Alongside a functioning hammam, it also houses a museum explaining its history and the Ottoman ritual of bathing. "The restoration somehow turned into an archaeological dig" that gave insight into ...

The final three years involved designing museum and event spaces, he added. Hammam bathing rituals are a part of Turkish culture. Modernity and home plumbing may have diminished their importance ...

of Istanbul's Zeyrek Çinili Hamam. Around us, women are stretched out on marble hotbeds and curled up beside brass basins. The echoes of communal bathing ring around the room; chattering friends ...

We are standing in the sıcaklık, or hot room, of Istanbul's Zeyrek Çinili Hamam. Around us, women are stretched out on marble hotbeds and curled up beside brass basins. The echoes of communal bathing ...