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My Mini Gallery of Beyoğlu’s Graffiti Walls
The art says everything. Enjoy.
Gigi Goes
35 minutes ago1 min read


A Quick Stop at Çiğ Köfteci Ali Usta, Istanbul’s Spiciest Street Food Showman
Late-night çiğ köfte run at the legendary Ali Usta. If you wander far enough through the winding streets behind the Hagia Sophia, you eventually end up in Sirkeci, that in-between pocket of Istanbul where locals rush to work, tourists drift toward Eminönü, and street vendors battle over who has the best smell wafting across the tram line. (Corn or chestnuts, anyone?) And right there on a side street is Çiğköfteci Ali Usta , the man, the myth, the döner-speed wrap-rolling lege
Gigi Goes
Nov 192 min read
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