Some of my most vivid memories from my first visit to Istanbul in the 1970s are of the colorful locals. Scruffy kids sold ...

was officially named Istanbul in 1923 with the founding of the modern Turkish Republic. Plenty of traces of the Roman capital remain. In the heart of the Old Town is the Hippodrome, a racetrack ...

Sultanahmet is home to Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, the Hippodrome, the Istanbul Archaeology Museums, and the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. Technically ...