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- James Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
- Discovering his ties to a secret ancient order, a young man living in modern Istanbul embarks on a quest to save the city from an immortal enemy.
- Desideria, a married Spanish woman who has a quite boring and hidden sex-life, goes to Istanbul where she meets Yaman, a Turkish tourist guide, who makes her discover new physical experiences.
- Formed as a trade colony in a drought and rocky peninsula almost three thousand years ago, Byzantion looked down on Halkedon, abounding in vineyards and gardens on the coast of Asia, since Byzantion considered Halkedon as a "Land of Blinds". And, this was not groundless. Byzantion, located in the intersection of South and North, East and West, searched for power and fortune. This power and fortune was engraved on coins, turned into gold and accumulated. As the capital city of three empires, the city permeated the gold dust into icons, mosaics, foils, tombacs. The silhouette of the city, the hills of which were crowned by the domes united with Haliç at the sunset; Haliç began to be called as "golden horn". The time passed and the ages change, but Istanbul remained to be both the center and symbol of fortune. Assyrians, Armenians and Muslims engraved gold; the tradesmen of Covered Bazaar sold this gold for centuries. The golden ornament of synagogues and churches became a witness of Hebrew prayers and the sermons of Orthodox, Gregorian, Catholic and Protestan priests. Halic, the Golden Horn, where the sultans sprinkled gold in the glorious days of Topkapi Palace reverberated with the sounds of prayer calls from the mosques of Mehmet the Conqueror, Suleyman the Magnificent and Sultan Ahmet. And for many years people immigrated to Istanbul where they thought "the streets were paved with gold". The documentary examines the theme of "World City Istanbul", from the foundation of the city up to the present, by using the "gold" motif from Hagia Sophia to Suleymaniye, first coins to gold exchange, culture and art to daily life.
- The Covered Bazaar (Kapalicarsi) is a 500-year-old hope chest of the city Istanbul which has a three-thousand-year past in the place where Europe meets with Asia. Resembled to a tiny town with its four thousand stores, eleven khans and more than fifty streets, the Covered Bazaar is like a mirror, reflecting the yesterday and today of Istanbul. The Covered Bazaar, the construction of which began during the period of Fatih in the 15th century, consisted of just two bedestens at the beginning, but as the centuries passed it has acquired its today's form by enlarging around a core area. This great architecture which reflected the whole wealth of the empire during the Ottoman period, with the precious presents coming from every corner of the world, was also a Anatolian bazaar where the unknown craftsmen exhibited their handicrafts. Nowadays, every day hundred kilos of gold are passed into other hands, processed and get new forms in the Covered Bazaar, the name of which associates with the gold. In this documentary, as the story of The Covered Bazaar is told by a sherbet maker who marched the bazaar up and down by taking 40.000 steps everyday, the artisanship and traditions inherited from the craftsmen to their apprentices for centuries are also emphasized.
- Carolyn Scott-Hamilton showcases the best of Istanbul including prime locations to stay, exceptional sites to visit, and unique restaurants specializing in plant-based vegan food that will satisfy the healthy traveler in you.
- Turkish cuisine channels cultural currents from all compass points, and Istanbul is the perfect city to experience this cornucopia of unique culinary dishes. Ottolenghi also dines at Asitane Restaurant, visits the Grand Bazaar, and more.