ISTANBUL - The brand Takeaway Istanbul offers witty items promoting Istanbul, much different than souvenirs at the Grand Bazaar. Specially designed everyday items appeal to Istanbul lovers. For years ...

Istanbul in Turkey is particularly well known for its souvenir shopping. Whether you are looking for something to commemorate your visit or to take home as a gift for family and friends, here's where ...

The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday January 9 2010 We described 'a point on the Ataturk bridge (in Istanbul) where you can have one foot in Europe, the ...

A building on one of Istanbul's historic docks, Katip Celebi, no longer functions as an aid to shipping. Instead, it now stands ready to receive visitors as a combined bookstore, coffee house and gift ...

The advice that guidebooks are likely to dispense about visiting Kapaliçari, Istanbul's Grand Bazaar—"Learn to haggle" or, perhaps, "Guard against pickpockets"—reduces the world's oldest covered ...

When it comes to shopping destinations, the main ones that spring to mind are Paris, New York, London and Milan. But right now Istanbul is the place to go. This Turkish hot spot that spans continents, ...

Terry Richardson is co-author of The Rough Guide to Turkey, writer of The Rough Guide to Istanbul, and writes frequently about Turkey for a well-known English-language Turkish newspaper. He also helps ...