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ISTANBUL — Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly ...

British author Jason Goodwin first wrote about Istanbul in his nonfiction work, Lords of the Horizon, a history of the Ottoman Empire. Goodwin visits Istanbul's grand bazaar, a bustling market where ...

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air — ...

The Sunday open-air fruit and vegetable bazaar in Istanbul's scruffy Tarlabasi neighborhood is among the city's best markets, a rollicking, lively affair that seems to roll on endlessly through the ...