r/istanbul • • 14d 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 • • 14d 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 • • 11h ago

Discussion İstanbulda paranormal olay

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Bu insanlar ne yapıyor? Bu bir tarikatmı?


r/istanbul • • 17h ago

Question My house flooded, who is supposed to help us?

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Since last night, the rain water has been ponding and flooding my house in Ümraniye, our friend who is taking care of the house called everyone to help but no one came, our house is ruined and we can’t afford to fix it. What should we do? Anyone here who could help?


r/istanbul • • 6h ago

Discussion Bu akış da ne olm...

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r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Discussion Yağmurda bu hale gelen şehir depremde ne yapacak?

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Her düşündüğümde canımı sıkıyor


r/istanbul • • 3h ago

Travel Missing suitcase SAW

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Hey guys, we arrived today at around 20:30 15.10 at S A W air port and took a driver to go to our hotel.
Suddenly we noticed that one of our suitcases was missing. We think maybe someone took it by accident. Do you have an idea what we can do? We talked immediately with the organizers but there are so many different agencies that we could not identify which persons left just before us this place.
Just in case someone reading this can help I would be so thankful!


r/istanbul • • 14h ago

Photography Photo Last Year Visiting Istanbul. Hope everyone is safe during the flooding. Such a beautiful place.

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r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Photography 15 Ekim 2026 İstanbul

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r/istanbul • • 5h ago

Question Yurt kararsizligim..

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Yüksek lisans dersleri kampüste gece 11'de bitiyor ve bu yüzden hoca oradan Kadıköy'e muhtemelen 12 gibi gelecek. Daha sonra Kadıköy Fener yolunda bana test toplantısına başlayacak. Dolayısıyla o saatte oraya gitmek için Kadıköy çarşıda bir yurt tutmam mı daha güvenli yoksa Göztepe köprüsünde mi sence?

Ayrıca Göztepe köprüsündeki yurt günlük kiralık işi yapıyormuş ama kadınlara özel mi bu bunu da bilmiyorum. Bu yüzden de güvenlik açısından düşünüyorum. Yani bir problem olur mu diye.


r/istanbul • • 8h ago

Question Rabies Vaccine Dose 4 PEP

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UPDATE: any general hospital near grand yavuz hotel sultanahmet?

Hello

I’ll be traveling in to Istanbul from the USA and will be needing my fourth and final dose of rabies PEP vaccine.

Does anyone know any hospital where I can get the rabies final dosage? I will be bringing in all my information for the doctors.

Also, my flight is leaving at 1am and I would need the dosage at 8pm. Would this be a quick event at the hospital or is there a private clinic I can go to quickly? Thank you.


r/istanbul • • 20h ago

Discussion Can we have a thread about which metro lines, metrobüs,etc are operating? Where is flooded.

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İ am stuck at work. İ left my scooter locked up on m5 metro station. Rest in peace maybe. But i need to go home at some point, i left medicine at home. Let's create a thread for current metro status. Thanks for your help

İ am in şişli needing to go to altunizade btw


r/istanbul • • 13h ago

Question Water out in Beyoğlu

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We still have no water at our apartment in Beyoğlu. Have others gotten their water restored?


r/istanbul • • 10h ago

Discussion Looking for a place to watch the champion's league match PSG-BARCA

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I'm visiting Istanbul for a few days with my friends. On tuesday 2Oth there's the champion's league match (PSG-BARCA). Would you know any nice places or areas were we could watch the match ?


r/istanbul • • 15h ago

Looking for... Does anyone know where I can buy mountain tea (dağ çayı)?

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I was in Albania before I came to visit here in Istanbul. While I was there I bought çaj mali, or mountain tea, also called Greek mountain tea, sideritis, ironwort. I understand it is called dağ çayı here. I was hoping to find more here in one of the many tea & herb & spice shops, but they all seem to only carry the same things (like viagra tea 🤔). Perhaps someone here knows if there is some non-touristy place that has it? Thanks


r/istanbul • • 17h ago

Question Water problem in Fatih?

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Tourist in Fatih here. There is no water today so I'm wondering if this is a problem in my appartment/building (and I need to fix it) or in the region (and I just need to wait). Is there any website I can check? I looked at the municipality's website but couldn't find anything.

Update: u/Few-Interview-1996 answered below. Thank you!

https://iski.istanbul/abone-hizmetleri/ariza-kesinti/

Select Fatih in the first drop-down box, then your "mahalle" in the second. If there's scheduled maintenance or something, it'll appear, together with an expected time of conclusion (the line beginning "BİTİŞ").


r/istanbul • • 21h ago

Question Is it very bad in Istanbul now?

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Hello 👋🏼

We are in Bursa now and will be traveling to Istanbul tomorrow by taxi, is flash flood very bad? We are thinking to stay in Sultanahmet or in asian side. Please help me in deciding whether to travel tomorrow or not


r/istanbul • • 18h ago

Question Flooded/blocked roads?

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Good morning! Can anyone give me an idea of how hard it might be to get from Laleli neighbourhood to Kadiköy market area today, please?


r/istanbul • • 10h ago

Question Should I cancel my trip to Istanbul?

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Hi everyone,

Our flight to Istanbul is on Monday and I’m wondering if we should cancel? Im accompanying my mother who is elderly and traveling to Istanbul for medical appointments. Our hotel is in Fatih area.

Is the weather really bad? Should we postpone the trip to another time?

Best,


r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Question Cats and the floods!

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Will cats need to be rescued/relocated due to the floods?!


r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Discussion istanbulda gok delindi !!!

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Cok gecmis olsun dikkat edelim lutfen


r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Question Hey guys, need some help buying tickets online

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We are a group of four coming in from Canada and we want to buy skip the line tickets for hagia sophia, topkapi, the cistern. I can’t find any legit places online. Is it better to just wait in line and buy tickets at the booth?


r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Question flight tomorrow from Sabiha

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hello! first of all, i love your country and i love istanbul

sorry for the dots but its not letting me post it with the original words

but that is not why i am texting here - we were planning to take a …. tomorrow at noon from sabiha …. to another part of türkiye, but now the storm is flooding Istanbul. We were supposed to take metro to get there.

Do you think we still have the change to get to the …and actually fly from Istanbul? We are a bit worried and we don’t know if we should cancel the hotels etc

thank you for your opinions)


r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Discussion Istanbul da fırtına var, herkes güncel durumunu paylaşsın

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Silivri, beylükdüzü, avcılar ve birçok semt sel altında, evleri su basmış durumda


r/istanbul • • 23h ago

Discussion ISTANBUL 3D City Evolution

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