Istanbul maybe the city where continents meet, but it’s also where they meat – its chaos of culinary influences defined by their myriad recipes for the famous Turkish kebab. It’s made a superstar out ...

The best way to truly experience a city’s food culture is to mimic what the locals are indulging in throughout their everyday lives — and Istanbulites are guaranteed to impress in that department. In ...

I live part of the year in Istanbul, and my homecomings there always involve a ravenous re-encounter with lahmacun, that blistered, paper-thin, fire-kissed flatbread topped with spicy ground meat.

The reinvention of Turkey’s largest city as a gastronomic hub continues apace – but not at the expense of the unfussy, authentic fare that has long delighted the metropolis. Debensason trained in ...

Istanbul is a city for food lovers. From hole-in-the-wall lokantas dishing up hearty bean stews by the bowlful to sharply executed tasting menus that riff on Anatolian terroir, this is a place where ...

Istanbul's street food is a tough competition for any other city in the world. Its food is a melting pot of the continents, combining the best of the Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and Central Asian ...

With Turkey mired in sky-high inflation, Istanbul's ubiquitous street vendors are worried about their future - Copyright AFP Richard A. Brooks With Turkey mired in ...

Istanbul is a “magical meeting place” which straddles two continents, Europe and Asia, said Lonely Planet. With mosques, markets, art galleries and monuments, Turkey’s largest city has more “top-notch ...