Join Istanbul-based poet and writer Pelin Batu as she explores a museum bursting with history, myth and legend. Built in the 6th Century for the eastern Roman Empire from older building fragments ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town known as Byzantium.

The Time Regulation Institute by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar A satirical novel about the modernization of Turkey, set partly in Istanbul. To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul ...

Rahmi Asal, Director of the Istanbul Archaeological Museums ... archaeologists discovered ancient graffiti of ships on the walls which academics believe were made by galley slaves who were ...