2013 marked an all-time high for Istanbul's tourism industry. The city hosted 838,000 visitors in the first quarter of that year alone, a benchmark that hadn't been hit for a decade. Tourism ...

Modern-day Turkey is accepted as the birthplace of the Ottoman Empire and visiting the many palaces and royal residences still standing in Istanbul ... pavilion has a beautiful garden space ...

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows people resting on the coast of Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Türkiye, Oct. 26, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) This photo taken with a mobile phone shows people ...