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 • • 5h 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 • • 18h ago

Discussion Yağmurda bu hale gelen şehir depremde ne yapacak?

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Her düşündüğümde canımı sıkıyor


r/istanbul • • 2h ago

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

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r/istanbul • • 16h ago

Photography 15 Ekim 2026 İstanbul

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r/istanbul • • 8h 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 • • 3h 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 • • 5h 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 • • 9h 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 • • 1h 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 • • 20h ago

Question Cats and the floods!

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


r/istanbul • • 6h 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 • • 12h 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 • • 19h ago

Discussion istanbulda gok delindi !!!

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Cok gecmis olsun dikkat edelim lutfen


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 • • 11h ago

Discussion ISTANBUL 3D City Evolution

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r/istanbul • • 21h 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

Looking for... Freelance English teacher for our office

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We are a 10 person tech company based in Levent. We are looking for someone to provide freelance lessons to help us improve our English skills.

-We prefer a professional teacher, though we are open to considering other profiles.

-We'd like to have our lessons in our office (this would be much more convenient for us).

-We can discuss the schedule together, but the lessons must be held during daytime hours

-He/she must be a foreign and English must be native English speaker

-We can discuss further details upon contact


r/istanbul • • 18h ago

Discussion ne zaman gecerim tahmini

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okual 2saat mesafede amk


r/istanbul • • 22h ago

Question Water activities in Istanbul (tourist)

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Hello,

I’ll be visiting with my family in a few days to experience Istanbul for the first time. No one in my family really does any outdoorsy activities but Id really like to try some water activities. Do you have any recommendations on which groups/companies to seek out for this?


r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Question Sinematik video hakkında teknik yorum yapabilen yok mu?

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r/istanbul • • 2d ago

Photography Arnavutköy, one of the most beautiful districts of Istanbul

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Denizle tuz gibi karıştı aklım

Bir sana tutkunum, bir sana düşman.

Kalbim avucunda yok gizli saklım,

Bir sana tutkunum, bir sana düşman.

Dalgalara yenik düştük yüreğim,

Yelkenler perişan yerde direğim

Gel gitlere boyun eğdi yüreğim

Bir sana tutkunum, bir sana düşman.

Bir sevda zedeyim köhne kayıkta

Gönül anaforda can kayalıkta.

Temmuz güneşisin sen aralıkta

Bir sana tutkunum, bir sana düşman.

#Yıldız Kenter


r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Question en sevdiginiz eski istanbul fotografi hangisi?

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herhangi bir yildan olabilir, gorelim bakalim en sevdiklerinizi :)


r/istanbul • • 1d ago

Question İstanbul'da uygun fiyatlı serbest güreş kulüpleri nerede var?

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Serbest güreş yapmak istiyorum ama nerede salon bulacağımı bilmiyorum.