Hi Jag, thank you for the feedback. I am happy to see that you liked the maps. Have a nice trip!

Hi Caroline, I’m glad the article was helpful to you. Also, I am very happy that you express your gratitude so sincerely for the content I have prepared. I wish you and your grandson a nice trip in Istanbul.

Thank you for this wonderful resource, it is great to find so much information in a single place. I am taking my 11 year old grandson to Istanbul in a couple of weeks time. As a 64 year old granny, I fully appreciate having ready access to well constructed information and recommendations. Many thanks, I can’t wait to get there!
Caroline

Hello Jennifer, your sincere appreciation shows that my efforts were worth it. I wish you a nice trip to Istanbul!

Merhaba Maria,

Yes the southeast of Turkey (especially Mardin) is very beautiful. I wish you a pleasant trip and I hope your dreams come true!

Rica ederim,
Serhat

No problem, I deeply appreciate your response. Çok teşekkür ederim!

We’ll follow your tips. Who knows, maybe we’ll be lucky & see some film shooting in those areas.

We just finished watching “SILA”, this beautiful, captivating TV series, free on YouTube (with English subtitles) & the best film we have ever seen so we would also like to visit Midyat, Mardin, etc. using public transportation but we need to figure out how.

Our trip is not until next spring (2025) but we’re doing diligent planning and organizing, hopefully to make our travel smoother.

Iyi günler, teşekkür ederim,
Maria

Hello Maria,

First of all, thank you for your kind comment about my website.

Please excuse me for taking so long to respond. The comments were deleted due to a hosting problem and I was only able to restore them.

Frankly, I believe that you will enjoy visiting districts such as Sultanahmet (including Eminonu), Beyoglu (Karakoy, Galata Taksim), the Bosphorus shores (Ortakoy, Bebek, Rumeli Hisarı) and Kadikoy on the Asian Side.

Turkish TV series are also shot in these districts. I think you will remember many streets and houses from the scenes in the TV series.

Have a nice holiday.

Rica ederim,
Serhat Engul

You and your articles are awesome!

Next year my friend and I will travel independently to Turkey for 45 days and plan to stay in Istanbul for 10 nights ( 5 nights on the European side and 5 nights on the Asian side.)

Please let me know if you have any tips for elderly travelers. We are both healthy and mobile 79-year old widows with a good experience traveling independently (to Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany) using their public transportation for extended periods of time.

We are working on our itinerary and are so excited! This will be our first visit to Turkey but we love Turkish movies and films and have managed to pick up quite a few Turkish words and phrases here and there.

We look forward to visiting your beautiful country!

Çok teşekkür ederim,
Maria (from California USA)