ISTANBUL -- The gray marble cavern is filled with men. Half-naked men. Men with towels looped so loosely about their waists they might plummet at any instant. And that's nothing to anticipate, by the ...

Experience the Ayasofya Hurrem Sultan Hamam, renowned as the best hammam in Istanbul, during our first-ever Turkish bath visit. This unique experience features a refreshing cleaning and massage with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But these bathhouses have never been about hygiene alone. They're also community spaces. People from all walks of life gather at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An interior view of Istanbul's Hurrem Sultan Hamam. Turkish baths typically have three main sections. - Hakan Akgun/Anadolu Agency ...

Going to a Turkish bath is a must when you travel to Turkey, but first you'll want to know rule No.1 of visiting a hamam. “How can you claim to be happy when you’ve been married for that long?” my ...

When Happy Farshid’s father took him to a Turkish bath more than fifty years ago in their home country of Iran, he unknowingly planted in his son’s mind the seed of a future business venture in the ...