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The TAIA philosophy — a journey is its keepsakes. Everything the platform produces can leave it as a designed object: a stop card, a guide cover, a route poster, a rare fact, a phrase. Rendered from the real data, exportable as PNG.

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AVM stat cards

Istanbul's malls as data

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Akasya AVM
Acıbadem, Üsküdar · Asian
AVM
2014
Opened
280+
Stores
ZaraBeymenLC WaikikiCinemaximumMigros
🚇M5 metro to Acıbadem, then a short walk.
🎭
Zorlu Center
Zincirlikuyu, Beşiktaş · European
AVM
2013
Opened
200+
Stores
AppleVakkoGucciZorlu PSMSaint Laurent
🚇M2 metro to Gayrettepe; direct underground link.
👜
İstinye Park
Sarıyer · European
AVM
2007
Opened
300+
Stores
Louis VuittonPradaAppleMarket Hall
🚇Shuttle or taxi from M2 İTÜ-Ayazağa.
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Kanyon
Levent · European
AVM
2006
Opened
160+
Stores
Harvey NicholsMangoCinebonusMado
🚇M2 metro directly to Levent.

Recipe cards

Taste as a takeaway

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Menemen
Turkish breakfast eggs
recipe
⏱ 15 min🍽 2
3 eggs2 ripe tomatoes, diced1 green pepper (sivri biber)Olive oil, salt, pul biber
  1. 1Soften the pepper in olive oil.
  2. 2Add tomatoes; cook down 5 minutes.
  3. 3Pour in beaten eggs; stir gently until just set.
  4. 4Finish with pul biber; serve with bread.
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Balık Ekmek
Bosphorus fish sandwich
recipe
⏱ 20 min🍽 2
2 mackerel filletsHalf a baguetteOnion, lettuce, lemonSalt, sumac
  1. 1Grill or pan-fry the fillets skin-side down.
  2. 2Layer onion and lettuce in the bread.
  3. 3Add fish; squeeze lemon and dust with sumac.
  4. 4Eat by the water, ideally at Eminönü.

Keepsakes

Ticket, postcard, souvenir

⛴ Ferry · Şehir Hatları
Eminönü → Kadıköy
Fare
Istanbulkart
TR
Greetings from Istanbul

“Crossed to the Asian side by ferry this morning. Tea in tulip glasses, gulls overhead, the old city glowing behind us.”

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Nazar boncuğu

Bazaars across the city

The blue glass eye said to deflect the evil eye — carried, hung, gifted.

Field notes

The things to remember

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Basilica Cistern: find the upside-down Medusa head

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Take Tünel — 2nd oldest underground (1875)

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Kadıköy meze 30–40% cheaper than Beyoğlu