Venues similar to Touché by N Kolay

Lobby-floor jazz room at The Marmara Pera, four nights a week of local and international sets.

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands

Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

The former Babylon Kilyos, now curated music festival beach.

Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe

Cemil Topuzlu'da 30 yıllık kurumsal-canlı müzik adresi, soliste kadeh kaldırılan yer.

Library-fronted speakeasy, no sign, no social media, referral entry only

Swissotel's see-and-be-seen rooftop with DJ sets

Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard

Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop

Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus

Kilyos kite-school beach club, family-leaning, summer only.

Iconic club-restaurant hybrid with wraparound views

Dancing and cocktails in fashionable Nişantaşı

Small Bebek room with 20+ wines by the glass, Bosphorus-edge tables, and the early-evening crowd that owns the neighborhood.

Seasonal kitchen and an opinionated Turkish wine cellar on the quiet Mühürdar slope, adults-only, no menus in seven languages

Maksut Askar and Levon Bagis pair Anatolian grapes with endangered regional plates.

Boutique wine and olive house on Emirgan's prettiest backstreet