For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they mostly fell out of use with the advent of running ...

For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they fell out of use in Turkey with the advent of running ...

And that tradition has survived until today. "You come here to get clean and leave handsome," said Zafer Akgul, who was visiting a hammam in the city with his son, telling AFP he visited often ...

Ozan KOSE/AFP/AFP For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they mostly fell out of use with the advent of running water, many in Turkey are being restored to revive an ...

And that tradition has survived until today. "You come here to get clean and leave handsome," said Zafer Akgul, who was visiting a hammam in the city with his son, telling AFP he visited often, ...