Many hammams are being restored to revive this age-old practice, becoming favorites among both tourists and locals.

Leyla Kayhan, a Turkish historian and fellow at ... have also reopened over the last 12 years in Istanbul. Zeyrek Cinili, ...

ADDS video, detail. Pictures by Ozan Kose and Yasin Akgul. Video by Cem Taylan For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they mostly fell out of use with the advent of ...

Zeyrek Çinili Hamam Museum is a stunning revival of one of Istanbul’s oldest Turkish baths. This 500-year-old architectural marvel has been transformed into a vibrant cultural complex that ...

Italian designer Francesco reluctantly travels to Istanbul to sell a hamam, or Turkish bath, he inherited from a deceased aunt. The ceremonies of Turkish life—from the careful preparation of ...

Often featured in older Turkish films, hammam scenes are highly entertaining ... with census figures from 1638 showing there were 14,536 public and private baths in Istanbul, the museum says. And that ...

No trip to Istanbul would be complete without getting hot and sweaty in a Turkish bath or hammam: a legacy of the Roman Empire, these have been a bastion of Turkey’s culture for centuries.

A mainstay of old Turkish films, hammam scenes were highly entertaining, a free space where women would socialise, eat, drink and even dance. Last year, Istanbul's 500-year-old Zeyrek Cinili ...