Türkiye

Mehmet II orders a covered cloth market built at Constantinople to fund the Hagia Sophia; the Cevahir Bedesten is finished by 1461 Kapalıçarşı — the Grand Bazaar

Çırağan Palace is completed on the Bosphorus for Sultan Abdülaziz

Pera Palace opens in Constantinople for passengers off the Orient Express

An earthquake collapses much of the Grand Bazaar; the rebuilding changes its architecture permanently Kapalıçarşı — the Grand Bazaar

Thirty-eight European hoteliers meet and form the Luxury Hotels of Europe and Egypt; it becomes The Leading Hotels of the World The Leading Hotels of the World

Doğuş Group is founded in Türkiye; its hospitality investments follow decades later Doğuş Group · Hospitality Investments

The Divan opens in Istanbul, built by the Koç family Divan Hotels

Maçakızı begins at Bodrum as a small pension and becomes the Aegean's social address

Ayla Emiroğlu opens a sixteen-room pension in Bodrum — Maçakızı Maçakızı

Rixos opens its first hotel in Turkey Rixos Hotels

Regnum begins with the Carya Golf Club at Belek Regnum Hotels

Esin Güral Argat diversifies Gürok Group into hospitality Esin Güral Argat

Nusret Gökçe opens his first steakhouse in Istanbul Nusr-Et

Maxx Royal opens at Belek on the Turkish Riviera Maxx Royal Belek + Voyage

Regnum Carya opens at Belek Regnum Hotels Belek

reported Zorlu Center opens in Istanbul — Turkey’s first five-function complex, with the hotel drawn as one tower of four identical ones Zorlu Center, Istanbul

NG Hotels opens Phaselis Bay on the Turkish coast NG Hotels (Phaselis Bay / Sign Bodrum)

The Leading Hotels of the World marks ninety years as a member-owned cooperative The Leading Hotels of the World

JOALI Maldives opens on Raa Atoll in October Joali

Museum Hotel Antakya opens on stilts above the archaeology it was built to protect

Galataport opens in Istanbul with the world’s first underground cruise terminal, returning 1.2 km of Bosphorus shore to public footfall after roughly two centuries Galataport, Istanbul