Traditions
Hammam
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Place · Istanbul
Çukurcuma Hamam
An 1830s neighborhood bath in Beyoğlu's antique quarter, restored for eleven years and reopened as a hamam where couples and friends bathe…
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Place · Istanbul
Süleymaniye Hamam
The bath of Sinan's great Süleymaniye complex, heated by a wood fire below the marble and run today as a hamam for…
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Place · Istanbul
Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamam
Mimar Sinan's bath for the sailors of Tophane, built for a great Ottoman admiral and working again since a seven-year restoration.
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Place · Istanbul
Zeyrek Çinili Hamam
Mimar Sinan's tiled bath for the admiral Barbaros Hayreddin, restored after 13 years as a working hamam with a museum and a…
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Place · Black Sea
Tabaklar Hamamı, Bolu
The Tabaklar Hamamı in central Bolu: a double bathhouse of the tanners' quarter, dated to the 16th century, belonging to the Sokullu…
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Article · Istanbul
Turkish Bath in Istanbul: How a Hammam Works
How a Turkish bath works, from the marble navel stone to the kese scrub, and the historic hammams of Istanbul built by…
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Place · Istanbul
Cağaloğlu Hamam
The Cağaloğlu Hamam in Sultanahmet: an Ottoman bath finished in 1741 to pay for a sultan's library in Hagia Sophia.
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Place · Istanbul
Çemberlitaş Hamam
The Çemberlitaş Hamam on Divanyolu: a 1584 bath for Nurbanu Sultan, often credited to Mimar Sinan, with a twelve-columned hot room and…
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Place · Istanbul
Hürrem Sultan Hamam
The Hürrem Sultan Hamam between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque: a double bath by Mimar Sinan for Suleiman's wife Hürrem, built…
