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Deniz Yalçın

Dome by dome, mosaics to Kadıköy murals

Based in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye.

Istanbul culture writer reading the city dome by dome, from Byzantine mosaics and İznik tiles to Kadıköy's contemporary galleries and mural walls.

Istanbul · 10 stories

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Cihangir & Çukurcuma, Istanbul: The Hill of Long Breakfasts and Older Furniture

On the slope between Taksim and the Bosphorus, Istanbul's most bohemian corner runs on kaymak, secondhand chandeliers and a novel you can walk into.

Deniz Yalçın8 Aug 2026

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Sultanahmet, Istanbul: domes, crowds and the old city’s living heart

Istanbul’s most monument-dense square kilometre is all Byzantine mosaics, Ottoman courts, rooftop sunsets and the occasional very determined carpet seller.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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Ortaköy, Istanbul: the Bosphorus Square That Never Quite Sits Still

A waterfront neighbourhood of mosque, bridge, kumpir smoke and late-night gloss, Ortaköy is Istanbul at its most photographed and most lived-in.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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Nişantaşı, Istanbul: where Ottoman target stones meet designer windows

A walk through Istanbul’s most polished quarter, from the nişan taşı stones and Teşvikiye Mosque to Abdi İpekçi’s luxury storefronts, Topağacı’s cocktail bars and Maçka Park’s green slope.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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Kadıköy & Moda, Istanbul: the Asian Side at Full Volume

A ferry-first feature on Istanbul’s liveliest Asian-side neighbourhood, where market lanes, bar streets and a grassy sunset shore make the city feel gloriously local.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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Galata & Karaköy, Istanbul: Where the Hill Meets the Horn

From the Genoese tower to the ferry piers, Galata and Karaköy compress old Istanbul, new Istanbul and a very workable amount of coffee into one steep, photogenic patch of the city.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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Fener & Balat, Istanbul: the hillside where Orthodox domes, painted terraces and old coffeehouses still share a street

A steep, story-soaked walk through Istanbul’s Fener and Balat, where the Patriarchate, cast-iron church, Sephardic traces and rainbow-painted lanes all sit within one very lived-in hillside quarter.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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Cihangir & Çukurcuma, Istanbul: cafés, cats and antique lanes above the Bosphorus

A slow, steep Beyoğlu neighbourhood where Kurdish breakfasts run long, antique shops wake late, and the Bosphorus keeps showing up between the buildings like a habit.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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Beşiktaş, Istanbul: the neighbourhood that eats, chants and ferries

A fast, local, Bosphorus-side district where döner queues, matchday chants and ferry horns share the same few streets.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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Arnavutköy, Istanbul: Bosphorus Mansions, Fish and the Great Current

A slow walk through Istanbul’s pastel Bosphorus village, where yalı mansions lean over the water, fish lunches stretch into evening and the old Ottoman strawberry still turns up in spring crates.

Deniz Yalçın3 Jul 2026

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