Turkish towels came to be as an important aspect of Muslim bathing culture, or Hammam, spread along with the Ottoman Empire during the 14th through early 20th centuries. One of the other words often ...

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, ...

We featured this collection of Turkish bath towels in our Presidents’ Day sales roundup yesterday, but they’re still on sale — and too good of a deal not to highlight again. This bath towel is made ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s only a small handful of things more frustrating than getting out of the bath or shower only to find that your towel is still damp from the last time you used it. No one likes a towel that ...

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