Expat Knowledge

Power outage? Determined not to go online today? Then there are plenty of good book shops in Istanbul other than the usual suspects of Remzi Kitabevi and D&R to keep you occupied. Why not discover the city by discovering it's hidden book treasures with this personal tour by erudite TSP member Fonzie Kermit.

Starting on the European-Side in Tünel you can find Librairie de Pera which perhaps is the finest dealer of rare books, situated on Galip Dede Cad., the street leading from Galata Tower to Istiklal. ...

Although there are many types of mushrooms that grow in the wild here, the premier league as far as the gourmet is concerned is made up of the following: Porcini, Girolle, Black Trumpet, Saffron Milk Cap, Hedgehog Mushroom, Morel, Emperor's egg, Matsutake and the Clustered Coral.
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