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The Istanbul Modern, as it’s called (or Istanbul Museum ofModern Art), is a fine modern art museum (Istanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi) located in a vast former dockwarehouse in Tophane (TOHP-hah-neh) on the southern Bosphorus shore one km north of the Galata Bridge and Karaköy(Galata) and south of Kabatas and Dolmabahçe Palace. Opened in 2004, the […]

The Prince’s Islands are composed of nine islands off the Asian coast of Istanbul, in the Sea of Marmara. There are regular passenger ferries and fast passenger ferries (sea bus) to the four of the islands from Kabatas and from Bostanci districts. Motor vehicles are not permitted on the islands except the ones belonging to […]