MARITIME MUSEUM AWAITS YOU
What you should do to visit Turkey's biggest maritime museum is just to go to Beşiktaş. Located right at the coastline, Istanbul Maritime Museum is a very interesting and striking place that contains numerous objects and interesting information on maritime coming from past to present. Turkey's first military museum, Istanbul Maritime Museum was launched first in the Golden Horn in 1897 by courtesy of Sultan Abdülhamid the Second and with the efforts of Admiral Hikmet Pasha. The museum moved to Beşiktaş in 1961. Under the administration of the Naval Forces Command, Istanbul Maritime Museum came into service again in 2013 in [...]
MAKE SURE TO VISIT THESE PLACES IN RAMADAN!
The month of Ramadan, when the world of Islam will fight their soul, is coming. People will fast for one month, that is, they will neither eat nor drink anything from dawn till dusk... The Muslims will not only deprive their bodies of food but also try to discipline their souls. To that end, they will pray and keep away from evil thoughts. To do all these, they will come together in beautiful temples of Istanbul, the city of 7 hills. Now it is time of Ramadan in Istanbul. We have made a list of the mosques, tombs, and cultural riches [...]
Unique taste of Istanbul awaits you: Turkish Bagel
Can anyone of us say “No” to a crispy Turkish bagel? Is it possible to taste a Turkish bagel full inside and covered with molasses and sesame outside with a glass of tea, and not to admire it? Everybody who lives in or has happened to pass Istanbul has somehow enjoyed this “urban taste”, this sesame ring. There are those who eat Turkish bagel to assuage their hunger when they feel hungry all of a sudden, and those who buy some to offer to their guests coming for tea in the afternoon... There are those who buy Turkish bagel for they [...]
Walk Istanbul!
Düzenli yürüyüşün beden ve ruh sağlığına katkıları tartışılmaz. Uzmanlar “genç kalmak istiyorsanız yürümeyi ihmal etmeyin” diyorlar. Benefits of regular walking for physical and mental health are beyond argument. The experts say “walk if you want to stay young”. Yapılması kolay, yararı çok olan yürüyüşün sağlığa faydaları saymakla bitmiyor. Hatta günümüzde doktorlar tarafından hastalıktan koruyan ve tedavi etmekte yardımcı bir ilaç olarak reçete edilmeye başlandı yürüyüş. The benefits of walking, which is simple and has numerous benefits, for health are innumerable. Furthermore, the doctors have begun to prescribe walking as a medicine providing protection against disease and assistance in treatment. Yürümek kalbi [...]
CLIMATE CHANGES, GALATASARAY SQUARE BECOMES THE MEDITERRANEAN…
Akdeniz büyülüdür. Okyanuslardan daha etkili; medeniyetler beşiğidir. Sadece deniz olan Akdeniz değil sözünü ettiğimiz. Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Binası’nın üçüncü katından Galatasaray Meydanı’nı seyreden, İlhan Koman’ın Akdeniz Heykeli de Akdeniz’in kendisi kadar büyülü. The Mediterranean is enchanted. It is more influential than oceans; it is a cradle of civilizations. It is not only the sea Mediterranean what we are talking about. The Mediterranean Statue by Ilhan Koman, which overlooks Galatasaray Square from the third floor of Yapi Kredi Culture and Arts Building, is not less enchanted than the Mediterranean itself. Dalgalar içinde, kollarını açmış, kucaklaşmayı bekleyen bir kadın heykelidir İlhan Koman’ın [...]
ANTİKA SEVENLER BURAYA! ZAMANDA YOLCULUĞA ÇIKIYORUZ…
Nostaljiden hoşlanmayan var mı? Şehrin gürültüsünden ve kalabalığından yorulduysan zamanda yolculuk yapmak, geçmiş güzel günlere gitmek ve ruhunu dinlendirmek gibisi var mı? Öyleyse yaşanmışlıkların hikayelerini keşfetmek, kendini başka bir zamanda hissetmek için hazır ol! Sana İstanbul’un en nadide parçalarını bulabileceğin antika pazarlarını anlatacağız. Tek yapman gereken az bulunur şeylere sahip olmak için sabahın erken saatlerinde yola koyulmak. Is there anybody who doesn't like nostalgia? Is there anything better than traveling through time, going back to the good old days, and resting your soul when you are tired of the noise and crowd of the city? Then, The only thing you should [...]
