Ortakoy Istanbul

Bosphorus suburbs, Istanbul , Turkey

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    Reached my Limit of One Sight a Day

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    ... roof terrace, working on photos, eating watermelon and relaxing. That night I was determined to check out the neighborhood called Ortakoy. Initially I planned to walk there along the Bosphorous but just at that moment the local bus stopped in front of ...

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    It's not funny, they are all maniacs (The Turks)

    ... in Kasimpasa, even the driver asked me and I said 'Bilmiyorum', I do not know. On this 'slight' detour I saw a part of Istanbul I hadn't seen before, so now two new things in one day (the first was going inside Yeni Camii). Arriving at Besiktas stadium, ...

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    THE MEGA ENTRY, take 2

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    ... that night, we decided to go out on the town for alice's birthday - a friend. we had been hearing about clubs in ortakoy, this ritzy area of istanbul so we headed in that direction. the best of all of the clubs is called reina, and its apparently on the ...

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    Visas and dinner

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    ... and I had a few glasses of wine in the "executive lounge" and then we were on our way to Ortakoy, a charming very European waterfront neighborhood in Istanbul. We had dinner at a lovely restaurant (it was one of 6 lining the river front... the man in ...

  • 5

    From an Airport to the Mediterranean

    ... is post-work freedom.  we then travel to ortakoy, where clubs and bars abound; after taking a look at ortakoy mosque and one of istanbul's top clubs (anjelik), we drop into a 4-story restaurant named ortakoy kahvesi where we drink apple-flavored ...

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    Arrived at last

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    ... hot dogs in a bun) to eat before going to the Bosphorus to meet some friends and go for a boat tour of the Bosphorus and Istanbul. It was beautiful. It was so sunny out but the wind off the water kept it fairly cool. The heat has not been that bad but I ...

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    Today your choices are aubergine... and aubergine

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    ... (atm) but thats what has to happen. that wont take away from my time here. someone was telling me about the ortakoy mosque here in istanbul, and now i really want to go. Apparently it has 6 minarets and the only other mosque to have 6 minarets is ...

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    Cool weather in Istanbul

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    Arriving back in Istanbul the temperature has dropped dramatically! Suddenly the mornings and evenings are cooler and the daytime temperature is around 26degrees. This is a nasty shock and I anticipate having to bring my socks out of hibernation within ...

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    Istanbul: Where East Meets West

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    ... Turks was a big blow to Christianity at the time. In fact, some of the Crusades were ordered to protect Constantinople (Istanbul's former name as we all know from the Barenaked Ladies song). Unfortunately the crusaders sent were terrible and they ended ...

  • 10

    Mutlu Yillar, With Spices And The Sea!

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    ... , cinnamon, honey, and wildflowers in it, amongst other things.    After the Grand Bazaar, we walked downhill to Istanbul’s Spice Bazaar.  The Spice Bazaar, (Turkish: 'Mısır Çarşısı’; also called ...