{"id":54835,"date":"2012-07-29T21:32:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T18:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=54835"},"modified":"2023-04-03T16:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:35:06","slug":"istanbul-attractions-what-to-see-and-do-in-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2012\/07\/29\/istanbul-attractions-what-to-see-and-do-in-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul attractions: what to see and do in summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Istanbul attractions: what to see and do in summer<\/h1>\n

Our Istanbul expert, Terry Richardson, suggests what to see and do in the city this summer, with advice on upcoming exhibitions and shows, and where to stay.<\/h2>\n
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Midsummer is a great time to enjoy an outdoor meal at a Bosphorus-front fish restaurant\u00a0Photo: Alamy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Istanbul has become a year-round destination. Midsummer is sultry, but this is a great time to enjoy an outdoor meal at a Bosphorus-front fish restaurant, or Turkish coffee at a pavement cafe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  • Read Terry Richardson’s complete travel guide to Istanbul<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    July and August<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Istanbul Modern<\/strong> (istanbulmodern.org) hosts Fifty Years of Urban Walls (continues until September 23), a retrospective of the works of Burhan Do\u011fan\u00e7ay. At the same venue After Yesterday documents the development of photography in Turkey from the Ottoman-era to the present (until September 23).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    • My hotel pick: Richmond Hotel – a well-run hotel, mixing period charm and contemporary style.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Up the Bosphorus, the wonderful Sak\u0131p Sabanc\u0131 Museum <\/strong>(muze.sabanciuniv.edu<\/span>) hosts Cobra – 1000 Days of Free Art (until September 16), an exhibition of the works of post WW2 avante gardists of Amsterdam, Brussels & Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      The gardens at the Sakip Sabanci Museum (photo: Alamy)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n