Sunday Morning in Kumkapı

The neighborhood south of the Grand Bazaar, bordering the Sea of Marmara, goes by the entertaining name of Kumkapı. Although it doesn’t lay claim to any major sights or fabulous mosques, we enjoyed the quiet Sunday morning we spent here, and can now strike “Attend an Armenian Apostolic Mass” from our bucket list. Another childhood dream accomplished!

Despite the (errmm…) rocky historical relationship between Turkey and its landlocked neighbor to the east, Istanbul has always been home to a siz...