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What is a keto diet? What is a low-carb diet? A keto (ketogenic) diet is where you are restricted to consuming a maximum of (typically)...

For a long time there has been a culture struggling to make itself known, to have its voice heard. Often relegated to the sidelines,...

Like many places in Turkey, there's a story behind Lake Sapanca's name. In fact, it derives from a myth that many locals apparently still...

Turks have always admired and emphasized oral traditions in poems, sagas and rhymes throughout their history. Babies grow up with lullabies, children play alongside...

Three weeks ago, I was taking the metrobüs with my brother from Şirinevler, on a very rainy day. Being as crowded as it was...

So you're visiting or moving to Turkey and you want to bring your foreign mobile phone with you to happily use here. Great! Let's...

Long ago, great explorers traversed huge bodies of water with little more than the stars to guide them. And now? Well, you just need...

The summer of 2018 has been a dive in history and this dive would have been incomplete had I not visited the archaeological site...

“At no other time (than autumn) does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth; in a smell that is...

After five years in this fascinating city, the need to finish a master’s is calling me back stateside. I have known about the move...

Have you ever heard of the word yabancı, which also lends its name to this platform? If you've ever visited Istanbul, you’ve probably heard...

By Bairma Kihoro People have always been crossing borders. Not just geographical, but social, cultural and psychological ones as well. Everyone has their own dramas,...

While burger bars have become the food equivalent of Spanish Flu in Istanbul, it is hard to see the market for such a staple...

Summer just won't seem to quit, and we all know how the heat tends to stifle any imagination when it comes to finding ways to...

Yabangee is now on Discord - an easy way to chat and stay close with friends and communities in Turkey. What is Discord? A free...

In a heavily built-up city such as Istanbul, green space is at a premium. When I first came here to live, I remember looking...

Aside from the yet to be excavated ancient settlement near my home in Turunç (near Marmaris), Stratonikeia was my first, official, ancient city experience...

I’ve often passed in front of this church and wondered at its brilliance because it does actually look like a source of light. Maybe...

“Where can I find the best köfte in Kadıköy?” Ekspres İnegöl Köftecisi should be your first and only stop. Centrally located in Kadıköy it’s...

I've found myself having the same conversation with various people over the past few months. It generally goes like this: "It's just different for native...

My first introduction to Istanbul came via embellished story, when my father regaled me as a pre-teen with tales of his freewheelin' hippie misadventures traveling...

Editor's Note: This venue is permanently closed. “Where should I take my tourist friend who won't admit to being a tourist?” There are two very different...

We live in a great time to be stuck in traffic! Especially if you live in Istanbul, you’ve been given the greatest gifts of...

Perched on the hill of Çamlıca is a spiritual gem that combines Ottoman and modern architecture, where the breeze carries both the sounds of...