When Happy Farshid's father took him to a Turkish bath more than 50 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 ...

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 ...

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I spent the last week in Istanbul eating, shopping, and sitting at fashion shows, so by the end of my adventure, a trip to a Turkish bath (also known as a hamam) was in order. While I wasn't exactly ...

Rosanna Cooney explored our obsession with saunas in her book, Sweathouse. As part of her research, she discovered its origins go back to the 19th century, and a Cork GP who introduced Turkish baths ...

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 ...