How these field notes are made

Every entry begins with a practical question a traveller may actually need to answer. The question sets the scope: a neighbourhood route needs walking details, a food entry needs an order of service, and an intercity plan needs transport and timing. The answer comes first, before background, comparison or historical context.

Sources are named at the end of each entry. Dates matter because opening hours, transport patterns and seasonal routes change. A publication date records when the entry joined the site; readers can use it to judge how much checking they want to do before acting on a detail.

Photographs illustrate the subject of an entry, and their captions name the place, the hour and the light they show. A caption describes what stands in the frame, not a named person or a private table.

The four sections keep different kinds of reading separate. Istanbul handles the city itself, Food and Markets follows what and where the city eats, Across Turkey expands the map, and Practical Notes carries the details that support every other plan.

Corrections become clearer entries. A detail is checked against its source, the wording is tightened, and the entry retains the date that tells readers when it last entered the collection.