Hello. I have a question for girls living here in Istanbul. My daughter, currently a foreign university student, often shares with me how she tries to make friends at her her university. She arranges to go out, but her uni friends often make promises to go, cancels last minute, or leave early. They do that and so many more not so nice behaviors which sometimes leaves me speechless. They are not good friends material.

She went from being super extroverted at the start of her degree to barely going out.

I guess it's silly to think that there is a group or organizing in Istanbul with kind girls in it, but I'm wondering if any girl maybe has some advice in terms of what worked for them in terms of finding a group of people that at least behave a bit more normally. Where there is at least he potential to meet fellow females that behave more kindly.

She joined a gym, but it's mostly men there. I thought maybe tennis lessons, but not sure how social that is. What else could she join or do that's a bit social?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions..

The remnants of Greek heritage of Constanti.. I mean Istanbul.

How much do I need to live in Istanbul on budget?

Hey, everyone.

I recently moved to Istanbul to study my Master’s. I live in the Beylikduzu area and I am renting an apartment here.

I have been trying to get WiFi but no luck with different companies.
I tried asking TrukNet and they said they won’t allow fiber or home internet to IDs starting with 98.
I asked Vodafone and they want 1 year’s payment upfront.
I asked Turkcell and they agreed if I pay a deposit as well as increased prices. I agreed, paid the deposit and I waited for over 20 days and no luck.
I called their call center multiple times, visited the store where I had purchased and gave the deposit. No luck. I cancelled it after around 20 days.
I asked Turkcell and Vodafone for their WiFi boxes (Red Box and Super box, if I’m saying the names correctly), they said they can’t give those to foreigners.

I have online and in person classes and I’ve been constantly buying esims and they’ve been running out cause I use the hotspot for my laptop and TV. Have spent over $100 this month just for internet.

I wanted to go back to Vodafone and pay yearly at this point but I’m assuming even if I do, something like Turkcell might happen.

After running out of options, I thought I’d ask here and see if anyone faced a similar issue or has a solution in mind.

Thank you

Bu insanlar ne yapıyor? Bu bir tarikatmı?

İstanbul'da açık büfe akşam yemeği sunan restoranlardan önerebilir misiniz

Merhaba, İstanbul'daki yavru bir sokak kedisini sahiplenip Almanya'ya getirmek istiyoruz. En son rektal prolapsus yaşadığı için belediye veterinerleri tarafından ameliyat edilip tekrar geri bırakılmış. Sokaktaki şansı çok iyi gözükmediği için böyle bir işe girişiyoruz. Aşı, test vs. süreci yaklaşık dört ay sürüyor; bu süre zarfında ona evini açabilecek birini arıyoruz. Bütün masraflarını karşılamaya hazırız, başka bir bakım ücreti isterseniz ona da açığız, ama pansiyon vb. ücreti ödeyebilecek durumda değiliz. Veteriner ziyaretleri vs. için arkadaşlarımdan rica edebilirim, ama ne yazık ki kendi çevremizden evini açabilecek kimseyi bulamadık. Eğer yardımcı olabilecek bir tanıdığınız varsa mesaj atabilirseniz çok sevinirim.

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Since last night, the rain water has been ponding and flooding my house in Ümraniye, our friend who is taking care of the house called everyone to help but no one came, our house is ruined and we can’t afford to fix it. What should we do? Anyone here who could help?

Her düşündüğümde canımı sıkıyor

Hey guys, we arrived today at around 20:30 15.10 at S A W air port and took a driver to go to our hotel.
Suddenly we noticed that one of our suitcases was missing. We think maybe someone took it by accident. Do you have an idea what we can do? We talked immediately with the organizers but there are so many different agencies that we could not identify which persons left just before us this place.
Just in case someone reading this can help I would be so thankful!

Yüksek lisans dersleri kampüste gece 11'de bitiyor ve bu yüzden hoca oradan Kadıköy'e muhtemelen 12 gibi gelecek. Daha sonra Kadıköy Fener yolunda bana test toplantısına başlayacak. Dolayısıyla o saatte oraya gitmek için Kadıköy çarşıda bir yurt tutmam mı daha güvenli yoksa Göztepe köprüsünde mi sence?

Ayrıca Göztepe köprüsündeki yurt günlük kiralık işi yapıyormuş ama kadınlara özel mi bu bunu da bilmiyorum. Bu yüzden de güvenlik açısından düşünüyorum. Yani bir problem olur mu diye.

İ am stuck at work. İ left my scooter locked up on m5 metro station. Rest in peace maybe. But i need to go home at some point, i left medicine at home. Let's create a thread for current metro status. Thanks for your help

İ am in şişli needing to go to altunizade btw

I'm visiting Istanbul for a few days with my friends. On tuesday 2Oth there's the champion's league match (PSG-BARCA). Would you know any nice places or areas were we could watch the match ?

I was in Albania before I came to visit here in Istanbul. While I was there I bought çaj mali, or mountain tea, also called Greek mountain tea, sideritis, ironwort. I understand it is called dağ çayı here. I was hoping to find more here in one of the many tea & herb & spice shops, but they all seem to only carry the same things (like viagra tea 🤔). Perhaps someone here knows if there is some non-touristy place that has it? Thanks