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A map-led record of neighborhood memory, layered monuments, everyday trade, and the unofficial stories that still define Sultanahmet.
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Hagia Sophia, the third Christian basilica on this site, was built in 537, was converted into a mosque in 1453 and became a museum in 1934, following a decision taken by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turki...
The Basilica Cistern Museum, is one of the most important cultural assets where we can trace the traces of glorious Istanbul history. This grand underground cistern was commissioned by the Eastern Roman Emperor Justin...
Childhood memories evoked by the smell of spices Kübra Demir-Professional Tour Guide https://youtube.com/shorts/cAyf3ungkXQ?feature=share "....We are currently in front of the Egyptian Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı). The Egyp...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/L7J3AiLy96M Handan Hanım: I have always loved old lifestyles. I have a special interest in everything I see, but I started getting into auctions. I started following online auctions durin...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ce_wOkHgzVg BEGÜM: So, was there a meatball shop here before? İSMAİL TİMUR BEY: No, i don’t know if you know, the Sultanahmet was the center of Istanbul. Everything was Sultanahmet and ev...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-FYBcamwMU BEGÜM : As far as we know, was your great-grandfather the one who opened this place and was the concept his own? Mr. İsmail Timur: Well, yes. Allow me to introduce myself, I a...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jh6o2jSjlww 00.13- NURCAN: Did your childhood also pass here? PİRHAN BEY: Yes, we were always together here. But let me tell you how old I am, I came when I was 6-7 years old. MURAT: Did...
https://youtu.be/IpbHWCeKQh0 The Interviewer (Nurcan Yalman)-NYalman -Why do you wish to leave here? But why? The interviewee, Mukhtar of Cankurtaran District (Nevin Taş)-NTaş - I don’t feel comfortable here anymore.....
https://youtu.be/mYFVprAhiWQ Betül Ayhan (Interviewee) -My mother’s memories are more important but I have also spent a very well childhood here. We had a mobile ice cream seller who comes to this neighborhood, I thin...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LRcQXz2v05A Kaan Koç: Now the old stories, are interesting. In the past, of course, nobody had refrigerators, but we had them because we were a wealthy family. Frigidaire etc., we had a r...
I remember one tourist in particular, a German man who had bought some food from us for his long bus journey. He had taken a salt holder from us without asking and didn't even realize it until he got back to Germany....
https://youtu.be/FlDC4bI4L-Q NAMIK BEY : It is all about the Hippies. They would camp here, stay in the cars, and sleep in the park with those sleeping bags. This place was a bakery shop back then. Our first place wa...