The place where we can watch two-fifths of Istanbul, where the most famous writers and artists of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman eras gathered, chatted and found inspiration.
The place where we can watch two-fifths of Istanbul, where the most famous writers and artists of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman eras gathered, chatted and found inspiration.
When you look out from Molla Aşkı Fatih Cafe, you can watch Europe and Asia locked together in the depths of history.
Looking out at the horizon, you can see Kayışdağı, Haydarpaşa and the Selimiye Barracks; looking at the far right, Topkapı Palace, the capital of the Ottomans who shaped world history for 600 years; and looking at the far left, the Galata Tower.
The thousands-of-years-old Vodina Street, spread like a carpet over history; the trading street of the Genoese, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Persians, Ottomans, Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Syriacs, Roma, Albanians, Bosniaks, Tatars and Russians; Balat, where the Ustura Kemals and the tulumbacı firefighters walked with their jackets over their shoulders and their cries pierced the sky, where the Mişons and Agops lived together…
When you look to the left of the Golden Horn, you almost see Taksim, Şişhane, Kasımpaşa and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han launching ships from land into the sea.
When you look towards the horizon from the slopes of Şişhane, you see Istanbul's Çamlıca Hill. You lose yourself in the horizon while gazing admiringly at the Galata Bridge.
Some episodes of the TV series Huzur Sokağı were filmed here.
Ayvansaray Mah. Paşa Hamamı Sok. No:70 Fatih/Istanbul
