The Ottoman's ruled the region for the next 400 + years until November 1, 1922 when the Grand National Assembly...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey.
Elif Shafak, arguably Turkey's best female author, gives a speech at TED talks about herself, about writing and life in general...
Turkish is a difficult language. The following Turkish words and phrases are just enough to help you get your point...
Table spreads cover everything from marinated olives, to bee-licous honey, to fried eggs with sausage, to homemade jams, to the...
Istanbul showed me that every corner of the world holds wonder, and that within each of us lies the potential...
Istanbul (as many other parts of Turkey) is currently Turkish land but it is not necessarily full of Turks. And...
Since 2011 we want to challenge assumptions on The Other Tour and we want to do it where everybody is...
Best of Turkish cinema: "The Girl with the Red Scarf," a 1978 romantic drama that was voted one of the...
The Other Tour is an immersive way to experience Istanbul and the rest of Turkey, led by licensed local guides who take you beyond the tourist spots into the lived culture and quiet corners of Cappadocia, Antalya, Ephesus, Bodrum, and the Mediterranean. We also build personalized travel planning, private tours, and custom itineraries — crafted around what you’re actually curious about, in any region of the country.