Bosphorus Strait
Istanbul, Türkiye
The Bosphorus is not just a body of water — it is a continental boundary in liquid form.
Çamlıca Hill & Mosque
Buyuk Camlica, Üsküdar, Türkiye
Istanbul's highest point on the Asian side offers a panorama that explains why empires fought over this city.
Galata Bridge
Galata Köprüsü, Eminönü/Karaköy
The current Galata Bridge is the fifth to span this stretch of the Golden Horn, and like its predecessors, it functions less as a piece of infrastructure and more as a floating social club.
Galata Tower
Bereketzade, Galata Kulesi, Beyoğlu
In 1638, a man named Hezarfen Ahmed Çelebi reportedly strapped on a pair of wings, launched himself from the top of this tower, and glided across the Bosphorus to land in Üsküdar on the Asian side — making what might have been the first intercontinental flight in history, two and a half centuries before the Wright brothers.
Maiden's Tower
Salacak, Üsküdar, Türkiye
A tiny tower on a tiny island in the middle of the Bosphorus, and it has been making people cry for two thousand years.
Ortaköy
Ortakoy, Beşiktaş, Türkiye
Ortaköy might be the most Instagrammed square meter in Istanbul, and it deserves it.
Pierre Loti Hill
20 Karyagdi Sk., Eyup, Eyüp, 34050, Türkiye
A French naval officer fell in love with this city so completely that Istanbul named a hill after him.
Rumeli Fortress
Yahya Kemal Cd., Hisar Ustu, Sariyer, 34470, Türkiye
Sultan Mehmed II built this fortress in just four months, and it changed the course of history.
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