The Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, once an Ottoman imperial residence, is now a luxury hotel overlooking the Bosphorus. Its most lavish accommodation, the Sultan Suite, costs over $52,000 per ...

On this day 566 years ago Istanbul was conquered by an Ottoman king. Constantinople, as it was then known, was capital of the Byzantine Empire. It was surrounded by many Muslim states. In a prophecy ...

Istanbul isn’t simply a city — it’s a tapestry of empires, religions and civilisations, layered so densely that walking its streets can feel like crossing continents or centuries in a matter of ...

Home to grand but faded palaces and mosques, the Adalar islands offer a glimpse into Istanbul's multicultural past as well as a peaceful escape from the massive and chaotic metropolis. Seagulls ...

Here’s how you can delve into the luxurious lifestyles of the sultans with museum visits, a palace-inspired hotel and indulgent dinners. Istanbul is a city of dizzying personality changes, from the ...

All current historical renovation-restoration efforts account to the reinvention of a neo-Ottoman eclectic style," said Edhem Eldem, history professor at Boğaziçi University. "A new gigantic ...

The Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, once an Ottoman imperial residence, is now a luxury hotel overlooking the Bosphorus. Its most lavish accommodation, the Sultan Suite, costs over $52,000 per ...

Ottoman-era cat doors have been restored and made fully operational for feline creatures to move freely through the Karaaglar Quarters of the Harem at Istanbul’s Topkabi palace in Turkey. The ...