Resources

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Apps

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BiTaksi: uber for taxis, might have more supply than uber and might be cheaper

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Rick Steves Audio Europe: it has some things you can download to listen to giving some tips on Istanbul

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CityMapper: a bit more confident with transit than Google

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Google lists

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Istanbul Trip: my mostly food-focused list (specific food places mentioned here should be in this list, and this list may have more options too)

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To-The-City Istanbul: my dad’s more visitor-oriented list

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Planning Ideas

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Rick Steves İstanbul has good walking tours (will reference this below)

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I’m sure other books have good walking tours, but I know Rick tends to hit the highlights and mention the interesting points pretty efficiently.

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This looks very interesting to do

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Vocab

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Pronunciation help

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ş = “sh”

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ç = “ch”

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c = “j”

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ğ = (silent)

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Merhaba = hello

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Güle Güle = bye

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Teşekkürler = thank you

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Evet = yes

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Hayır = no

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Lütfen = please

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Bir = one

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Iki = two

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