So rich is Istanbul in historic buildings of every stripe, especially Byzantine churches and colonnaded cisterns, Ottoman ...

For Gokgoz, the tradition lives on -- although mostly among tourists, which for her is a shame. "In the past, we used to go to the hammam with our mothers and grandmothers. Now 70 percent of our ...

Traditionally, hammams were communal bathing spaces in which people would go to relax, get clean and socialise, but as ...

Its core feature: a 4,000-square-foot Grand Hammam that is true to Turkish tradition, meaning it has a göbek taşı (or heated belly stone, where bathers lie to detoxify), Marmara marble kurna ...