A visit to the city's least known museum requires forward planning: to gain access to the heavily guarded Selimiye army barracks, you must fax your passport details, expected...
Birinci Ordu KomutanlıĸıFounded by poet Sunay Akın in 2005 in an old wooden mansion in Göztepe, the collection here contains some 4,000 toys from around the world. Highlights include a French violin...
Dr. Zeki Zeren SokakFounded by the eponymous industrialist, this converted 18th-century foundry on the waterfront is a showcase for the assorted obsessions of one of the wealthiest men in Turkey....
Hasköy Caddesi 5The exhibits here amount to little more than a wall of portraits, a waxwork bust and some yellowing imperial decrees, all housed in a small wooden hut that's easily mistaken...
Gülhane ParkWhat was once the Imperial Pavilion in the outer courtyard of Sultanahmet Mosque, used by the sultan whenever he visited for prayers, is now a display space for an extensive...
Sultanahmet Mosque