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Istanbul Tour Guide Private Tour Guide in Istanbul, Turkey Hello, I am Serhat Engul. I was born in 1980 in the Old City of Istanbul. I later settled on the Asian side of Istanbul and have been living here for a long time. So I had the chance to get to know every neighborhood of…
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Istanbul Tourist Maps Istanbul is a very big city. For those who are going to visit Istanbul, it is necessary to work on Istanbul Tourist Attraction Maps. In this article, you can find the places to see in Istanbul on various maps and download them to your computer as a PDF files. You can also…
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Best Area to Stay in Istanbul 2020
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