I Should Have Known Better – or – I Saw It on Istiklal Street


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July 24th 2015
Published: July 24th 2015
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As someone who doesn’t like crowds, I clearly wasn’t thinking straight when I decided to visit Istanbul’s most popular shopping street on a holiday weekend in July when there were three cruise ships in port. It was crowded and crazy, but in a funny sort of way it served me well. The crowds forced me to look into the little alleys and passages, and there is some interesting stuff in the small... Read Full Entry



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This is a great bookstore and music store in a surprisingly modern building. There is a small cafe with a cute roof-top garden on the top floor.
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This skinny building was the first movie house in Istanbul.
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Close of up facade



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