Anyone who is visiting Istanbul is sooner or later bound to head to the İstiklal Avenue (İstiklal Caddesi in Turkish). The busy and sometimes overcrowded avenue is the heart of the Beyoğlu district. This is where the commotion, the entertainment, art and culture has been prevailing for more than two hundred years. Some of the […]
Built a year earlier than the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453, the Rumelia Castle marks the determination of Sultan Mehmet II to capture the city. It stands right across the Anatolia Castle which was built by the young Sultan’s great-grandfather. The two fortresses where built for the same strategic purpose. Today, it offers a pleasant historical excursion outside the Old City.