Cihangir: stepped streets and the mosque at the top
Stepped streets, antique shops, the cats, and the mosque view that ends the day. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. Tophane tram
Step off the T1 at Tophane and you're at sea level. The climb starts immediately, but it's gentle — an hour at a stroll, more if the cafés catch you.

2. Çukurcuma Caddesi
Four streets of brass lamps, old maps, ceramics, and Orhan Pamuk's actual Museum of Innocence — the novel-as-house. Open Tue–Sun. The dealer windows are half the show; you don't have to go in.

3. Firuzağa
The small mosque with cafés ringed around its three sides. Sit at the lower one with a glass of tea — the locals do, the cats know it, and you'll see why Cihangir gets called a village within Beyoğlu.

4. Susam Sokak
Sesame Street, literally — Susam means sesame. Antique shops, a record store, corner cafés that put chairs on the street. Haggle gently; the dealers expect it.

5. Cihangir Camii
Sinan-built in 1559 for Süleyman's twenty-two-year-old son Şehzade Cihangir, rebuilt in 1890. The terrace is what you came for: the Bosphorus below, the Asian side catching the last light, the Maghrib call to prayer if your timing is right.

6. Taksim metro
Five minutes through Sıraselviler. The M2 takes you anywhere north; the F1 funicular drops you to Kabataş for a ferry. Or stay in Cihangir for dinner.

Cihangir: stepped streets and the mosque at the top