YOU can barely dig a hole in Istanbul without hitting history. During construction of a tunnel under the Bosphorus, engineers ...

Led by Fatih Sultan Mehmet at the age of 21, the conquest transformed Constantinople into the Ottoman capital, ushering in a new era of political, ...

There’s something distinctly magical about the soft light of Istanbul. The sun seems to hover in a totally different way there, casting what appears to be a forever golden hour glow. Perhaps that’s ...

Istanbul is the only city in the world that's spread over two continents, with the Bosphorus strait forming the dividing line between Europe and Asia. The Golden Horn, an inlet stemming from the ...