r/istanbul 19h ago

Monthly Megathread Visiting İstanbul? Have a quick question? Ask here, don't create a new post.

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Merhaba! Welcome to r/istanbul. Please be kind and respectful to the locals. We are wishing to make this subreddit more than a tourist information stand. If you have a quick question, you can ask for anything here. Questions both in Turkish and English are welcome.

We have prepared some useful resources that answers common questions.

Travelling to Istanbul

Music, events, matches and more

Tickets for concerts, events, theatres, sports matches and more, here's the trusted ticket sale websites:

  • Biletix most used website for tickets in Turkey, various acts can be found.
  • Passo main website for football tickets, basketball tickets, also good for concerts, various other tickets can be found.
  • Biletinial good for theatres, stand-up shows, operas and volleyball tickets.
  • Biletino mostly for electronic/alternative music concerts and stand-ups.
  • Mobilet good for various events and basketball tickets.
  • Bubilet good for concerts and theatres.
  • Bugece good for techno/electronic music events.

Enjoy your time in Istanbul, don't forget to pet the cats!


r/istanbul 19h ago

Monthly Megathread r/istanbul monthly bulletin board - r/istanbul aylık ilan tahtası

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Welcome to r/istanbul bulletin board. Use this post when you need to post about:

  • Academic surveys
  • Lost&found items
  • Missing person
  • Spare event tickets (Black marketeering is prohibited)
  • Selling your second hand stuff
  • Blood donations
  • Finding a home for pets
  • Looking for a event/drinking buddy

Things that we don't allow:

  • Advertisements
  • Promoting your own brand/blog/channel or anything similar
  • Black marketeering
  • Spamming comments
  • Cases where fraud is obvious
  • Begging for money
  • Asking/offering drugs or any illegal activities

Keep in mind that this post is moderated so behavior in accordance is expected.

Merhaba! r/istanbul aylık ilan tahtasına hoşgeldiniz. Aşağıdaki listelenen konularda gönderi paylaşmanız gerektiğinde bu postu kullanabilirsiniz:

  • Akademik anketler
  • Kayıp ve buluntu eşyalar
  • Kayıp kişiler
  • Fazla etkinlik biletleri (karaborsacılık yasaktır)
  • Kendi ikinci el eşyalarınızın satışı
  • Kan aranıyor ilanları
  • Tüylü dostlarımız için yuva aranıyor ilanları
  • Etkinlik veya buluşma arkadaşı arayanlar

Şunlara ise izin vermiyoruz:

  • Reklamlar
  • Kendi marka, blog, kanal vb. tanıtımını yapmak
  • Karaborsacılık
  • Yorum spamlamak
  • Dolandırıcılık olduğu açık durumlar
  • Dilencilik yapmak
  • Uyuşturucu veya herhangi bir yasa dışı aktivite istekleri/teklifleri

Bu gönderinin moderasyondan geçtiğini ve buna uygun davranış sergilemenizin beklendiğini unutmayın.


r/istanbul 2h ago

Question Police Drones - Announcment in Turkish

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We are in Istanbul for the fifth time and just now we encountered police drone for the first time. Is it a new addition to Istanbul police force?

It was flying above Haliç metro station and announcing something in Turkish language. It was kindy spooky given that we didin't understand a word.

Anyone knows what was it about?


r/istanbul 8h ago

Photography Campus of Istanbul University/Bayezid square under Allied occupation

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r/istanbul 6h ago

Question Movies set in Istanbul

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Hello! So for a college project I need to watch 3 movies set in Istanbul at least 20-25 years apart in timeframe to understand the city. The city shouldn't be the main point of the movie, but the major scenes of the movie should be preferably set in different parts of the city. So if you know a movie like that, please help a kid out 🥲

The movie can be recent, like it was released in the last 5 years or so, some movie set in the 2000s and one in 90's or 80's.

Thank you 🫡


r/istanbul 13h ago

Discussion IBB IT departmanı nefret sıralamamda belediyelere atanan kayyumlarla aynı sırada

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r/istanbul 1h ago

Looking for... Haftada 2 gün,yanında meslek öğreticek varmı?

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Esenler'de oturuyorum,yaşım 21,full time işim var, haftada 2.5 gün off day,her hangi bir meslek olabilir,


r/istanbul 1h ago

Question Balıkçı Barınakları / Marinalar

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Merhabalar. İstanbulda balıkçı barınakları beya marinaların kiraları nasıldır teknesini park eden veya bi bilgisi olan cevap verirse süper olur. Teşekkürler.


r/istanbul 3h ago

Question Judo option in Istanbul

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Hello guys,

I would like to ask for your support. On 07-November (Saturday) I will have a full day off in Istanbul and I am looking for a dojo where judo class is available on that day and I as a foreigner could join for an adult class. Our hotel will be near to the Grand Bazaar so that would be my starting point to go and reach the dojo. I am not in a high level (yellow belt from Hungary started a year ago) but I do love this sport and would like to reach the opportunity to learn from Türkish masters and judokas even for one class.

Thanks in advance for your help!


r/istanbul 4h ago

Question Ayasofya’ya girmek için başörtüsü getirmek gerekiyor mu?

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Yurt dışından arkadaşlarım geliyorlar ve Ayasofya’ya götüreceğim onları. Aşağı kata girmeyi deneyeceğiz ve hiçbiri Türkçe bilmiyor çok dindar insanlar da değiller. Ayasofya’yı geçtim tarihi yarımadaya en son ne zaman gittiğimi bile hatırlamıyorum yardımcı olursanız çok sevinirim.


r/istanbul 2h ago

Question I’m trying to decide what kind of small business to open in Istanbul

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I'm considering putting some money into a small business in Istanbul, but I haven't decided what kind yet.

So I'm curious about something more specific:

If you suddenly had the opportunity to open your own small place somewhere in Istanbul, what would you actually want to run?

Not necessarily something you think would make the most money. Just something you'd personally be excited to have and use.

I wrote down a few possibilities here, but I'm much more interested in the answers I haven't thought of:

https://www.ortwort.com/s/if-you-could-open-one-small-business-in--473fbe

What would you open?


r/istanbul 12h ago

Question Basketball or football

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I'm visiting Istanbul in a couple of months and would like to know where is the better match atmosphere, at basketball or football games? I'm currently leaning towards basketball because od euroleague, but would like to know what locals think.


r/istanbul 14h ago

Looking for... Anime shops in Istanbul

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Hey guys! I’m going to Istanbul next week for a trip, and I’m looking for anime shops that sell figures, manga, accessories, and anime stuff in general. And not just individual shops, if you know of an area with a lot of anime shops, that would be great too!

Thank you all in advance!


r/istanbul 21h ago

Question Galata tower tickets suspiciously cheap through Thrillophilia

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I'm seeing tickets for Galata tower in Turkey for $27 CAD through the travel company Thrillophilia. This is significantly cheaper than the $65 CAD price offered directly through Galata tower website.

The reason I haven't immediately dismissed this as too good to be true is because Thrillophilia has a lot of mostly positive reviews online. What gives? Can anyone share their experience with booking single ticket attractions through this company? Is this legit?

Thanks.


r/istanbul 1d ago

Looking for... ÇOK ACİL YUVA ARANIYOR SOKAĞA GİTMESİNİ İSTEMİYORUZ LÜTFEN YARDIMCI OLUN.

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Tedavi sonrası durumu ilandan sonraki ilk resimdeki gibi.

🐾 Acil Yuva Aranıyor 🐾

Bu minik yavru şu anda Aksaray'da, göz tedavisi gördü veterinerdeki son günlerini geçiriyor.

Veteriner hekimlerin değerlendirmesine göre tedavi sonrasında:

Gözlerinde ışık refleksi olsa da görme kaybı çok yüksek.

Tüm tedavi masrafları tarafımızca karşılanmış olup ulaşım konusunda destek sağlanacaktır. Bu nedenle şehrin hiçbir önemi yok; Türkiye'nin herhangi bir yerine güvenli şekilde ulaştırabiliriz.

Bu yavru gözleri bu durumda maalesef sokakta yaşamını sürdüremez. Görme kaybı nedeniyle dışarıdaki tehlikelere karşı kendini koruması mümkün olmayacağı için güvenli bir yuvaya kavuşması onun için hayati önem taşıyor.

Oyun oynamayı, sevilmeyi ve sıcak bir yuvada yaşamayı hak eden bu minik için kalıcı, sevgi dolu bir aile arıyoruz.

Lütfen sahiplenemeseniz bile ilanı paylaşarak ona bir yuva bulmasına destek olun. Belki de bu paylaşım onun hayatını değiştirecek. ❤️

İletişim için dmden numara ileteceğim.


r/istanbul 1d ago

Travel How strict is customs in Istanbul

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I travel with a bunch of prescription medicines that I need, as well as supplements. They are usually in a day timer pill case. It would take up a lot of space to bring all the prescription bottles. I was able to print up the Rx records from walgreens.

Most countries I go to never ask about them, but this is my first time going to Istanbul.

I know there are no guarantees, but just wondering what others' experience has been bringing their meds through customs in Turkey?

I guess the supplements are the thing I'm most worried about because they don't have markings on them and I don't have the bottles they came in for all of them.


r/istanbul 1d ago

Looking for... Fotoğraf makinesi Tamircisi

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Eski kompakt bir nikonum var. Pil kapağının dişleri kırıldığı için kapanmıyor. Bunu yaptırabileceğim ve kazıklanmayacağım bir yer arıyorum.


r/istanbul 1d ago

Question Where can i exchange Moldovan Lei?

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I got some niche currency as a tip and i don't know how to make use of it, as nobody accepts such a rare currency. It's around 300 lei so it's worth exchanging it for me.


r/istanbul 1d ago

Looking for... Düğün klavyesi tarzı Floppy disk/disket

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r/istanbul 2d ago

Question Were you on the Uskudar>Eminonu ferry that crashed today?

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Visiting from the U.S. and our ferry around 2:30-3pm hit or crashed into something pretty hard and some people fell to the ground - just wondering what that could have been, as there was no announcement.


r/istanbul 1d ago

Discussion Any community hosting on meetup app?

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The past few months, I have been working on a personal project, a new social app I have designed. To promote it, I was pushing our community in Istanbul: Marmaray Meetups. So naturally I subscribed to meetup app, and have been posting our events there. I noticed that while meetup is supposedly very active here in Istanbul, the return on investment from my subscription is almost non-existent. Has anyone been using meetup app? Any idea if it is worth it? Or any idea if I am using it wrong?


r/istanbul 1d ago

Question Nerede yaşanılabilir?

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Arkadaşlar selam. Yüksek ihtimalle 1.5-2 ay içerisinde Ankara'daki aile evinden İstanbul'a yerleşicem. İstanbulda deprem riskinin az olduğu, metroyla ulaşımı rahat, yaşanabilir nereler var nereleri tavsiye edersiniz? 1+1 eşyalı daire tutmayı düşünüyorum şimdilik. İstanbul ile alakalı bilmem gereken neler var?


r/istanbul 2d ago

Question Thoughts on Yabangee Base?

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Id love to meet, hang out, karaoke with the English speaking community in Turkey. Is the Yabangee community active/fun?


r/istanbul 1d ago

Question Visiting Istanbul and need a gym for the week

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In the near future i'll be visiting. Im looking for a well equipped gym (hack squat, pendulum squat is a massive plus), also preferable one with long opening hours , 24/7 would be great since I dont sleep well at hotels and will probably be awake at odd hours.

I'll be staying at a hotel called Gonen Hotel. I guess I can lend a bike if there is a good gym a little far away
edit: Seems like there is a quite a few hotel named the same. its the one at degirmenbahce if thats any help


r/istanbul 2d ago

Question Xray cihazına 35mm filmlerim sokuldu.

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Merhabalar. Sabiha Gökçen Havaalanının metrodan girişindeki güvenlikte 35mm analog filmlerin x-ray cihazına sokuldu görevliler tarafından. Daha önce başına gelen var mı? Filmlerinize bir şey oldu mu, olduysa ne kadar hasar görmüştü?