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

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

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, ...

For Gokgoz, the tradition lives on -- although mostly among tourists, which for her is a shame. "In the past, we used to go to the hammam with our mothers and grandmothers. Now 70 percent of our ...

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 ...