Istanbul’s old European quarter has been hit hard by Turkey’s recent travails, with its main pedestrian thoroughfare, Istiklal Caddesi, transformed (many say for the worst) by protests, gentrification ...

After more than two decades in the neighborhood, the Upper East Side’s crowd favorite Turkish restaurant Beyoglu — at the corner of East 81st Street and Third Avenue — has permanently closed, ...

Leisa Tyler is charmed by an Istanbul borough filled with Ottoman mansions, edgy art and an air of transformation. Istanbul is in the midst of a cultural and architectural revival. This rich and ...

Beyoglu is like a collection album of many voices; old and new, dim and loud; voices of people coming from various cultural, social and political stands. Voices of past and present; in harmony or ...

New Yorker Sarai Sierra went missing last week Beyoglu neighborhood is upscale Sierra%27s hostel located in more dangerous part of Beyoglu ISTANBUL -- With its gleaming domes and elegant spires, ...

In our October cover story, Pico Iyer writes of the wonders of Istanbul, the “City of the Future.” Writer Emilie Harting just returned from a visit herself, and delves deeper into the neighborhood of ...

The heart of Istanbul's local life, Beyoglu, once known as Pera, was the center of European aristocratic settlement during the Ottoman era. The neoclassical architecture of its structures all speak of ...