"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." So says Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) to a young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in 1977's "Star Wars: A New Hope." He was talking, of ...

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The ever busy streets of Grand Bazaar not only offer some fine fabrics but are also home to exquisite delicacies. With 61 streets and more than 4000 shops, this tourist hotspot is a colorful labyrinth ...

"Ongoing investigations have revealed that money obtained through Forex fraud, cyber scams, and illegal online betting sites ...

Academy Award-winning Hollywood star Michael Douglas visited Istanbul's historic Grand Bazaar on Monday. The 75-year-old actor was accompanied by his children Dylan, 19, and Carys, 16, during the ...

1) It’s big. It’s chaotic. Get over it. If you’re anything like us, you’ll spend the time it takes to get here — and the first five minutes shuffling past all the leather jackets — freaking out.

Shoppers walk down a corridor in Istanbul's fabled Grand Bazaar. Bob Krist/Corbis Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is the world’s most-visited tourist attraction—a cacophony of haggling vendors and tempting ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hailed the restoration of Istanbul's historic Spice Bazaar, located near the iconic Sultanahmet Mosque and Hagia Sophia Museum. "This historic peninsula ...