Bebek Coast

This guide to Bebek Coast in Istanbul follows a Turkish man and a Greek woman whose families refused to let them marry in 1904, and the marzipan shop they opened on this waterfront once one family relented. It traces the shop through generations, from the founder's widow Anastasya running it alone for twenty years to daughters who swore they would never take it over, against the backdrop of the Ottoman summer palaces and consulates that still line Bebek's crescent bay. Walk the promenade and see whether the little shop is still where the story left it.