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, ...

Beyoglu tenants say some rents have quadrupled as the area undergoes its overhaul, attracting international chain outlets.

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 ...

The menu says that Beyoglu is “the best mezze & gyro place in the world. ” Maybe it is – I know I’ve never been anywhere like it. It serves just one main course, one salad, and a bunch of appetizers, ...

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 ...

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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 ...