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Uzunya Beach

Uzunya beach, Istanbul (feaured)

Uzunya is a small and beautiful cove in the north of Istanbul, near Black Sea. It has a beautiful beach, one of the best beaches in Istanbul actually. There’s also a restaurant in the beach.

Posted byozgurnevresJune 5, 2014June 11, 2014Posted inLife, Places and SightsTags: Black Sea, Demircikoy, Uzunya

Cycling through Black Sea shore

Dalia Beach, near Black Sea, Istanbul (featured)

I went for a training ride yesterday with two friends. We headed up to the north, and cycled through Black Sea shore. We climbed a lot.

Posted bycityofistanbulMay 31, 2014June 11, 2014Posted inLife, Places and Sights

Cycling to Karaburun

Karaburun Coast, Istanbul-Black Sea (featured)

Karaburun is a village in the north of Istanbul, near the Black Sea. Me and two friends cycled to there, and swam in the sea.

Posted byozgurnevresMay 24, 2014June 11, 2014Posted inLife, Places and SightsTags: Black Sea, Durusu, Karaburun, Terkos

Maiden’s Tower

Maiden's Tower

Since the medieval Byzantine period, 200 meters off the shore of the Salacak district in Üsküdar, at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus, a tower lyes on a small islet: The Maiden’s Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi).

Posted byozgurnevresMay 16, 2014May 16, 2014Posted inPlaces and SightsTags: Bosphorus, Leander's Tower, Maiden's Tower, Tower of Leandros

A bike ride in a sunny but windy day

Rumeli Lighthouse Castle (featured)

1st day of April… It was winddy, but sunny and warm. I jumped on my bike and ride it to the North, to the Black Sea.

Posted byozgurnevresApril 1, 2014April 5, 2014Posted inLife, Places and SightsTags: Black Sea, Bosphorus, Rumeli Lighthouse, Rumeli Lighthouse Castle, Sarıyer

A bike ride in a chilly, sunny Sunday morning

The Bosphorus from Rumeli Lighthouse road

Another Sunday bike ride in Istanbul… I started as early as 6:00 in the morning, first headed to South (Ortaköy), then climbed up to Maden (Sarıyer) and went to Rumeli Lighthouse village.

Posted byozgurnevresMarch 30, 2014June 11, 2014Posted inLife, Places and SightsTags: Bosphorus, Ortakoy, Sarıyer

A bike ride in a beautiful Istanbul morning

Rumeli Kavağı, İstanbul (featured)

It’s March now and March is the month of misty, chilly mornings in Istanbul. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the roads were empty. But it would be crowded soon, so I hurried to ride my bike for an hour or two.

Posted byozgurnevresMarch 26, 2014March 29, 2014Posted inLife, Places and SightsTags: Bosphorus, Havantepe, Kefelikoy, Ortakoy, Rumeli Kavağı, Sarıyer

Emirgan Park

Emirgan Park, Pond

On the European side of Istanbul, just one kilometer away from Maslak, one of the main business districts of the city, there is a lovely place to spend some time in greenery: Emirgan Park. It overlooks the Bosphorus in the suburb of Emirgan. It is one of the largest parks in Istanbul. There are lovely […]

Posted bycityofistanbulOctober 22, 2013March 29, 2014Posted inPlaces and SightsTags: Bosphorus, Emirgan, Emirgan Park, Istanbul, Maslak, Tulip, Yalı

Belgrade Forest, under snow

The winter came early this year in Istanbul. We already started wearing coats. Amazingly, the air is smelling like snow. I remembered the snowy winter of 2012 (the photos below are from January 2012).

Posted bycityofistanbulOctober 6, 2013December 12, 2013Posted inPlaces and SightsTags: Ataturk Arboretum, Bahcekoy, Belgrade Forest, Black Sea, Bosphorus, Sarıyer, Snow, Suleiman The Magnificent, Taksim, Taksim Square1 Comment on Belgrade Forest, under snow

Crossing the Bosphorus by Boat

Crossing the Bosphorus by boat 04

We went for a bicycle ride with a couple of friends to the Asian side of Istanbul. We crossed the Bosphorus by boat. And I took some photos in a beautiful September morning.

Posted bycityofistanbulSeptember 22, 2013March 29, 2014Posted inPlaces and SightsTags: Bosphorus, Istanbul, Yalı

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