Show more Show less Built 500 years ago, Istanbul's Zeyrek Cinili Hammam recently reopened after a restoration process that took 13 years Lying on a heated marble slab, people relax inside a modern ...

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Holi is all fun and games until you're left scrubbing stubborn colours off your skin, dealing with a scalp that feels like a war zone, and feeling sluggish from all those gujiyas and thandai. The ...

Istanbul (AFP) – For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they mostly fell out of use with the advent of running water, many in Turkey are being restored to revive an ancient ...

A mainstay of old Turkish films, hammam scenes were highly entertaining, a free space where women would socialise, eat, drink and even dance. Last year, Istanbul's 500-year-old Zeyrek Cinili Hammam -- ...

For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they mostly fell out of use with the advent of running water, many in Turkey are being restored to revive an ancient ritual bathing ...