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Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air — ...

Historian-turned-mystery-writer Jason Goodwin steps through a centuries' old archway into the carnival-like atmosphere of Istanbul's grand bazaar, and his eyes light up. Sizing up the crowds of Turks ...

With imposing Byzantine architecture, richly decorated Ottoman-era Topkapi Palace, majestic Islamic mosques with elegant minarets stretching up to the sky and the labyrinthine Grand Bazaar, Old ...

Foreign Independent Tours invites guests to experience a six-day tour of Old Istanbul, running through October. The package is available from $809 per person, double. Guests will receive five nights' ...

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air — ...