt and mint. Yuvalama Yuvalama is originally a Southeastern soup but it is also very people for Istanbullu. It is made with chickpeas, yohurt, meat, eggs, butter, mint and some spices. It is usually served before kebab meals. Here are the most popular orba restaurants for stanbullu:
Apik kembe Dereboyu Cad. No:79 Tel:0212 250 Dolapdere Beyolu By orbac Yeni ar Cad. No:8/A Beyolu bycorbaci.com.tr orba da orba Ataehir orba Ekmek Havyar Sok. No:38/1 Cihangir Beyolu corbaekmek.com Fishofnorth Dereboyu Cad. No:104/2 Mecidiyeky fishofnorth.com Hnkar Mim Kemal ke Cad. No:21 Nianta Tel:0212 225 46 65 Nispetiye Cad. No:52/4 Etiler Tel:0212 287 47 70 Kanaat Lokantas Selmanpak Cad. skdar Kr iei Muallim Naci Cad. No:41 Ortaky Beikta kircicegi.com.tr Kr Agop rdeki Bakkal Sok. Kumkap Lale Tarlaba Bulvar No:13 Beyolu Tel:0212 252 6969 Panino Gusto stinye Park Maslak Tel:0212 345 5420 Sarhan kembe ncirli Cad. No:25 Bakrky sarihaniskembe.com Shorba Istanbul Ata Plaza 3 Arkadl ar No:3/5 Ataehir Tel:0216 456 49 22 Badat Cad. Eker Apt. No:368 / 1 aknbakkal Kadky shorbaistanbul.com ayan Yldz Posta Cad. No:46/47 Esentepe Tel:0212 211 30 89 Tarihi Hali kembebecisi Abdlezel Paa Cad. No:315 Fener haliciskembecisi.com Tura Restaurant raan Cad. No:84 Kempinski Oteli Beikta Tel:0212 326 4646 Zazie Atiye Sok. No:7/2 Tevikiye Tel:0212 231 8781Zuppa Rio De Janerio Cad. Ataky 3. Ksm Bakrky Tel:0212 661 47 77
SPECIAL OCCASIONS & DAYS Christmas Christmas, Noel, Surp Dzununt (on the 6th of January, in Armenian) is
celebrated in these churches in stanbul. Catholic community in stanbul: Saint Espirit in ili, Saint Antuan in Beyolu, Sain Benoit in Beyolu. Orthodox Greek community in stanbul: Aya Yorgi in Bykada, Aya Triada in Heybeliada, Aya Foka in Ortaky, Taksiars in Arnavutky, Aya Yorgi in Bakrky, Aya Stefanos in Yeilky, Aya Triada in Taksim, Aya Triada in Kadky. Gaant Gaant is New Years Day in Armenian celebrated on the 6th of January. Gaant refers to a rich dining table which all the family members get together around and sit until the midnight. The most popular meals of this table are fish, dolma, stuffed grape leaves, stuffed mussel, topik, turkey and anuabur. In the morning of the new years day, men open their shops for a few hours, break a pomogrenate and spill it around in the shop for abundance the whole year. Labour Day 1 Mays, i (worker) Bayram, Labours Day is celebrated on the same day as the world. Labour Day was first officially celebrated in 1923 in the same year the Republic of Turkey was founded. The most tragic year was 1977 when 37 workers were killed by snipers in Taksim Avenue. Ever since, Taksim was closed to demonstrations for Labours Day until 2009. Mothers & Fathers Day Anneler Gn, Mothers Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. Babalar Gn, Fathers Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of June. New Years Day Although New Years celebration doesnt take part in Turkish culture it is commonly celebrated at homes and entertainment establishments to welcome the new year. stanbul as a world city offers many choices for visitors and stanbullu. You can join the New Year parties in the hotels, restaurants or clubs or enjoy the fireworks by the Bosphorus. Taksim, the most attractive part of the city, is the center of the New Year celebrations. November 10th, Rememberance Day 10 Kasm, November 10th is commemorating of Mustafa Kemal Atatrk who died on November 10th, 1938. Every 10 November at 09:05, the moment he died, people stand still, traffic stops and the drivers use the horns, an sirens are played for one minute. Teachers Day retmenler Gn, Teachers Day is celebrated on 24th of November. Valentines Day Sevgililer Gn, literally Lovers Day is the Valentines Day. This day just like the whole world is celebrated by the couples in stanbul. You can buy roses from the gypsy sellers on the streets. Remember that making a bargain always works on the street. STARBUCKS Starbucks on the Asian Side
Akatlar Club Sporium Beikta Akatlar Mah. Cumhuriyet Cad. No:4 Beikta Tel:0212
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SULTANAHMET Guide The Hippodrome, At Meydan or Sultanahmet Meydan, the most important tourist attraction in Istanbul today was the social and sporting center of Constantinople with a horse-racing track as a common pastime feature of the Hellenistic and Roman eras. During the Roman times, in the area was the imperial palace called The Big Palace located near the Hippodrome reaching over to the seaside. The only remainings of the Roman times are the walls, mosaic ground of the palace, Cistern, Constantin Column and Serpentine Column (Snake Column). There is only a mosaic layer left from the palace today, which you can see in the Mosaic Museum near the Arasta Bazaar. The main atrractions in the avenue are Hagia Sophia, Topkap Palace, Sultan Ahmet Mosque or the Blue Mosque, Arasta Bazaar, Mosaic Museum, Cistern and Museum of Turkish Islamic Art. Did you know? One of the most attractive monuments in the avenue was four bronze horses pulling the chariot called Quadriga, chariot of victory. The bronze statue was moved to Venecia during the fourth Crusade. Sultanahmet was a base for the hippies going to India in the 60s. The pudding shop, Lale Restaurant was famous for their hippi customers. Ahrkap, Fatih The neighbourhood near the Topkap Palace. The name comes from ahr, the stables of the Topkap Palace and kap, one of the main gates of the walls. It was also in the the gardens of the Managai Palace and Bukeleon Palace during the Roman period. This part of the city is known as one of the important archeological sites of the city. Today Ahrkap is most well-known by the gypsy population, Ahrkap Roman Orkestras and Hdrellez (Spring) Festival. Ahrkap Roman Orkestras www.ahirkapi.com Arasta Bazaar See ARASTA BAZAAR Beyazt Meydan Built in 393 B.C during the reign of Teodosius as the biggest avenue in the city, Beyazt Meydan today is one of the busiests parts of stanbul with the shopping centers around, the stanbul University and historical buildings. It was called Form Tauri in the Roman times because there was a big monument of the statue of the emperor with bronze bull heads, which there are only a few marble blocks kept today. One of the important buildings in the avenue is the Istanbul University located in the same place that Fatih Mehmet Sultan, Mehmet II the Conquerer built the first Ottoman palace after the conquest of Constantinople. The avenue also hosts the Beyazt Fire Tower built in the 19th
century and a madrassah, hamam and sahaf, old book shops remained of the complex of Beyazt Mosque built in the 15th century. The avenue is most famous for the demonstrations during the Ottoman period , student movements and the demonstrations after the Friday pray at the Beyazt Mosque. How to get there? You can get there by tramvay, street car running from Kabata, Karaky, Sirkeci and Sultanahmet or on foot enjoying the street. City Walls stanbul today refers to the whole city but actually Istanbul, Constantinople was the city inside the walls built during the Byzantine period. Today the walls surrounding the old city has two parts: Sea walls along the Marmara shores (total length is 8,5 km.) and Land walls between Yedikule and the Golden Horn. Beside the walls around the historical peninsula there were also walls around Galata (Karakoy andBeyoglu today) and Kadikoy on the Asian side. Galata walls disappeared probably because it was (and is) an important port and become urbanized many times. Stones from Kadikoy (or Chalcedon) walls were carried to the European side to built new buildings in the city during the Roman and Ottoman period. Istanbul walls were constructed by Constantine the Great, the founder of the city, in the 4th century and Theodosius in the 5th century and frequently restored in the Byzantine period because it was vital for Byzantians to protect the city in the age of city states. Unlike Byzantine, the walls in the Ottoman period lost its importance, due to the age and impossibilty of a danger from the sea and land. Therefore, only the walls underneath the Topkapi Palace were restored. Coppersmiths Bazaar, Beyazt A market, literally Coppersmiths Bazaar, located near stanbul niversitesi in Beyazt. Coppersmiths still sell copper goods such as boilers, pots, pans, kettles, buckets, tray etc made both traditional and modern way. Galata Bedesteni / Fatih ars, Fatih A square-shaped (unlike other rectengualar bazaars) market built in 15th century by Mehmet II the Conquerer after the conquest of Constantinople. It was the biggest trade building constructed in the old city after the conquest and it made the area a trade site with the shops and hans built around. This building, built as a bedesten (shops sold valuable goods) in the beginning to support the Hagia Sophia foundation financially, today is used mostly by the hardware shops. Galata Bedesteni was restored in 1966 but it lost the original structure and the roots of very old tree roots in the yard during the restoration. Grand Bazaar See GRAND BAZAAR Kumkap Kumkap, a well-known neighbourhood located near Sultanahmet, Fatih by the Marmara Sea, is a famous area for fish restaurants where you can go for a lovely Turkish night with rak-balk meal and the local music by the gypsy musicians. www.istanbul-pedia.com 189
Kumkap was first founded as a fishing village during Byzantine times. The harbour was a common destination for sailors, who lived and worked on their boats during the day, made the area their first stop in the evenings. As such, Kumkap became the centre of meyhane culture, until today. Here are some of the popular Kumkap restaurants:
Kalamar Restoran kalamar.com.tr Afrodit Restoran afroditrestaurant.com.tr Ege Restoran egerestoran.com Yenge Restoran yengecrestaurant.com Sandal Restoran sandalrestaurant.com Evren Restoran evrenrestaurant.com Okyanus Restoran okyanusrest.com
Soukeme Soka A small street with historic Ottoman houses located between Hagia Sophia and Topkap Palace in the Sultanahmet neighbourhood. Sultan Ahmet Kftecisi A popular kfte restaurant with branches all over the city. The most popular menu is kfte, piyaz and irmik helvas. In addition to kfte meals, you can also have lamb and chicken meals. Sultanahmet kftecisi is very popular for both stanbullu and the tourists visiting stanbul. www.sultanahmetkoftecisi.com.tr Sahaflar ars The oldest Sahaflar ars in stanbul is the one in Beyazt located between Kapalar (Grand Bazaar) and Beyazt Camii. When the construction was completed in 1460 some shops were allocated to book sellers. Due to the big stanbul earthquake in 1894 the bookshops had to move where they are today. Old book sellers during the Ottoman Empire were affiliated with the guild of sahaf. They had ranks such as master, experienced apprentice and apprentice and also they opened the shops with a prayer every morning, just like other jobs. Sirkeci An area in Eminn, Fatih on the European side; Train station on the European side. Sirkeci Gar Sirkeci Train Staion is one of the two terminus in stanbul. It was built by the German architect August Jachmund during the reign of Abdlhamit II in 1890. Orient Express departing from Paris carried passengers to Sirkeci for a long time from 1893 to 1977 and also the station took place in the famous book, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. Did you know? Topkap Palace is the only palace in the world which a railway passes through? SURVIVAL TURKISH Bilmek To know. Banka nerede, biliyor musunuz? Do you know where the bank is? bilgi information/knowledge ok az Trke biliyorum. I know very little Turkish. Trke bilmiyorum. I dont know Turkish. ngilizce biliyor musun? Do you know English? Demek To mean; to say. Ne demek? What does it mean? Masa ne demek? What does masa mean? Ne diyor? What does he say? What is he saying? Ne diyorsun? What do you say? What are you saying? Ne dersin? What do you say/think? How
about this? stemek To want, would like. (Bir) ay istiyorum. I want/would like a tea. (Bir) ay istemiyorum. I dont want a tea. (Bir) ay istiyor musun? Do you want a tea? (Bir) ay ister misin? Would you like a tea? (Bir) ay ister misiniz? Would you like a tea? (Formal) Ka How many, the question for numbers, quantity. Saat ka? What time is it? Ka saat? How many hours? Ka kere? How many times? Ka kii? How many people? Ka para? How much money? Ka tane? How many? Ka yanda? How old? Nasl How; what kind, type e.g. Nasl bir film? Nasl gidiyor? How is it going? How are things? The answer is yi gidiyor. Its going well. Fena deil. Not bad. Naslsn? How are you? Also Naslsnz is more polite. The answer is yiyim, sa ol. I am fine, thanks. Sen naslsn / Siz naslsnz? How ARE you? Ne What. Bu ne? Whats this? O ne? Whats that? . . . ne demek? What does . . . mean? Nere Where: Nerede where (at) nerede where (from) nereli where from nereye where (to) Nerelisin? Where are you from? A typical translation mistake is Nereden geliyorsun? which means Where are you coming from? Transportation Taksimden geer mi? Does it pass from Taksim? Bir kii ka para? How much per person? necek var. Literally it means There is someone to get off. Sada ltfen. On the right please. Sada inebilir miyim? Can I get off on the right? Var There is e.g. Para var; have used for possession e.g. Problem var. There is a problem. Problem var m? Is there a problem? Problem yok. There is no problem. Yardm Help. Yardm etmek to help Yardm edebilir miyim? Can I help? Yardm edebilir misin? Can you help? Yardm lazm. Help is needed, I need help. Yardm lazm m? Is help needed? Do you need help? Nasl yardm edebilirim? How can I help? Yok There isnt/arent. Problem var m? Is there a problem? Hayr, yok. No, there isnt. Problem yok. No problem. SWIMMING POOLS Havuz Spring is in the air and summer is just around the corner. Its going to be hot in Istanbul very soon and time to find a swimming pool or beach club around the city. Although Istanbul is usually known as a historical city, but the city offers nice sandy beaches on the northern coast of the city especially along Sile on the Asian side and Kilyos on the European side. Not to mention the swimming pools in and around the city. Here we have made a list of some of the swimming pools and beach clubs we think you might want to have a look. Enjoy your summer!
Mayadorm Sports Center ekmeky mayadromsports.com The Marmara Hotel stanbul Taksim themarmarahotels.com The Hyatt Regency Hotel Taksim
istanbul.regency.hyatt.com Swissotel The Bosphorus Maka swissotel.com.tr The raan Palace Kempinski Beikta kempinski-istanbul.com Hillside City Club Trio Kozyata hillsidecityclub.com nar Hotel Yeilky cinarhotel.com.tr Conrad stanbul Beikta Ceylan Intercontinental Taksim intercontinental.com Hilton stanbul Harbiye hilton.com.tr Four Seasons Hotel Bosphorus Beikta fourseasons.com Suada Kurueme suada.com.tr Les Ottomans Kurueme lesottomans.com Parkorman Maslak parkorman.com.tr Donjon Rumelihisar donjon.com.tr Grand Cevahir Otel ili grandcevahirhotel.com Divan Kurueme Kurueme divan.com.tr Sheraton stanbul Ataky Dalyan Club Fenerbahe dalyanclub.com Polat Renaissance Yeilyurt polatrenaissance.com.tr
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TAVERN See MEYHANE TAVUK See CHICKEN TEA ay Traditionally tea is made in a teapot or samovar and served in a small glass called ince belli, thin-wasted. Tea is drunk ak (a little tea and a lot of water) or demli (a lot of tea and a little water). Also warm tea for children is called paa ay. It is the drink in traditional Turkish breakfast. Ada ay Sage tea. ay Bahesi Open-air cafe, tea garden where tea, coffee and other beverages and fastfood like toast or sandwich are served to stanbullu. You can go to the tea gardens (naralt) by the Bosphorus and have tea, coffee or play backgammon with other stanbullu. Dem Breath, smell; essence; strong tea. Dem, demli is used for strong tea e.g. demli ay. Ihlamur Linden tree; a hot drink made from the flowers of linden tree. nce Belli Thin, slim waisted; a name given to tea glass. Kuburnu Rose hip. Tea Dictionary Ak bir ay ltfen. A weak tea, please. Ak bir ay alabilir miyim? Can I have a weak tea? Ak olsun. (Make it) weak please. ay alabilir miyim? Can I have a ay? ay istiyorum. I would like a ay. ay var m? Do you have any ay? ay bahesi open-air cafe, tea garden where tea, coffee and other beverages and fastfood like toast , sandwich are served ayc tea maker, seller ay demlemek to make tea demlik tea pot demli strong (tea) paa ay warm tea for children semaver samovar tavan kan rabbit bloof tea, well-made tea in the color of red tiryaki addicted, inveterate TEKEL Liquor & Tobacco Shop Monopoly; liquor shop where tobacco, liquors and similar products are sold. The word tekel means monopoly coming from the Turkish State Liquor and Tobacco Monopoly. These shops sold tekel products before privatisation, therefore they are called tekel shops. TESPH Beads Prayer beads. Tespih is usually made of 17, 33, 99, 108, 500, 1000 beads and used to count the names of God. It is also a good way for relaxation. Parts of a tespih are:
Boncuk Beads. mame Large bead through which the two ends of a string of prayer beads are passed and then tied to a tassel.
THEATRES Tiyatro The first theatre in Turkey was Saray Tiyatrosu. It was built in Kabata in the reign of the Sultan Abdlmecid in the 19th century. The first performance was Belle Helene operet by an Austrian troupe. Afife Jale, The First Muslim Acctress Afife Jale (1902 1941) is the first Muslim actress in Turkish theatre. In times when Muslim Turkish women were not allowed to act in theatre, Afife Jale confronted all the problems head on, including family pressure and became an actress but her life ended in misery at the Bakrky Mental Hospital in 1941. Today there is a theatre stage in Ortaky, Beikta in memory of her. Afife Jale Sahnesi (Stage) Dereboyu Cad. Dere kmaz Sok. No:1 Ortaky, Beikta Tel:0212 261 27 91 www.afife.org Theatres on the European Side
Aziz Nesin Sahnesi Bakrky Ada Kltr Merkezi Beyolu Akatlar Kltr Merkezi Etiler Aksanat Prodksiyon Tiyatrosu Beyolu Ali Poyrazolu Tiyatrosu Sanat, Levent Ali Poyrazolu Tiyatrosu Taksim Altan Erbulak Sahnesi Bakrky Atatrk Kltr Merkezi Taksim Aziz Nesin Sahnesi AKM Taksim Bahelievler Belediye Tiyatrosu Bahelievler Beikta Kltr Merkezi-BKM Beikta Bilsak Tiyatro Atlyesi Cihangir Bizim Tiyatro Galatasaray Cemal Reit Rey Konser Salonu Harbiye evre Tiyatrosu Kocamustafapaa Dostlar Tiyatrosu Tnel Dn Sahnesi Beyolu Efe Sanat Evi Mecidiyeky Fatih Reat Nuri Sahnesi Fatih Gnl lk-Gazenfer zcan Tiyatrosu ili Hadi aman Tiyatrosu Nianta Hamdi Saver Tiyatro Salonu Ortaky Harbiye Cep Tiyatrosu Harbiye Harbiye Muhsin Erturul Sahnesi Harbiye stanbul Devlet Tiyatrosu Taksim stanbul Sanat Merkezi Tarlaba Kenter Tiyatrosu Harbiye Kumkap Sahnesi Tarlaba Levent Krca-Oya Baar Tiyatrosu Beikta Maya Taksim Muammer Karaca Tiyatrosu Beyolu Muhsin Erturul Sahnesi Harbiye Nejat Uygur Tiyatrosu Oda Tiyatrosu AKM, Taksim Orta Oyuncular Beyolu Ortaky Afife Jale Sahnesi Ortaky Oyuncular Beyolu Profilo Kltr Merkezi Mecidiyeky Sadri Alk Tiyatrosu Beyolu Stdyo Tiyatrosu ili Taksim Sahnesi Taksim Tiyatro Boazii Bebek Tiyatro Oyunevi (SM) Beyolu Tiyatro Pera Taksim Tiyatrokare ili Yasemin Yaln Tiyatrosu Beikta Yunus Emre Kltr Merkezi Ataky Zbeyde Hanm Sahnesi Fndkzade
Theatres on the Asian Side

A.F.L Kltr Merkezi Gztepe Abdullah ahin Nokta Tiyatrosu Kadky Bar Mano Kltr Merkezi Kadky ada Sahne Kadky Duru Tiyatro Moda Enis Fosforolu Tiyatrosu skdar Gaziosmanpaa Sahnesi mraniye Haldun Taner Sahnesi Kadky Hasan Ali Ycel Kltr Merkezi Kartal Kadky Belediyesi Halis Kurta Kltr Merkezi Gztepe Kadky Halk Eitim Merkezi Kadky Kartal Sanat lii Tiyatrosu Pendik Kartal Sanat Tiyatrosu Kartal Masal Gerek Tiyatrosu Bahariye, Kadky Mjdat Gezen ocuk Tiyatrosu Altunizade Mjdat Gezen Tiyatrosu Kadky Oyun Atlyesi Moda Pendik Kltr Merkezi Pendik Salih Kalyon Tiyatrosu Altunizade Tevfik Gelembe Tiyatrosu Kadky Tiyatro Fora Kadky mraniye Sahnesi mraniye skdar Musahipzade Celal Sahnesi skdar Yayla Sanat Merkezi Maltepe
THEME PARKS
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THINGS TO DO IN ISTANBUL
Have a Boza at the Vefa Bozacs Have a salep on the ferry in winter Go on a Bosphorus tour Go for walks along the both sides of the Bosphorus, Eminonu to Sultanahmet following the tram street, Eminonu to Grand Bazaar following the market area, Taksim to Tnel along the Istiklal Street, along the Golden Horn, around Bykada See a dance show in Hocapaa Culture Center in Sirkeci Have a bath at one of the traditional hamams Have a meal at the iek Pasaj in Beyolu Have a drink at the Nevizade Street Have a rak-balk meal in Kumkap or the Bosphorus Have a tea or coffee in Ortaky enjoying the Bosphorus, Ortaky Mosque and Bosphorus Bridge Go to a concert at the Rumelihisar in August Take panoramic Bosphorus photos from the Galata Tower Have a meal at one of the restaurants at the Galata Bridge Dig Tahtakale shopping area (behind the Egyptian market) to find cheap but nice stuff Go shopping in the Bagdat Street on the Asian side Go to amlca Hill, have a tea or coffee enjoying the panoramic Bosphorus view Walk up to the Ycetepe Hill in Bykada to visit Aya Yorgi Church and have a meal at the open-air restaurant Take a bus to the other side through the Bosphorus Bridge Have a tea or coffee in Salacak in skdar and take photos of the Old City Have a balik ekmek (fish sandwich) in Eminonu Takae a Bosphorus ferry from Eminonu and have a raki-balik meal in Anadolukava or Rumelikava Have a lovely breakfast at Suti in Emirgan and drink tea at the Sar Kk in Emirgan Park Have a meal at the Gar Restaurant at Haydarpaa Train Station Enjoy Istanbul view in 360 degrees from the Sapphire Observation Deck Walk around in Balat Have breakfast in Fenerbahce and go for a walk along the coast up to Bostanc
Go to a Fenerbahe Galatasaray derby game in either the Fenerbahe kr Saraolu or Turkcell Arena Satdium Have a lovely breakfast at the Hidiv Kasri in Kanlca, Beykoz
Walk around in Kadky Fish market, have a meal at the iya Restaurant and walk to
Moda for a cup of tea or coffee
TIMELINE OF STANBUL
7000 BC Neolithic fishing settlements in Kadky, Pendik and Yarmburgaz 750 BC Greeks sailed through the Bosphorus. 667 BC Byzantium was founded. 676 BC Greek colony of Chalcedon founded in Kadky today. 64 BC Pompeius captured Byzantium and it became a province in the Roman Empire. 324 Constantine became emperor of the Roman Empire. 326 Constantine founded Constantinople and incorporated Byzantium into a new city. 330 Constantine made it the new capital of the Roman Empire. 395 Emperor Theodosius I died. The Empire was divided into an eastern and western half. The eastern half was centered in Constantinople. 408 During the reign of Emperor Theododius II the construction began on the new city walls. 476 The fall of the western half of the Roman Empire. 532 Nika riots in Constantinople. Up to 30.000 people were killed in the Hippodrome. 537 Construction of Hagia Sophia, ordered by Emperor Justinian, was completed. 745 7 Bubonic plague wipes out one third of the city. 976 - 1025 Reign of Byzantine Emperor Basil II under whose reign the Empire reached its greatest height. 1071 Seluk army conquered Anatolia. 1096 The First Crusade reached Constantinople, helped recapture lands lost to the Seluks. 1202 An army gathered in Venice for the Fourth Crusade. 1204 The Fourth Crusade conquered Constantinople. 1261Micahel VIII Palaeologus recovered Constantinople from the Latin Empire and transformed the Empire of Nicaea into restored Byzantine Empire. 1301 Osman I founded the Ottoman Empire. 1321 This year marked the start of a devastating 33-year Byzantine civil war. 1348 The Galata Tower was built to watch over the Pera district. 1394 1442 Ottomans besieged Constantinople four times. 1453 Mehmet II conquered Constantinople and declared it the capital of the Ottoman Empire. 1455 The construction of the Grand Bazaar started. 1478 The Topkap palace was completed. 1492 Spains exiled Jewish population was invited by Beyazt II to settle in stanbul. 1517 Selim the Grim captured Cairo and appointed himself Caliph of all slam. 1520 - 1566 Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent. Ottoman Empire reached its zenith. 1556 Inauguration of the Sleymaniye mosque by architect Sinan. Beginning of the rule of women
1616 After eight years of construction, the Blue Mosque was finished. 1622 Janissaries murdered Osman II. 1699 The loss of Hungary in the Treaty of Karlowitz marked the beginning the Ottoman Empire withdrawal from Europe. 1651 1783 Janissaries revolted 11 more times. 1778 Plague wipes out one third of the city. 1807 Big part of the city destroyed during the Janissary revolt vs Mahmut II. 1826 Janissaries destroyed by Mahmut II. 1845 The first wooden Galata bridge spaned the Golden Horn. 1853 Dolmabahe Palace is completed. 1854 The first stanbul stock exchange opened. 1854 1856 Crimean Was and revolts against Ottoman rule in the Balkans. 1856 Abdlmecit I left Tokap Palace and moved to the new Dolmabahe Palace. 1875 The Tnel-metro, the third metro worldwide was inaugurated in Galata. 1877 First Ottoman Parliament. 1878 Russians siezed Balkans. Abdlhamit closed parliament and ruled by decree. 1885 The Orient Express pulls into stanbul 1899 Young Turks groups formed in military. 1908 First elections. CUP emerges victorious. 1912 First Balkan War. 1913 Second Balkan War. 1914 Ottomans entered WWI on German side. 1915 Allied forces landed in Gallipoli but had to retreat. 1919 Atatrk declared independent Turkey. 1919 1922 British and French troops occupied stanbul. 1920 Turkish Parliament was formed in Ankara. 1922 After two years of fighting, Turks forced Greece out of zmir. The Sultanate was abolished. 1923 Allied occupation of stanbul ended. Ankara declared capital of new republic. 1928 stanbul became the official name. 1935 1941 Turkey provided a safe haven for Jews fleeing the German Reich. 1936 Hagia Sofia became a museum. Restoration started. 1938 Atatrk died at 09:05 on November 10th in the Dolmabahe Palace. 1950 The first democratically elected Turkish government. 1960 Prime Minister Adnan Menderes deposed in coup, hanged following year. 1971 Instability in the government and extremism prompted a second army coup. 1973 First suspension bridge over the Bosphorus was built. 1980 Warring between left and right groups prompted military coup. Over a 100.000 arrested. 1983 Growth of shanty towns on outskirts of stanbul moves in from rural areas. 1999 The population of stanbul quarupled in 20 years time from 2.7 million in 1980 to 11.8 million. On August 17, an earthquake devastated parts of stanbul and Northwest Turkey. Over 17,000 people died. 2002 Turkey endend third in the Fifa World Cup. AKP, under the leadership Recep Tayyip Erdoan received 34% of the votes in the 2002 general elections. 2003 Turkey wins the Eurovision Song Contest with Every way that I can by Sertab
Erener. 2005 Introduction of the New Turkish Lira (YTL) 6 zeros on the bank notes are dropped. 2007 Abdullah Gl elected president of Turkey.
TOPKAPI PALACE Topkap Saray One of the most popular attractions in Istanbul, located on hill 1 of 7 hills, the Seraglio (Sarayburnu) Point, overlooking the Golden Horn, Marmara Sea and Bosphorus. The palace was built in 14591465 after the conquest and served the Ottoman Empire until 1856 when the palace was moved to the Dolmabahe Palace along the Bosphorus coast. Facts & Figures The name translates as "Cannon Gate Palace" from a nearby gate which has since been destroyed. The palace was built over the acropolis of the ancient Byzantion. The total size of the complex varies from around 592,600 square meters to 700,000 square meters. The palace is among the monuments contained within the "Historic areas of Istanbul, which became a UNESCO world Heritage in 1985. The palace contains important holy relics of the Muslim world, including the Prophet Muhammed's cloak and sword. The Topkap Palace was transformed into a museum in 1924. Did you know? The resort hotel World of Wonders Resorts & Hotels Topkap Palace in Antalya is a reconstruction of the Topkap Palace. TRANSPORTATION Ulam Akbil A gadget used throughout stanbul to pay for all kinds of transportation such as bus, ferry, sea bus, metro, train, tram and boat. In 1995 a pilot project was run on double-decker buses, and in time the akbil replaced paper tickets on public transport throughout stanbul. Soon a card called "stanbulKart" will be introduced for public transport in stanbul. Araba Vapuru A ferry with ramps which can be lowered and lifted at both ends to carry vehicles. There are 18 different types of ferries running between Sirkeci on the European side and Harem on the the Asian side. Did you know that the first Araba vapuru in the world was put into service in 1871 by Hseyin Haki Efendi, the manager of the ferry company, irket-i Hayriye? ift Katl (Otobs) Double-decker bus. Deniz Otobs Seabus. Seabus service in stanbul started with two seabuses in 1987 in addition to ferries. Today there are 25 seabuses running in and outside of stanbul. Seabus Termianls on the European side: Yenikap, Bakrky, Avclar, Bykekmece, Kabata, stinye, Saryer, Eminn - Boaz skelesi Seabus Termianls on the European side: Kadky, Bostanc, Maltepe, Pendik,
Kartal, Beykoz, Burgazada, Knalada, Heybeliada, Bykada Dolmu Shuttle, van for 8 people or minibus that runs between two certain routes. Dolmu collects passengers on the street or at the dolmu stops. The driver leaves when it is filled up with passengers. Passengers pay the fare when getting on the dolmu whereas they pay before getting off in some cities in Turkey. Dolmu system is a Turkish invention starting in the 1930s in stanbul and subsequently spread all over the country. First dolmues were made of different brands of cars until the Marshall plan aid after the World War II. Big American cars such as Desoto, Playmouth, Dodge, Chevrolet and Buick sent to Turkey in accordance with the aid. These cars were also used dolmu but the cars were small for public transportation. Thus they were cut and made longer for 8 people. These cars were in service until the 90s but then they were replaced with modern vans that are used today. Durak (Otobs, dolmu, taksi) stop. Halk Otobs Public buses in orange. They are run privately and it is one of the means of public transportations in stanbul, which is a very crowded city but has a very good transportation system. You can use akbil or pay for the ticket on this kind of buses. DO stanbul Deniz Otobsleri A.. stanbul Sea Bus Company. DO was founded in 1987 by stanbul Metropolitan Municipality in order to provide alternate commuting services for stanbullu. Before DO was founded, the sea transportation service provided by State owned Turkish Maritime Organization Inc. DO is serving with 86 ships on 33 lines between 86 points. Did you know that DO is the only company in the world that is carrying millions of passengers between two continents every year? www.ido.com.tr ETT stanbul Elektrik Tramvay ve Tnel irketi. The stanbul Electric Power, Funicular and Streetcar Board founded in 1869. Did you know that; ETT buses travel a distance of around 450,000 km. a day, making up a distance of 170 million km. a year, which means that they travel a distance of at least 10 times of the world's perimeter in a single day. The ETT buses travel back and forth between their first and last stops 5 million times in a month. ETT buses stop at approximately 8000 points for taking or dropping passengers. Approximately 1,3 million trips per day and 500 million trips per year are being made on ETT buses. www.iett.gov.tr skele Seaport, station where ferries and boats dock. www.istanbul-pedia.com 199
Ferry stations on the Islands: Knalada, Burgazada, Heybeliada, Bykada Ferry stations on the Asian side: Anadoluhisar, Anadolukava, Beykoz, Beylerbeyi, Bostanc, engelky, ubuklu, Harem, Haydarpaa, Kadky, Kandilli, Kanlca, Kuzguncuk, Paabahe, skdar Ferry stations on the European side: Arnavutky, Ayvansaray, Balat, Bebek, Beikta, Bykdere, Eminn, Emirgan, Eyp, Fener, stinye, Kabata, Karaky, Kasmpaa, Ortaky, Rumelikava, Saryer, Sirkeci, Stlce, Yeniky Marmaray The railway tube project that connects Europe and Asia under the Bosphorus between skdar on the Asian side and Yenikap on the European side. www.marmaray.org Metrobs A guided, rapid bus system that has its own route. Minibs Minibus used as a shuttle that runs between certain routes. Just like dolmu, minibs also collects passengers on the street or at the stop. Passengers pay the fare when getting on the minibs in stanbul whereas they pay before they get off in some cities in Turkey. Concerning the dense population of stanbul minibs may sound like a useful mean of transportation. However, it is not a modern way to carry passengers in practice. Motor Boats running across the Bosphorus in addition to ferries. You can take a motor from Kadky, skdar, Beikta, Kabata and Eminn. Otogar Bus station, bus depot for intercity buses. There are two main otogars in stanbul: Harem on the Asian side and Esenler on the European side. Taksi Taxi. According to the official records, there are 18,000 registered taxis in stanbul. There are also 25,000 korsan (literally pirate, unregistered) taxis serving stanbullu. It seems the authorities take no notice of the pirate taxis considering the population of the city. Taksiyle.com is a free taxi price calculation service for istanbul and other major cities of Turkey. Service finds shortest path between two points, calculates distance using Google Maps API, estimates how much your cab fare will cost, finds nearest yellow taxi stations and draws directions on the istanbul map with only two clicks. Also lists common routes which used in airport transportation, points of interests in istanbul city center like public transportation stations, subways, ferry & bus terminals etc. http://taksiyle.com Teleferik Teleferic, ropeway, lift, cable car. There are two teleferics in stanbul running between Maka Takla and Eyp Pierre Loti. Tklm tklm Overcrowded, packed. Traffic Facts & Figures Here are some facts about the traffic in stanbul: In stanbul, 8,5 million stanbullu are using the public transportation and 3 million stanbullu are using their own cars every day? Thus 11,5 million stanbullu commute in the traffic every day.
89 % of stanbullu are using cars, buses and dolmu, 8% are using railways and 3% are using the sea transportation? 1,750,000 stanbullu are using minibs in 136 lines every day? 1,600,000 stanbullu are using service buses, 1,200,000 stanbullu are using taxis and dolmu every day? 3 million stanbullu are using their own cars every day? 930,000 stanbullu are using tram and trains every day? 265,000 stanbullu are using ferries and sea buses, 100,000 stanbullu are using private boats every day? Did you know that The first traffic accident happened in 1912? The driver of the Italian Embassy hit an Albanian man. Tramvay Tram, tramcar, streetcar, cable railway. 1869 Konstantin Krepano Efendi founded Dersaadet Tramvay irketi (Dersaadet Tram Company) and built railways on the streets. 1871 First tramcars that were pulled by horses started running between Azapkap-Galata, Aksaray-Yedikule, Aksaray-Topkap ve Eminn-Aksaray on the European side. Following years tramcars started in Salonica, Damascus, Baghdad, zmir and Konya. 1912 Balkan War started and the army bought the horses. Istanbul was left without tramcars for more than a year. 1914 Electrically operated tramcars put into service. 1939 The company was bought by the state. 1961 Tramcars stopped on the European side. 1966 Tramcars stopped on the Asian side. 1990 A nostalgic tramcar were put in service between Tnel and Taksim. 1992 Tramline started to run between Sirkeci, Aksaray and Topkap. 1994 Tramline started to run between Topkap and Zeytinburnu. 1996 Tramline started to run between Zeytinburnu and Kabata. Tnel Tunnel; the first metro built in stanbul in the 19th century. Tnel was built between Galata (Karaky) and Beyolu (stiklal Caddesi) in 1871-1874 during the reign of Sultan Abdlaziz. It is 573 metre long and takes 90 seconds to get to the other end. Did you know that stanbul metro is the 2nd oldest metro in the world after the London metro that was opened in 1863? 4.5-5 million stanbullu use Tnel every year? TUESDAY MARKET Sal Pazar A famous street market in Kadky on the Asian side, which recently moved to Hasanpaa in the same neighbourhood. Sal Pazar has been serving to stanbullu for over 80 years. It is not only a pazar where you can buy food, but also an open air ar where you can buy cheap but good quality textile products. www.istanbul-pedia.com 201
TULIP See FLOWERS TURKISH: CITY

Acil urgent; emergency e.g. acil k emergency exit acil servis emergency service Ak open e.g. Banka ak; sunny, open (air) e.g. Hava ak. Ak hava; weak (tea) e.g. ak bir ay; light (colour) e.g. ak mavi Ak white, leuco- (It is usually used as a prefix as leuco) e.g. Akdeniz, Akbank, Akehir. Beyaz is an Arabic word and it is used as an adjective meaning white e.g. beyaz bir ev, beyaz bir kedi, beyaz bir araba Ata ancestor, father used as a prefix e.g. Atatrk, Ataehir, Atakule Bahe garden e.g. ay bahesi Banka bank e.g. Bankas, Garanti Bankas k exit Duracak stop (electronical sign on the bus) Gazi veteran used for place names e.g. Gazipaa, Gazi Mahallesi Giri entrance Gie box office, ticket window Hane house, room used as a suffix e.g. dershane, yemekhane skele ferry station e.g. Karaky skelesi stasyon station, train station e.g. Haydarpaa Tren stasyonu Kpr bridge e.g. Boaz Kprs, Galata Kprs Merkez center e.g. spor merkezi, ehir merkezi Mze museum e.g. Arkeoloji Mzesi - olu the suffix added to Turkish surnames meaning son e.g. Aaolu, Sadkolu, Mftolu Otoyol highway ehir city
TURKISH COFFEE Trk Kahvesi Neither coffee nor the coffeehouse is the hearts behest, The heart seeks friendship coffee is a pretext. Anonymous Turkish coffee, Trk Kahvesi, is a coffee making method used by the Turks. There is a traditional way of making and offering of Turkish coffee. It is grinded as thin as flour, boiled with water and sugar (or without sugar) slowly in a copper cezve, coffee pot on a brasier and served in small cups. It is necessary to wait a little for the coffee ground to settle. Turkish coffee is served with water used to clean the mouth. Remember that Turkish coffee should be served kpkl, foamy. Coffee was first brought from Yemen to stanbul by a coffee-lover zdemir Paa during the reign of Kanuni Sultan Sleyman, Sultan Solomon the Magnificient. It soon became one of the tastes in the palace, then in the mansions and in public. The first cafe or kahvehane opened in Tahtakale and soon spreaded all over the city. These cafes changed the social life and consequently people got together in the cafes, played chess, backgammon, read poetry and talked literature. Turkish coffee was taken to the rest of the world by the tradesmen and statesmen visiting stanbul and it became a popular Turkish taste all over the world. Characteristics of Turkish Coffee Kuru Kahveci Mehmet Efendi is no doubt the most famous Turkish coffee brand serving Istanbullu since 1871 and all over the world since 1930s (www.mehmetefendi.com). Kuru Kahveci Mehmet Efendi say Turkish coffee: Is the worlds oldest coffee brewing method. Consists of foam, coffee and grounds. Remains on the palate longer than all other types of coffee thanks to its soft and velvety foam. Remains hot for a long time thanks to its delicious foam, which keeps its form for several minutes after the coffee is poured.
Cools much more slowly than other varieties of coffee as it is served in thin cups, thus prolonging the drinking pleasure. Has an unforgettable flavour thanks to its thick, syrupy consistency that stimulates the taste buds. Is thicker, softer and more aromatic than other types of coffee. Is easily discernible from other types of coffee due to its unique aroma and foam. Is the only coffee that can be boiled. Is the only coffee that can be used to predict the future. Is unique in that its grounds are left in the cup: the coffee is not filtered or strained because the grounds settle at the bottom of the cup. Does not have to be sweetened after it has been poured as the sugar is added during preparation. How to make Turkish Coffee Kuru Kahveci Mehmet Efendi says it only takes two minutes to prepare Turkish coffee: Use the coffee cup as a measuring cup, pour one cup of drinking water in the cezve per cup of Turkish Coffee (the quality of the water affects the quality of the coffee). Add two teaspoons of coffee (5 g) and two teaspoons of sugar (as desired) per cup. Blend the coffee and sugar with a spoon over a low flame. When the coffee boils over a second time, pour the remaining coffee into the coffee cups. Allow the remaining coffee to brew a while longer before adding it to the cups. It is customary to serve Turkish Coffee with a glass of water. The water prepares the mouth for the coffees flavour. When serving a large group, it is best to prepare semi-sweet Turkish coffee. Best Cafs for Turkish Coffee One of the top things to do during your Istanbul trip is ordering a Turkish coffee at a Turkish coffee shop in Istanbul, the city where the coffee was introduced to the whole world. Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi, Tahmis Sokak No:66 Eminn Mandabatmaz, Olivia Geidi No:1/A Beyolu ark Kahvesi, Yalklar Cad. No:134 Kapalar Nev-i Cafe, Abdul Ezel Pasa Cad. Haraba Sok. No: 2 Ayakap, Unkapan orlulu Ali Paa Medresesi, emberlita, Beyazt Niyazi Beyin Trk Kahvesi, Kadky Fish Market, Serasker Cad. No: 4/A Kadky Bebek Kahvesi, Located behind MacDonals, Bebek Kahve Dnyas / Coffee World Ceneviz Kafe, Fircaci Sok. No: 4 Galata Located near the Galata Tower www.istanbul-pedia.com 203
Fazil Beyin Trk Kahvesi, Kadikoy Fish Market, Serasker Cad. No:1 Kadky Located opposite Migros Pierre Loti Kahvesi, Eyup inaralt Kahvesi, engelky, skdar Sade Kahve, Rumelihisar, Saryer Fal, Fortune Telling See FAL Kraathane Caf usually serving coffee, tea or soft drinks. Formerly caf having a collection of newspapers magazines for its customers. Also kahvehane, kahve. The word is derived from an Arabic word kraat (to read) and a Farsi word hane (house) meaning a shop where customers read, drink beverages and chat. Today, with the change of social and economical life, kraathane, kahvehane or kahve has become places where unemployed or retired people go to spend time. Mostly the customers are male but there are also female customers in kraathane in the city center or around the universities where students spend time, play games or study. Turkish Cofffee Dictionary Az ekerli (kahve) coffee with little sugar cezve small
copper pot for making Turkish coffee dibek large stone or wooden mortar used to make Turkish coffee fal, kahve fal fortune telling falc fortune teller Gnl ne kahve ister ne kahvehane, gnl muhabbet ister kahve bahane. Neither coffee nor the coffeehouse is the hearts behest, The heart seeks friendship coffee is a pretext. kahverengi brown, coffee color kuru kahve freshly roasted and ground coffee before brewing, Turkish coffee orta (kahve) medium coffee ekerli (kahve) coffee with sugar telve coffee ground
Did you know? The origin of coffee is Kaffa in Ethiopia. Turkish coffee is the oldest coffee-making method. Turkish coffee is the only type of coffee that is served with the coffee ground. Coffee was brought to Turkey in the middle of 16th century and the first coffee shops opened in Tahtakale by Halepli Hakem in 1552 and Suriyeli (Syrian) emsi in 1554. The coffeshops then were cultural centers where polite and intellectual people attented.
TURKISH: DAYS Pazartesi Monday. Pazartesi is a combination of the Farsi word Pazar and Turkish word ertesi (next, following). Sal Arabic Tuesday. Sal comes from Hebrew and it means the third. aramba Farsi Wednesday. It comes from cehar-enbe (fourth day) in Farsi. Perembe Farsi Thursday. It comes from penc (five) enbe (day) in farsi. Cuma Arabic Friday. Cuma comes from the Arabic word cem, cuma (gathering). Friday is a holiday in Arab world when people gather in the mosques for Friday pray. It is quite possible to see stanbullu spilled over out of mosques on the streets on Fridays. Cuma namaz Friday pray Cuma pazar Friday market
Cumartesi Saturday. Cumartesi is a combination of the Arabic word Cuma and Turkish word ertesi (next, following). Pazar Farsi Sunday; street market. The word comes ba (food) and zar (place) in Farsi. Pazar also means street market. TURKISH DESSERTS Tatl There is a nice saying in Turkish: Tatli yiyelim, tatli konusalim Lets eat sweet, talk sweet. Its the best to describe the dessert culture in Turkey that offers many different types of desserts. Tatli, dessert, sweet, is not only part of the meal in Turkish culture, but also an offering to the guests visiting homes, celebration food at bayrams or even a farewell food after a person passed out. The most common types of Turkish desserts are: Pastry cooked in the oven and dressed with syrup and crunched dried fruits Thin layers of dough stuffed with dried fruits and cooked in the oven and dressed with syrup Desserts made by cooking milk and cereal Fruit desserts cooked and served with syrup and clotted cream Desserts cooked with flour and sugar like helva desserts Most Common Turkish Desserts Lets talk sweet now and start with the list of most common dessert you will find on the menu in Istanbul:
Aure see below ayva tatls quince dessert with syrup baklava see below burma a pastry with pistacio and syrup blbl yuvas nightingales nest; a dessert with dried fruit and syrup dilber duda belles lips, a dessert with dried fruit and syrup ekmek kadayf bread dessert, a dessert with syrup and served with clotted cream frnda stla rice pudding cooked in the oven glla see below hanm gbei ladys belly, a dessert with syrup incir tatls fig dessert irmik helvas see below kabak tatls pumpkin dessert kadayif a pastry dessert with a texture similar to that of shredded wheat served syrup kadayf dolmas a dessert with dried fruits and syrup kays dolmas stuffed apricot with dried fruit or clotted cream kazandibi see below Kemalpaa tatls a dessert with syrup kekl a milk pudding with coconut knefe a pastry with cheese and syrup lokma a syrupy friedcake lokum Turkish delight, see below profiterol see below revani a kind of cake with syrup sakzl muhallebi a pudding with mastic su muhallebisi see below stla rice pudding stl Nuriye Nuriye (a female name) with milk, see below ekerpare a desset with syrup biyet a dessert with syrup tavukgs chickenbreast, see below tulumba a syrup-soaked pastry vezir parma viziers finger, a dessert with syrup zerde a dessert with saffron
Ali Baba, Ice Cream Shop Ali Usta Famous ice cream shop in Moda, Kadky on the Asian side. If you ever ask what the best place is to buy ice cream in stanbul, one of the first answers would probably be Ali Usta, founded in 1968 and serving ice cream 365 days of the year since then. Ali Kumbasar, the founder, makes different types of ice cream using the same formula and real fruit. Ali Usta serves about more than 40 types of ice cream according to the season. Sahlep with ice cream is a popular winter product we recommend. Moda Caddesi No: 264/A Kadky www.istanbul-pedia.com 205
Aure Aure is a kind of pudding that is both associated with a religious holiday and eaten as an everday dessert. It is made with water, sugar, grains such as wheat, chickpeas, beans and rice, and also contains various fresh and dried fruits. Read more Badem Ezmesi Marzipan, a kind of sweet made from crushed almonds, sugar and lemon juice. One of the best places to try badem ezmesi in stanbul is Mehur Bebek Badem Ezmesi, which was founded in Bebek in 1904. Baklava One of the oldest known Turkish flaky pastry cut into diamond-shape and poured syrup. Did you know that There was a royal ceremony called Baklava Alay during the Ottoman Empire that the Sultan offered baklava to the whole Jannissary division as compliment in the middle of Ramazan month? A tray of baklava is the bet when stanbullu play football? Glla Gullac is one of the most popular Turkish desserts made with starch, milk, rose water and dried fruits. It was called gll a (food with rose) during the Ottoman period because the chefs used to add rose water to the dough made with corn starch. The name was mutated as glla in time. Gllolu, Saray Muhallebicisi, Sti are the best to try glla. Haci Bekir See HACI BEKR Helva Helva, halvah is a very simple but delicious dessert made from sugar, oil, flour or semolina. Helva is not only a delicious dessert, but it is also a ceremonial food cooked for special occasions such as birth, death, army service, pilgrimage to Mecca etc. Common types of helva are:
ball helva halvah with honey irmik helvas semolina halvah kasik helvasi spoon helvah pekmezli helva halvah with molasses peynirli helva halvah with cheese saray helvasi palace halvah su helvasi water halvah st helvasi halvah with milk tahin pekmez helvasi halvah with tahini and molasses un helvasi flour halvah
Kadayf A pastry dessert with a texture similar to that of shredded wheat. Most common kadayf desserts are kadayf dolmas (stuffed with dried fruit) and knefe. Kazandibi Kazandibi is a kind of milk pudding slightly burnt on the bottom. Literally it means bottom of the kettle. Knefe Kunefe is a kind of dessert with cheese and served with syrup. It is usually served after kebab. Lokma Lokma is a small, round, friedcake in the shape of small balls served with crunched walnut and syrup. Lokum Lokum, Turkish delight is no doubt the most famous Turkish delight. Common types of lokum are sade lokum plain lokum gll lokum lokum with rose water cevizli lokum lokum with walnut fndkl lokum lokum with hazel nut Antep fstkl lokum lokum with pistachio bademli lokum lokum wih almond limonlu lokum lokum with lemon
Muhallebi Muhallebi is milk pudding, a very simple dessert made of milk, sugar and rice starch. It is cooked plain or with cacao and sakz (mustic). Profiterol Profiterol is a kind of sweet made from cookies with cream topped with chocolate sauce. The best place to try profiterol is nci Pastanesi in stiklal Caddesi and Baylan in Kadky on the Asian side. Su Muhallebisi Su muhallebisi, water puding is a kind of very simple dessert made from starch, milk and water. After it is cooked, it is cooled in the fridge. Then the mixture is cut in square and served with rose water and nuts. Stla Stlac is a rice pudding made from rice, milk and sugar. It is served with cinnamon. There is also frnda stla (rice pudding cooked in the oven). Stl Nuriye Stl Nuriye (Nuriye is a female name) is a kind of baklava dressed with milk instead of sugar syrup. It is believed that it is called Nuriye because it was made by a woman called Nuriye. It is also called ihtilal baklavas (coup baklava) because it was made after 1980 military coup. Therefore, people used milk instead of sugar as it is cheaper considering the economical situation then. Tavukggs Tavukggs , chicken breast pudding is a kind of dessert made of milk, sugar, cracked rice, and chicken breast served with cinnamon. Zambo, Beyoglu ikolatas Zambo is popular chocolate with nuts sold in a bfe in stiklal Caddesi since 1950s. Zerde Zerde is a kind of rice pudding coloured with saffron and dressed with currant, pistachio or rose water. Here are the most popular dessert restaurants in stanbul:
Karaky Gllolu Mumhane Cad. No:171 Karaky gulluoglu.biz Baylan Muvakkithane Cad. No:9/A Kadky - Cevdet Paa Cad. No:52-54 Bebek Beikta baylangida.com Beyaz Frn Kadky, Ataehir, Suadiye, Erenky beyazfirin.com Mado Badat Cad. Caddebostan mado.com.tr zst Dnya Salk Sok. No:17/3 Gmsuyu Taksim ozsut.com.tr Hac Bozan Oullar Behelievler hacibozanogullari.com.tr Tatlc Tombak Caddebostan, Kadky tatlici-tombak.com Saray Muhallebicisi Fatih, Taksim, Kadky saraymuhallebicisi.com Sti sutis.com.tr Hac Sayid hacisayid.com Dedeolu Balmumcu, Beikta dedoglu.com.tr Diyar Burma Altunizade diyarburma.com.tr Kkerolu Karaky koskeroglu.com.tr
TURKISH: DRINKERS DICTIONARY

20lik (Yirmilik) 20 cl. rak bottle 30luk (Otuzluk) 30 cl. Beer glass, also called kk bira (small beer) or balon (balon) 35lik (Otuzbelik) 35 cl. rak bottle, kk rak (small bottle of rak) 50lik (Ellilik) 50 cl. Beer glass. It is also called Arjantin (Agentine) 70lik (Yetmilik) 70 cl. Beer glasses, byk bira (big glass of beer). It is also used for 70 cl. Rak bottle, byk rak (big rak bottle) 100lk (Yzlk) 100 cl. rak bottle Arjantin A beer glass for 50 cl, a pint Aslan st Lions milk, a name given to rak in colloquial speech Bardak Glass e.g. bir bardak ay, bir bardak rak, ay barda Biraver A beer pot with a tap that functions like a samovar, tea urn. It is derived from bira and semaver akrkeyf Half tipsy, somewhat drunk ilingir Sofras The dinner table prepared with rak and a few mezes, hors doeuvres Duble Double; double shot of raki e.g. bir duble raki Ehlikeyf A pleasure-loving person; a copper container used to keep raki glass cold
Fondip An expression said when drinking spirits meaning drink it all, in a flash, trice, see the end of glass ecek Non-alcoholic drink, beverage elim alalm Lets drink and open up. Also elim gzelleelim. ki Alcoholic drink Kadeh Wine glass e.g. bir kadeh beyaz sarap Leyla olmak To become Leyla (Laila, female name), to get drunk Sarho Drunk erefe Cheers, literally to honour. Also erefine! to your honour, Salna! to your health Tek one, single, one and only; single shut (of rak) e.g. tek raki Tekel Monopoly; liquor shop where tobacco, liquors and similar products are sold. The word tekel means monopoly coming from the Turkish State Liquor and Tobacco Monopoly. These shops sold tekel products before privatisation, therefore they are called tekel shops Tekirda A city in the west of stanbul; a very good quality rak brand Yeni Rak The most popular rak brand preferred by Turkish drinkers yeniraki.com Yolluk One for the road.
TURKISH: EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS

Affedersin Excuse me. Affedersiniz is more formal. The French word pardon is also used commonly by stanbullu. Afiyet olsun Good appetite. It is said to those who eat or drink, or who is served, or when arriving or leaving the dinner table. Alabilir miyim? Can I have...? e.g. ay alabilir miyim? Aman Oof! God! Lord! Lord, help us! (indicating disgust or anger); Please! For goodness sake; My! (indicating great approbation); Mercy. Aman, an Arabic word, thanks to the Ottomans, is used in our days in Greece and the Balkans. Bakar msn? Excuse me used to take attention of people. Literally it means Can you look? Also Bakar msnz? is more polite. It is quite possible to hear stanbullu say Bakar msnz? at the cafs and restaurants to take waiters attention. Bi dakka Bir dakika, wait a minute, hold on a minute, hold on. Bir ey deil Not at all. Bu This. Also bunlar is these. Bu ne? Whats this? Bunlar ne? What are these? Bu ka para? How much is this? Bunlar ka para? How much are these? Bu kadar. Thats all. No more. Buyurun Welcome, come in, this way; How can I help? Can I help; Here you are, here is your Its one of the most common words that stanbullu use all the time and usually used as Buyrun by omitting u in the middle. Dikkat An expression used to warn people: Attention! Careful! Notice! Look out! Duracak Stop, will stop literally. An elecronical sign in the buses. Grrz See you e.g. Bu akam grrz. See you this evening. Sonra grrz. See you later. Gle gle Goodbye, literally go smiling, happily. It is also used when someone buys a new thing: Gle gle kullan meaning Use it happily, smiling. Enjoy it. Gnaydn Good morning, literally bright day. Gzel Beautiful e.g. gzel bir kz; nice, good e.g. Gzel! Bu gzel bir film. ok gzel! It is one of the most common words used by stanbullu. Hadi Come on! (used to spur someone on) e.g. Hadi Ali! (Come on, Ali!); Lets e.g. Hadi, gidelim (Lets go) Hayr No. See Evet Hayrl iler An expression said while leaving a shop for good wish. Also yi iler. Literally it means Have good work/I hope you have good work. Hoa kal. Good bye, stay well. Today people tend to use bye or bye bye more.
Ho bulduk. Thank you (said in reply to a welcoming greeting). Literally it means well found. Ho geldin. Welcome (said to an arriving guest). mdat! Help! Polis mdat Telefon number: 155 necek var. An expression said on a dolmu or minibus before getting off. Literally it means There is someone to get off. Make sure you say it right, because the typical mistake made by foreigners is nek var which means There is a cow. nallah Godwilling, hopefully, I hope that I hope so, if nothing unforseen happens, if God allows. yi Good e.g. iyi bir film, iyi bir sistem, ok iyi bir CD. yi akamlar Good evening, have a nice evening. This expression is used when you arrive and leave. yi elenceler Have fun, have a nice time, enjoy. Iyi geceler Good night. Iyi gnler Good day, have a nice day good afternoon. This expression is used when you arrive and leave. Kendine iyi bak Take care of yourself. Kutlu olsun. May be blessed e.g. Bayramn kutlu olsun (May your Bayram be blessed) Doumgnn kutlu olsun (Happy birthday). Also mbarek olsun. Mbarek olsun has a religious sense whereas kutlu olsun is both used for religious occasions and good wishes for something new, birthday etc. Ltfen Please. According to a popular belief that Turks dont use please much but actually it is usually used in the form of the language e.g. Otur (Sit) Oturun (Sit please). Memnun oldum. Pleased to meet you. The answer is Ben de. Me too. Merhaba Hello. Mbarek olsun. May be blessed e.g. Bayramn mbarek olsun (May your Bayram be blessed). Also kutlu olsun. Mbarek olsun has a religious sense whereas kutlu olsun is both used for religious occasions and good wishes for something new, birthday etc. Msade eder misin? Excuse me, If I may. Also Msaade eder misiniz is more polite. zr dilerim. I am sorry, I apologize. Pardon Pardon me; excuse me; sorry. Rica ederim. Youre welcome. Rica etsem. Could you please? Used for polite request and literally it means Could you if I request? Sa ol. Thanks, informal way of saying Thank you. Sakncas yoksa... Do you mind? Would you mind? e.g. Sakncas yoksa yapabilir misiniz? Selam Hello, hi. Selamn aleykm. A way of saying hello mostly used by religious people meaning May you have Gods peace over you. The answer is Aleykm selam. Seni seviyorum. I love you. Servis dahil mi? Is service included? erefe Cheers, literally to honour. Also erefine to your honour, salna to your health. yle byle So so, fair to middling. Tabi Certainly, of course. Turkish Tabi efendim. Certainly Sir/Madam. Tabi ki. Sure.
Tamam OK, all rigt. Also Tamam m? OK? Is it OK? Tebrikler Congratulations. Also Tebrik ederim. Teekkr ederim Thank you. Also Teekkrler (Thanks) and ok teekkr ederim (Thank you very much). st kalsn Keep the change.
TURKISH: FORMS OF ADDRESSING PEOPLE

Abi Big brother, short form of aabey; used to address senior males, showing love and respect just as to a big brother. Abi is one of the most common words used by stanbullu: Bakar msn Abi? Abi bu ka para? Buyur Abi? Naber Abi? Tamam Abi. Yok Abi. Var Abi. Sa ol Abi It is also used for bro between male friends (and even between girls). Abla Big sister; used to address girls or women, showing love and respect just as to a big sister. Abla, like abi, is heard quite often in the street: Bakar msn Abla? Abla bu ka para? Buyur Abla? Tamam Abla. Yok Abla. Var Abla. Sa ol Abla Amca Uncle, fathers brother; a form of address used for older men to show respect. Just like abi, abla, teyze, amca is an expression of respect you can hear on the streets, in shops and many other places that is said to older men: Buyurun Amca. Tamam Amca. Affedersin Amca. Bakar msn Amca? Var Amca. Yok Amca. Tabi Amca Bay Mister, used before names and surnames e.g. Bay Ali Akpnar. It is a formal title and used on documents. Bayan Ms, Mss, Msr used before female names and surnames e.g. Bayan Aye zkan. It is a formal title and used on documents. Bey Mister used after male names both formally and informally e.g. Ali Bey. Beyefendi Mister, gentleman, sir e.g. Buyurun Beyefendi. Beyefendi, bakar msnz? Efendi A title used with either the names or the positions of men whose socioeconomic status is relatively humble, e.g. doormen, grocers, domestic servants, gardeners etc. Efendi comes from authens (absolute dominant, master) in old Greek. It was later used as aftendis in Rumca (Anatolian Greek) and changed into efendi, efendim in Turkish. During the Ottoman period the word was used for well-educated people, bureaucrats, academicians, paa and so on. Common use of the word is as follows: Efendim? Excuse me? Pardon? Alo? Tabi efendim. Certainly sir/madam. Hanm A title used for women, Mss, Mrs, Ms. It is used with the first name both formally and informally e.g. Aye Hanm. Hanmefendi Ms, Mrs e.g. Bakar msnz, Hanmefendi? Buyurun, Hanmefendi? Kanka Bro, short way of saying kankarde (bloodbrother). Paa A title used for statesmen and commanders during the Ottoman Empire e.g. Mustafa Kemal Paa, Ali Paa. Today the word is used for generals unofficialy. It is also used for (warm) tea for children e.g. paa ay. Teyze Aunt, mothers sister; a form of address used for older women to show respect.
TURKISH MUSIC Anadolu Rock A fusion of Turkish folk and rock music. It emerged during the mid 1960s, soon after rock groups such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Status Quo, and Omega became popular in Turkey and is
characterized through the work of Turkish musicians like Murat Ses, Cem Karaca, Bar Mano, Erkin Koray alongside bands such as Moollar, Kurtalan Ekspres, Mavi Iklar, Apalar and Kardalar. Today Anatolian Rock is a general term used to describe music derived from both traditional Turkish folk music and Rock. Arabesk A kind of contemporary Turkish music containing elements derived from Arabian music. Arabesk was very popular in Turkey in the 80's. As a type of music, it is the name given to songs that are extremely emotional, even painful, which most often express unsuccessful or impossible love affairs. Arabesk is also used to describe the subculture that comes with this type of music. The social and political situation in Turkey in the 70's and 80's led Arabesk to spread widely throughout Turkey, and in fact singers who usually sang different styles of music also wrote and performed Arabesk songs in this era. Even though Arabesk as a music and subculture began to lose popularity with the changes and developments of the 90's, there are still musicians singing Arabesk songs. The most famous Arabesk musicians are Hakk Bulut, brahim Tatlises, Orhan Gencebay, Ferdi Tayfur and Mslm Grses. Did you know that Mslm Grses' fans in particular are famous for being so transported by emotion that they cut themselves with razors during his concerts?
Orhan Gencebay orhangencebay.com.tr Hakk Bulut hakkibulut.net brahim Tatlses tatlises.com.tr Ferdi Tayfur (fan site) ferdibaba.com Mslm Grses (fan site) muslumcuyuz.com
Balama Turkish guitar. Balama is the most common folk instrument in Turkey. The name of the instrument comes from balamak (to tie). It has seven strings divided into courses of two, two and three. It can be tuned in various ways and takes different names according to region and size: Balama, Divan Saz, Bozuk, r, Kopuz Irzva, Cura, Tambura etc. The cura is the smallest member of the balama family. A balama has three main parts: tekne (the bowl) made from mulberry wood or juniper, beech, spruce or walnut, gs (the spruce sounding board) and sap (a neck of beech or juniper). The tuning pegs are known as burgu (literally screw). Frets are tied to the tekne with fishing line, which allows them to be adjusted. The balama is usually played with a tezene (similar to a guitar pick) made from cherrywood bark or plastic. In some regions, it is played with the fingers in a style known as elpe or erpe. Darbuka A goblet shaped hand drum used mostly in Arabic, Assyrian, Persian, Balkan, Greek, Armenian, Azeri and Turkish music. It is also called dmbelek in Turkish. Fasl A special type of concert with different musical forms arranged in a particular order, usually built around one of the many different Turkish scales in traditional Turkish music. The concert is a mix of instrumental and vocal music. A classic Fasl is arranged in the following order: a taksim or musical improvisation, a kar, a perev, a first bete followed by a second bete, an ar semai, a yruk semai, a saz semaisi, and finally an oyun havas. The pieces vary from slow to quite lively and use a variety of time signatures, including 2/4, 4/4, 6/8, 7/8, 10/8 www.istanbul-pedia.com 211
amongst others. For hundreds of years people from every level of society loved and performed fasl music in the palace court, city squares and other public places. These days, however, traditional fasl music is only performed in certain restaurants and on special occasions. Folk Music Trk Halk Mzii is the Turkish folk music. There are a lot of Trk Bar, Folk Music Bar where you can listen to Turkish folk music. Halay A folk dance performed by holding each others shoulders or hands and forming a circle (accompanied by drum and zurna). Halay is the popular dance when people get together for weddings, celebrations, farewell etc. Mehteran Ottoman military band known as the oldest military marching band. www.mehter.com.tr Turkish Classical Music Trk Sanat Mzii is the Turkish classical music developed in palaces, mosques, Mevlevi lodges during the Ottoman Empire. Traditional instruments are tanbur lute, ud, ney flute, kemene, fiddle, violin, kanun, zither etc. TURKISH: NUMBERS
1 bir 2 iki 3 4 drt 5 be 6 alt 7 yedi 8 sekiz 9 dokuz 10 on 11 on bir 12 on iki 13 on 20 yirmi 22 yirmi iki 30 otuz 33 otuz 40 krk 44 krk drt 50 elli 55 elli be 60 altm 66 altm alt 70 yetmi 77 yetmi yedi 80 seksen 88 seksen sekiz 90 doksan 99 doksan dokuz 100 yz 101 yz bir 111 yz on bir 200 iki yz 300 yz 400 drt yz 500 be yz 600 alt yz 700 yedi yz 800 sekiz yz 900 dokuz yz 1000 bin 1001 bin bir 1269 bin iki yz altm dokuz 1.000.000 milyon 1.000.000.000 milyar
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UNIVERSITIES niversite Public Universities in stanbul
Boazii niversitesi boun.edu.tr Galatasaray University gsu.edu.tr stanbul niversitesi istanbul.edu.tr Istanbul Teknik niversitesi itu.edu.tr Marmara niversitesi marmara.edu.tr Mimar Sinan Gzel Sanatlar niversitesi msu.edu.tr Yldz Teknik niversitesi yildiz.edu.tr
Private Universities in stanbul

Baheehir niversitesi bahcesehir.edu.tr Beykent niversitesi beykent.edu.tr Dou niversitesi dogus.edu.tr Fatih niversitesi fatih.edu.tr Hali University halic.edu.tr Ik niversitesi isikun.edu.tr stanbul Aydn niversitesi aydin.edu.tr stanbul Bilgi niversitesi bilgi.edu.tr stanbul Ticaret niversitesi iticu.edu.tr Istanbul Kultur University iku.edu.tr Kadir Has niversitesi khas.edu.tr Ko niversitesi ku.edu.tr Maltepe niversitesi maltepe.edu.tr
SKDAR Guide skdar, a Bosphorus district on the Asian side located between Beykoz in the North and Kadky in the South, is only a short ferry ride from Beikta or Eminn. In this residential suburb, you can walk around the busy shopping area with restaurants, see the historical places in the town center, or you can walk to the right a the ferry station to the Maidens Tower and enjoy the view of busy European side Or walk to the left for a nice Bosphorus walk, a nice cup of tea or a coffee at the tea gardens by the Bosphorus, a nice fish meal in Kuzguncuk. The name of the town comes from Scutari, Scutarion which meant militay barracks during the Roman period. This name was mutated to skdar in time. During the Ottoman period skdar was one of the suburbs (skdar, Eyp and Galata) outside the city walls. skdar and Beikta are two important transportation centers for commuters. Highlights Historical fountains, historical residences, Mihrima Sultan Mosque, Aga Mosque, Rum Mehmet Pasa Mosque, Maiden Tower, Cinili Hammam, Beylerbeyi Museum What to see & do? Have a cup of tea in Salacak (sea side near the Maidens Tower) Take photos of the historical peninsula in Salacak Have a bath at the historical Cinili Hamam Have a meal at the Kanaat Restaurant Have a raki-fish meal at the Ismet Baba fish restaurant in Kuzguncuk Walk around in Kuzguncuk streets www.istanbul-pedia.com 215
Visit the Beylerbeyi Museum Have breakfast in Cengelkoy Enjoy the view of the Bosphorus from Cengelkoy How to get there? You can take a ferry or a boat from Eminonu or Besiktas on the European side. Did you know? The first name of skdar was Chrysopolis in ancient Greek. skdar hosts Karacaahmet Mezarligi, the biggest cemetery in Turkey and one of the biggest in the world. Beylerbeyi A town on the Asian side between Kuzguncuk and engelky in skdar district, where the Bosphorus Bridge is built on the Asian side. Beylerbeyi, like Ortaky on the European side has a very nice iskele, Beylerbeyi Camii (1778), cafes and fish restaurants. However, you need to go a little further to engelky if you wish to have rak-balk or a meal with alcoholic drinks because the restaurants arent serving alcoholic drinks in Beylerbeyi. The town also hosts The Beylerbeyi Palace, which was built in 1861-1865, in the mid of 19th century, the longest century of the Empire as the historian and director of the Topkap Palace lber Ortayl claims in his book. You can have breakfast or dinner in Beylerbeyi with a very nice view of the Bosphorus. Remember that the weekends are ok kalabalk. Did you know? Before the Ottomans the town was called stavroz Baheleri (the gardens of the crucifix) because of the cross that the Roman Emperor Constantinus the Greatest put up in the gardens. Bey means lord or commander in Turkish. Beylerbeyi is the lord of the lords or commander of the commanders. There were two Beylerbeyi in Ottoman Empire: Anadolu Beylerbeyi (Minor Asia) and Rumeli (Thrace and Balkans) Beylerbeyi. engelky A town by the Bosphorus on the Asian side between Vaniky and Beylerbeyi. It is one of the best places in stanbul for the Bosphorus view and dining. The town was called Sophianea during the Roman period, which came from the palace that the emperor Justinien built for his wife Sophia. During the Ottoman period it was called engelky (engel is hook, ky is village) because there were huge anchors left from the Roman times. engelky has a very beautiful Bosphorus view. It is also one of the best parts of the city to have a nice breakfast at naralt cafe and play backgammon with friends on a weekend. Harem A town in skdar on the Asian side; harem, seraglio.
Kandilli A typical small town by the Bosphorus on the Asian side between Vaniky in the South and Anadoluhisar in the North. Kandilli Observatory Also known as stanbul Rasathanesi or Rasathane-i Amire in history of Turkish science, was established in 1868 in the Pera Street, presently stiklal Caddesi. In the beginning, it was not an astronomical observatory, but housed the central meteorology office. After the 31 Mart rebellion in 1909, it was moved to Maka because it was destroyed in the uprising. In 1911, it was moved to Kandilli by a scientist, Fatih Hoca (Gkmen). Observaory was annexed to Boazii University in 1982. In 1983 the name became Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Aratrma Enstits, Kandilli Obsrvatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI). http://koeri.boun.edu.tr Kuzguncuk A town by the Bosphorus on the Asian side located between skdar in the South and Beylerbeyi in the North. The name of the town is believed to be mutated from Hrisokeramos (golden tile, clay roofing tile) which was used for a church with golden coloured roof. Another belief is that there was a dervish called Kuzgun Baba settled in Kuzguncuk during the reign of Fatih Sultan Mehmet and the town named after him. Whatever the origin of the name is, Kuzguncuk is one of the most multicultural places in stanbul where a Greek church, Armenian church, a synagoge and a mosque serve side by side. This cosmopolit feature also contributed to the cultural life of the town and many famous stanbullu such as artists, actors and authors lived in Kuzguncuk. The town is famous for old stanbul architecture and the fish restaurant by the sea called smet Baba. You can have breakfast in the caf by the sea, walk around the streets of Kuzguncuk, go for a cup of tea at Fethi Paa Korusu (woods) have a rak-balk meal at smet Baba fish restaurant in the evening. Did you know? Kuzguncuk is the first place on the Asian side that Jewish people settled after they were brought from Spain in the 15th century. Jewish people living in in Kuzguncuk used to work as fishermen, Armenian people as jeweller and Greek people as innkeeper. There was a big fire in Kuzguncuk in 1866 which changed the architecture of the town. Maidens Tower Maidens Tower, Leanders Tower. Kz Kulesi used as a military building and a lighthouse for centuries has been turned into a popular caf and restaurant with a spectacular view of the city. You can get to Kz Kulesi from Salacak by private boats several times a day. www.kizkulesi.com.tr Salacak A neighbourhood between skdar and Harem on the Asian side facing Kz Kulesi (Maiden Tower) and historical peninsula. Salacak has one of the best stanbul panoramas both during the day and night. It is hard to believe but there was a beach in Salacak until the 50s before the road along the sea was built. www.istanbul-pedia.com 217
You can sit one of the cafes along Salacak with your camera and take photos of old stanbul with Hagia Sofia, Blue Mosque and the sun going down over the minarets and stanbul silhouette. Selimiye A town in skdar behind the stanbul Harbour; military quarters in the same town. Selimiye Klas (quarters, barracks) was built in the early 19th century by Selim III for the new Ottoman Army, Nizam- Cedid. It was assigned to the British Army during the Criman war in 1850s. During the war, famous nurse Florence Nightingale served at Selimiye Klas. The room used by the nurses is a museum today. Vaniky One of the Bosphorus towns on the Asian side between Kandilli in the North and engelky in the South. Just like the other parts of the Bosphorus there are nice yal along the sea and on the hills. Also Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Institute is in Vaniky.
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VAPUR Ferry Ferryboats carrying millions of people between Asian side and European side every year. No doubt that ferries are one of the symbols of stanbul. The ferries that connects two continents first started by the foundation of the ferry company, irket-i Hayriye in 1851. These ferries changed the city a lot because the towns or villages outside of stanbul became attached to the city with the ferry journeys and as a result stanbul extended to the Marmara Sea and the Bosphorus in the North. The company started with 6 wooden, steamer boats bought from England. As there werent any iskele (ferry stations) around the city, passengers were carried to the ferries with small boats in the beginning. The company started an araba vapuru line with a ferry called Suhulet in 1870 between skdar and Kabata. At the end of the 19th century the company started ferry lines outside of stanbul to Tekirda and zmit. In 1944 the company handed over to the Ministry of Transportation and the ferries modernized. Some of the new ferries that were made then are still running in stanbul. You can go on a Bosphorus tour from Eminn, have a rak-balk meal in Anadolukava. Have a nice cup of salep with cinnamon on the ferry. Feed the sea gulls with simit Did you know? The first ferries running on the Bosphorus were one British and two Russian ferries before the ferry company founded? The first Ottoman ferry was called Hmerpervaz? VETS Veteriner Vets on the European Side
Aquarium Pet Center Kocamustafapaa Cad. No:227 Kocamustafapaa Tel:0212 587 88 06 Pt Veteriner Susam Sok. No:34 Cihangir Tel:0212 251 24 64 Aday Akvaryum Teyyareci Fehmi Sok. No:28 Osmanbey ili Tel: 0212 246 64 66 Animal`s Pet Center Tevikiye Cad. Nianta Pasaj No:170/14 Nianta ili Tel:0212 232 05 26 Animalia Hayvan Hastanesi Levent Cad. No: 41 Levent Tel:0212 280 92 77 Animals Health Center Zuhuratbaba Cad. Rauf Yekta Sok. No:14 Bakrky Tel:0212 571 83 04 Asya Veteriner Klinii Defne 03-Villa 02 Baheehir Tel:0212 669 62 87 ATM3 Veteriner Klinii Tekirler Aral No:7/1 1.Levent Tel:0212 280 50 24 Bakrky Veteriner Klinii Kartaltepe Mah. Baar Sok. Gngr Apt. No:17/1 Bakrky Tel:0212 5434721 bakirkoyveteriner.com Boazii Veteriner Salk Hizmetleri Ltd. ti Mektep Sk. No:18/1 1.Levent Tel:0212 280 50 24 Cennet Veteriner Klinii Cennet Mah. Hrriyet Cad. Alev Apt. No:8 D:4 Kkekmece Tel:0212 541 13 95 Cihangir Veteriner Klinii Akarsu Cad. Cokun Sok. No:121 Cihangir Beyolu Tel:0212 293 79 93 Dog & Cat Yalboyu Cad. Aye Hanm Apt. No:206/1 Arnavutky Beikta Tel:0212 263 43 29 Ezgi Veteriner Klinii Ataky 5. Ksm ars Gney Pasaj No:24/a Ataky Tel: 0212 559 00 71 Florya Veteriner Klinii enkikky Efeler Sok. Polis Karakolu Arkas No:10 Florya
Tel:0212 573 97 98 G&G Academia Veteriner Tan ve Tedavi Merkezi Barbaros Bulvar, Manolya Apt. No:50A/1 Balmumcu Beikta Tel:0212 266 42 21 ggacademia.com Gold Dog Hospital stasyon Cad. Orhangazi Sok. No:7 Yeilky Tel:0212 663 11 23 golddogveteriner.com Gzelbahe Veteriner Vali Kona Cad. Poyrack Sok. No:61 Tevikiye Nianta Tel:0212 246 56 07 nternationalkennels K-9 Hezerfen Havaalan Yolu zeri No:29 Karaaa Bykekmece Tel:0212 857 80 16 stanbul Hayvan Hastanesi Eceler Sok. Gl Apt. No:16/1 Florya Tel:0212 663 91 42 Juen Veteriner Klinii Garanti Mah. Ergin Sk. No: 13 Etiler Beikta Tel:0212 263 31 10 Kedi Palas 8. Gazeticiler Sitesi a-5/1 Akatlar Beikta Tel:0212 325 42 44 Kurtulu Veteriner Klinii Kurtulu Cad. No: 46/48 ili Tel:0212 225 98 57 Levent Veteriner Klinii Petrol Sitesi B. Blok D: 1 Levent Tel:0212 268 51 30 Medicine Veteriner stasyon Cad. Orhangazi Sok. No:3/2 Yeilky Tel:0212 574 17 92 Mimaroba Petopia Mimaroba Batky ars 1.Ksm Mimaroba Tel:0212 863 66 61 Minik Dostlar skele Cad. Nurtopu Sok. No: 3 Yeilky Tel:0212 663 23 93 Minikpatiler Veteriner Klinii Sakzaac Mah. Kkyal Sok. No:22/1 Bakrky Tel:0212 572 35 36 Ortaky Veteriner Klinii Dereboyu Cad. Lozan Sok. No:12A Ortaky Beikta Tel:0212 261 52 99 Pako Salk ve Sevgi Merkezi Kurueme 1. Cadde No:53 Beikta Tel:0212 257 00 69 pakovet.com Pelagos Akvaryum Haznedar Mah. Knal Cad. Birlik Sok. No:3/1 Bahelievler Tel:0212 539 40 63 www.pelagos.com.tr Pet House Petrol Sitesi 6. Blok D: 1 Levent Tel:0212 352 42 08 Pro-Vet Veteriner Hamdi Paa iftlik Sok. No:2 Saryer Tel:0212 242 32 61 Sevgi Veteriner Klinii 7. ve 8. Ksm Nadi Sitesi L 13 B No:11 Ataky Tel:0212 661 44 80 afak Veteriner Klinii Vali Kona Cad. akayk Sok. Ihlamur Palas Apt. No:40 Nianta Tel:0212 230 95 86 Volkan Pet Market 1 Nispetiye Aytar Cad. Nil Apt. No:24/1 1.Levent Tel:0212 264 49 41 Volkan Pet Market 2 Nispetiye Cad. No:16/B 1.Levent Tel:0212 268 10 08 Yeniky Veteriner Dere ii Sok. No:35 Tarabya Saryer Tel:0212 262 99 85 Yeilky Hayvan Hastanesi Seyitali Sok. No:17 Yeilky Tel:0212 663 11 23
Vets on the Asian Side

Ik Akvaryum skdar Belediye Binas Alt No:103-104 skdar Tel:0216 333 26 72 Pasteur Veteriner Ethem Efendi Cad. No:82 Erenky Kadky Tel:0216 369 21 30 Vetland E-5 st, Deirmen Sok. No:19/3 Kozyata Kadky Tel:0216 410 36 80 vet.com.tr A.T.A Veteriner Gktepe Sok. No:5 Feneryolu Kadky Tel:0216 567 55 15 atavet.com Academy Dog Kennels iftlik Yolu Cad. No:5 Maltepe Tel:0216 311 69 83 academydogkennels.com All Animal Veteriner Klinii Mazharbey Cad. No:63/4 Selamieme Kadky Tel:216 567 4717 Altntepe Veteriner Badat Cad. No: 64/1 Maltepe Tel:0216 388 62 21 Anatolia Hayvan Hastanesi Nurettin Aliberkal Sok. No:43 aknbakkal Kadky Tel:0216 411 40 77 Animal Garden Veteriner Klinii emsettin Gnaltay Cad. retmen Hayrullah Sok. No:26/A enesenevler Suadiye Kadky Tel:0216 410 34 41 Animoclinic Emin Ali Paa Cad. No:54 Suadiye Kadky Tel:0216 361 69 18 Avrasya Veteriner Poliklinii Aziz Mahmut Hdayi Sok. Doanclar Cad. No: 96/A skdar Tel:0216 492 20 57 Badat Hayvanat Maazas Badat Cad. No:267 Gztepe Kadky Tel: 0216 368 91 06 BB Veteriner Klinii Yeni amlca Mah. Baraj Yolu Cad. zgr Sok. No:18 Ataehir Tel:0216 456 36 06 vetbbc.com Beyaz Ev Veteriner Klinii 3004 Cad. No:121 Yeniehir Soyak mraniye Tel:0216 316 74 44 Bostanc Veteriner Klinii Kitap Mehmet Sok. No:7 Bostanc Kadky Tel:0216 361 62 08 Can Dostum Veteriner KliniiEthem Efendi Cad. No:50 Erenky Kadky Tel:0216 411 79 05 Center Veteriner Klinii emsettin Gnaltay Cad. zkan Apt. No:54/1 Bostanc Kadky Tel:0212 373 85 13 etiner Veteriner Ankara Cad. No:59/2 Pendik Tel:0216 390 36 95 Denizat Veteriner Klinii Fahrettin Kerim Gkay Cad. Mustafa Kaya Sok. Aksu Apt.
No:13/a Kadky Tel: 0216 567 44 25 Doa Veteriner Klinii Badat Cad. Suadiye Mah. No: 442 Suadiye Kadky Tel:0216 385 07 55 Garfield Veteriner Klinii Feneryolu Mah. Gazi Muhtar Paa Sok. No:21/A Feneryolu Kadky Tel:0216 567 71 92 Gztepe Veteriner Klinii Kayda Cad. No:251/6 Gztepe Kadky Tel:0216 411 65 20 Happy Doggie Badat Cad. Dnya Gz Hastanesi Yan. No:154/2 Feneryolu Kadky Tel:0216 369 69 23 Hector Pet Shop Fahrettin Kerim Gkay Cad. Mustafa Kaya Sok. No:12/1 Gztepe Kadky Tel:0216 567 37 45 High One Shop Ttnc Mehmet Efendi Cad. Kadiraa Sok. Gztepe Kadky Tel: 0216 359 38 09 highoneshop.com Inter Zoo air Nefi Sok. No:24/1 Moda Kadky Tel:0216 346 34 67 Istanbul Pet Center iekiler Cad. No: 21 Kadky Tel:0216 349 73 66 K9 Kpek Konaklama Village Park Ayazma Mah. No:19 shakl Ky Beykoz Tel:0216 434 59 31 Kozyata Veteriner nn Cad. Smko Sitesi M/6 B. Blok Erenky Kadky Tel:0216 416 41 97 Marmara Veteriner Klinii Mazharbey Cad. No:38/3 Selamieme Kadky Tel:0216 347 49 42 Moda Veteriner Klinii Moda Cad. Evren Apt. No:225 Moda Kadky Tel:0216 346 61 74 Mosita Veteriner Salk Merkezi Fenerbahe Cad. Glizar Sok. Deniz Apt. No:132/2 Fenerbahe Kadky Tel:0216 336 12 30 Ortaklar Veteriner Klinii Fahrettin Kerim Gkay Cad. No:203/3 Huzur Apt. Gztepe/emenzar Kadky Tel:0216 567 10 29 Pet Market & Veteriner Bukala Cad. 29/1 Birlik Apt. Bostanc Tel:0216 384 56 08 Pet Nature Veteriner Klinii Rasimpaa Mah. Halitaa Cad. Elmaleme No:10/A Kadky Tel:0216 330 97 40 PetArt Veteriner Klinii Ethem Efendi Cad. Frn Sok. Civan Apt. No:12A Erenky Kadky Tel:0216 369 20 60 Pets Veteriner Rtiye Sok. No: 4/2 Kzltoprak Kadky Tel:0212 347 03 25 RV Veteriner Klinii nn Cad. No:58/2 Kozyata Kadky Tel:0212 358 99 36 Sahil Veteriner Badat Cad. Noter Sok. No:49/1 aknbakkal Kadky Tel:0216 355 10 46 Severa Pet Shop stasyon Cad. Nadiraa Sok. Ocak Apt. No:11/3 Gztepe Kadky Tel:0216 567 76 10 aknbakkal Veteriner Badat Cad. Kk Sok. No:6 aknbakkal Kadky Tel:0216 385 25 95 Vet-Animal Veterinerlik Cemil Topuzlu Cad. No: 32/1 Caddebostan Kadky Tel:0216 360 91 77
VILLAINS OF ISTANBUL Sln Osman, The Man Who Sold stanbul Needless to mention about all those leading, legal crooks, swindlers, sharks today, Sln (pheasant) Osman, known as the king, was the most famous cheater of all times in Istanbul. He defrauded especially naive people from rural areas by selling or renting them public buildings such as the Tower, bridges, public lands, ferries etc. When he was caught by the police, he was trying to sell the Galata Bridge. He died of heart attack in his hotel room in Beyoglu in 1984. Nuri Alo, Actor Nuri Alco is one of the most cult characters in the Turkish movie business. After working in the banks and pharmacy sector, he started movies in 1977 and took roles in about 300 films. He was most famous for being a bad guy who was usually a playboy using dirty tricks to deceive women like buying her a drink, a soda, in a nightclub and putting a sleep-inducing drug into her drink and His biggest victim was Ahu Tugba, an actress famous in the 80s. Apart from being a nasty playboy, he also inspired an activist group called NARO (Nuri Alco Revival Organization). Tecavzc Cokun, Actor Cokun Ggen, a film and theatre actor, is one of the cult characters in the Turkish movie business. He is also known as Tecavzc www.istanbul-pedia.com 221
Coskun (Coskun the Rapist) among the Turkish cinema audience as a reference to his main role in most Turkish films, which he is famous for being a bad guy working for mafia killing people and raping women with his irritating laughter. He started cinema in 1972 with the movie Asi Gencler and took roles in about 400 films and plays. He is also Antalyaspor amigo (fan leader) and working in Beachpark in Konyaalti, Antalya. Maganda Lout, boot, yokel, rude and mannerless person. Maganda is used for men because not any women would act like a maganda. The word probably was founded by the cartoonists of Grgr, a humour magazine in the 70s. What makes people maganda? A maganda never minds;
To spit on the street in many ways. To pick his nose on the street. To scratch his genital area in public. To fart on the street. To drive very fast without obeying the traffic rules and other people. To throw cagrette butt into the sea. To race with an ambulance To swim with his underwear. To fire his pistol in public because his football team is the winner and this cause innocent people on the balcony or window to die
A very good example of a typical maganda is the character in a popular Turkish film called Recep vedik. www.recepivedikmovie.com
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ZOO There are not many zoos in stanbul. The most popular ones are Boazii Hayvanat Bahesi in Darca and ile Hayvanat Bahesi in ile www.silehayvanatbahcesi.com
About The Author

Ali Akpnar, an stanbullu since he was born in 1972, graduated from English Teaching Department at the Marmara University, stanbul. While his academic home discipline is English Studies, his Turkish teaching is characterised by a distinctly interdisciplinary orientation and he started teaching Turkish language and making Turkish language materials. He is currently working as a foreign language tutor and author of language books. stanbullu, emerged at the Turkish lessons given by the author as part of the teaching period, is the first book of a series called stanbul books by the author in addition to language books.

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Dem Publications / 8 Istanbul Books / 1 4. Edition, April 2013

stanbullu, Dictionary of Istanbulians By Ali Akpnar

Copyright 2013 Ali Akpnar

Dem Yaynclk ve Eitim Hizmetleri, Istanbul, Trkiye www.demturkishcenter.com aliakpinar@hotmail.com www.istanbulcentric.com

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Dedicated to stanbullu Fiko

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Mualla Kemeri, Kemerburgaz Mualla Kemeri is one of the four aqueducts

build by Mimar Sinan in the Alibey river valley.

The Shops at the Arasta Bazaar

Art Galleries on the European Side

Art Galleries on the Asian Side

Beylerbeyi Tel:0216 321 46 80

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The 12 points in the backgammon refers to 12 months, 15 white and 15 black

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Greek Orthodox Churches

COFFEE WORLD See KAHVE DNYASI CONCERT HALLS

ORBA See SOUPS

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Fish Restaurants Asian Side

Here are the most favourite florists in Istanbul:

FOOD DICTIONARY Appetizers See MEZE Breakfast See KAHVALTI Fruits

FOREIGN CULTURAL CENTERS IN ISTANBUL

FOREIGN RESTAURANTS Chinese Restaurants

FRENCH STREET See BEYOLU

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Hospitals on the Asian Side

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Istanbul View from the European Side

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Kahve Dnyas on the Asian Side

KANDLL See SKDAR KANLICA See BEYKOZ

Popular Kebap Restaurants

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Respect to Sinan www.sinanasaygi.org

Movie Theatres on the Asian Side

Museums on the Asian Side

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