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Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace.

After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Four Seasons Bosphorus lounge on one of the best terraces on the water

Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus

Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library

Shangri-La's lobby bar, jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am

Bar side of Four Seasons' Bosphorus seafood room, terrace to the water, Mediterranean pours

Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

The Stay's small rooftop above Bebek Hotel, intimate, signature cocktails, fairy-tale Bosphorus straight onto the bay.

English gentlemen's-club style bar with whiskey, cognac and live music six nights.

Fatih Akerdem's Hemingway room inside the old American Consulate, 150 Negroni twists and Turkey's only Rakı Cocktails book.

Belle-Époque hotel bar where Agatha Christie drank, literature nights, Friday live jazz, Istanbul-narrative cocktails.

Chef Fatih Tutak's Silk-Road cocktail room above GALLADA, designed like a vintage grand yacht on the Bosphorus.

20th-floor Marmara rooftop, 360-degree Bosphorus panorama with house-infused mixology for Taksim-edge cosmopolitans

Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program

Hagia Sophia-and-Marmara cocktail terrace at Four Seasons Sultanahmet

Athinagoras Kostakos kitchen, three bars by Alex Kostenyuk, Belenko design

Red-velvet audiophile bar with craft cocktails and vinyl, beneath the Listening Room.