An interior view of Istanbul's Hurrem Sultan Hamam. Turkish baths typically have three main sections. - Hakan Akgun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images EDITOR’S NOTE: This CNN Travel series is, or was, ...

This year’s summer vacation included two days in Istanbul, where we wanted to soak up as much of the culture as possible. So, we took that soaking part literally and booked a Turkish bath. Although no ...

When Happy Farshid’s father took him to a Turkish bath more than fifty years ago in their home country of Iran, he unknowingly planted in his son’s mind the seed of a future business venture in the ...

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