Istanbul’s Basilica Cistern Is an Otherworldly Collision of the Past and Present Istanbul is a palimpsest of a city, Turkish on top of Ottoman on top of Byzantine on top of Roman on top of the little-known culture that came before |
Floor of Basilica Cistern ‘visible for first time’
Justinian the Great would have been proud.
A U.K.-based culture magazine has picked the world’s best 53 cities, ranking Türkiye’s largest city Istanbul in the list.
Syrian musicians carve out small space in Istanbul’s live music scene – Al-Monitor
Istanbul’s Syrian-run small art spaces have become a conduit of connection between locals and the refugee population through music amid high
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