The second edition of my Istanbul guidebook has a brand new cover, underwent some major updates and has more than fifty new additions.
After more than eleven years of writing about Istanbul, I gathered all my accumulated and favorite knowledge about the city in my own guidebook. The 500 Hidden Secrets of Istanbul is a collection of 500 places that each express my endless fascination for a city of stark yet beautiful juxtapositions, which can foster so many opposing emotions, often simultaneously.
The 500 locations are organized into chapters under the themes of food, drink, shopping, architecture, culture and more, with lists of five for each section. My hope is that this book will be a friend to all who want to see Istanbul from an entirely different perspective; exploring quieter backstreets, meeting hopeful and entrepreneurial young people, basking in nostalgia through architecture, and (of course) indulging in the cuisines that define this city of chaos and love.
*In Turkey my guidebook is available at Homer Kitabevi.
Feride Yalav-Heckeroth 
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