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After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

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

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Hidden 350m² walled garden of lemon and linden trees

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