ISTANBUL -- The gray marble cavern is filled with men. Half-naked men. Men with towels looped so loosely about their waists they might plummet at any instant. And that's nothing to anticipate, by the ...

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, ...

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 ...

For those of you have never had the chance to experience a hammam (Turkish bathhouse) before, within the Mosquee de Paris lies an authentic public hammam in Paris. Hammams are usually always divided ...

In an ornately decorated steam-filled room in Amman, a group of men are getting scrubbed, washed and massaged. They are in one of several newly established Turkish baths, which have become ...

Actress Samantha recently enjoyed a luxurious Turkish bath experience in Istanbul, Turkey. After completing her film schedule for 'Kushi' alongside co-star Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha decided to take ...

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Istanbul (CNN) — Cocooned in the warm embrace of the hamam, sounds are muffled. Gentle light from oculi, “eyes” in a large dome overhead, etches patterns across the marble surfaces below. Running ...