Say Istanbul and a seagull comes to mind Half silver and half foam, half fish and half bird. — Rahmi Eyuboglu, Turkish painter and poet...

Topkapi Palace is huge, and, as it is Wednesday, I do not have to go over all of it today. Instead, I will provide a brief introduction...

My second day in Istanbul started with a peak inside Hagia Irene. The Eastern Orthodox Church, which sits in Topkapi Palace's outer...

To examine the history of a civilization, first consider its water. Ancient civilizations formed on the banks of rivers. The ancient...

Ruins of the Hippodrome, from an engraving by Onofrio Panvinio in his work De Ludis Circensibus (Venice, 1600). The same morning I saw...

Note: I am no historian or expert on this structure or region. As such, I am referencing History.com for most of the information...