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Sultanahmet Jail (Turkish: Sultanahmet Cezaevi), a former prison in Istanbul, Turkey, is now the luxury Four Seasons Hotel at Sultanahmet. It is located in Sultanahmet neighborhood of Fatih district on the historical peninsula.
Jan 11, 2023 · The Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet recently reopened after an extensive and complete refurbishment that took place over two years.
- Carrie Coolidge
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It was the first jailhouse in the capital of the Ottoman Empire and was also used as a detention centre for those who were awaiting trial or serving brief sentences since it was built next to the courthouse building. The name of the streets around the building are related to the prison.
May 3, 2009 · The luxury hotel is indeed a former jail, and a notorious one at that, but not the one where Billy Hayes, the subject of "Midnight Express," was incarcerated. And rather than hide from its past...
- John Flinn
- Freelance Writer
May 5, 2016 · The most unlikely spot for a former jail, though, might be the swanky Four Seasons in Sultanahmet, which used to be an Ottoman murderers’ prison.
- Joshua Allen
Feb 25, 2015 · Not so “Midnight Express,” adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes’s memoir recounting his 1970 arrest and imprisonment for attempting to smuggle hashish onto a flight from Istanbul to New...
Mar 6, 2024 · Formerly known as Sultanahmet Jail (Turkish: Sultanahmet Cezaevi), this historic prison in Istanbul, Turkey, has been transformed into the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel at Sultanahmet.
