There are some great things about this city on the straits. The busy shipping traffic up and down the Bosporus for one. The extremely friendly people, and the safe streets as well. When I was there ...

Isaac Handley-Miner, a junior at Hamilton College, is spending a semester abroad in Turkey. His blog, “Isaac in Turkey,” is another new addition to The Saratogian’s community travel blogs and will ...

Today, Istanbul is a city of Muslims. Before the mid-15th century, however, it was a Christian city of the Byzantine Empire called Constantinople. In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by Sultan ...