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There are few places on earth where the last night of the year feels as layered as it does in Sultanahmet. Domes and minarets that …

Many travellers arrive in Istanbul expecting a city of kebabs and grilled meat, and vegetarian visitors often worry they will end up living on bread …

Ask ten visitors what they want to eat in Istanbul and at least eight will say kebab. The word travels well, but it hides an …

Menus in Sultanahmet love to drop the words “Ottoman” and “Anatolian” next to almost anything, as if they were interchangeable flourishes. They are not. One …

Ask a visitor to Istanbul what Turkish food tastes like, and the answer almost always starts with kebab. It is an understandable shorthand — juicy …

Turkish dessert has a reputation problem abroad. Outside Turkiye the word usually means baklava, and baklava alone, drowned in syrup. Inside the country the picture …

Sultanahmet is one of the very few neighbourhoods in the world where the kitchen that once fed an empire is a ten minute walk from …

Turkish culinary migration is the story of a people who carried their traditions across mountains, steppes, cities, and empires before making Anatolia their homeland. Long …

Trying Turkish food for the first time is one of the highlights of any visit to Istanbul. Rich in history, shaped by centuries of cultural …

Shyra Restaurant is a refined dining destination in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, where Anatolian cuisine, Ottoman palace traditions, and Turkish hospitality come together through a story-driven menu. …