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Everybody knows that Istanbul is full of history and culture, so what better way to experience it than by tasting your way through both?...

Summer, fall, winter, or spring, we all want ice cream. Luckily, the ice cream makers at Mua have a flavor for every season. Their...

Taking dance lessons in Istanbul is a great way to keep fit, meet new people and enhance your Turkish skills. I have been taking...

As a new expat living in Istanbul, it can be difficult to find those special restaurants that have both a unique history and an...

Kuru fasulye translates terribly into English as “dry beans”. However, anyone who's tasted this dish knows that these beans are nothing of the sort....

Belly dancing is not something I’d always dreamed of doing. In the US, this style of dance has been pretty stigmatized and sexualized. Coming...

When you think of the food options in Ortaköy, a few key staples come to mind. Most famously, you can get a kumpir the size of...

I've annoyed my friends a million times by repeating this, but I like to tell people that the reason I moved back to Turkey...

I discovered a great passion for cooking when I started traveling around the world. I couldn’t believe what I’d been missing! I wanted to...

Being an avid comic book fan and professed geek (I’m wearing my Joker converse as I write this) I always find myself looking for...

The Arnavutköy branch of Takanik Balık is modestly tucked away, nearly hidden and a bit further from the water than its larger, grander counterparts in...

Those traversing the crumbling walls demarcating the boundaries of old Istanbul may find that amongst the equally-as-crumbled residential buildings between Chora Church and Tekfur...

Let’s be honest: Turkey isn’t exactly renowned for its beer. Efes and Bomonti, the country’s two homegrown brands, leave a lot to be desired,...

Whether living in New York City or Istanbul, we’re all looking for our own Central Perk. The quaint neighborhood place that beckons us in...

In a city whose skyline is spiked with thousands of minarets, it is sometimes forgotten just how many churches are snuggled in the back...

Hipsters, rejoice! Dust off your ironic eyewear, fluff your beard, and shine up your tattoos because we now have a bona fide Brooklyn joint right...

Home-cooked Turkish food. I’ll say it again: home-cooked Turkish food. In a restaurant, surrounded by family. Sounds like a dream come true for expats...

I have two tattoos. One on my back of a weird heart-shaped, bat-thing that I got in Thailand when I was 21 and one...

Throughout my life whenever I have told people I'm from Kyrgyzstan, I have encountered a mixed reaction of amusement and curiosity. Well, I guess...

On Saturdays, Beşiktaş hosts a two-story bazaar on Nüzhetiye Caddesi. Rain or shine the bazaar is always full of shoppers looking for cheap clothes,...

Walk through the doors of Bakıroğlu Gurme and you’re met by a visual feast. Blocks of bright fruit and vegetables, counters chock full of...

Being English, one of the foods I miss most from home is a good scone. A good scone, baked to perfection, served with butter, jam...

Trying to balance my life is quite a job in the big city. That’s why I have been making time for the things I...

 Being betrothed to a Brit, I have quickly come to appreciate a good curry. Although I am normally enamored with Turkish cuisine, Fıccın being...