Mandarin Oriental, Bosphorus, Istanbul Earns Its Fifth Straight Forbes Five-Star Rating

Consistency is harder to earn than a single big award, and Mandarin Oriental, Bosphorus, Istanbul has built a genuinely long streak of it. The hotel received its fifth consecutive Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating in the 2026 Star Awards, having also won in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, a run that puts it among a small group of hotels anywhere in the world with that level of sustained recognition.

The hotel also holds the Michelin Guide's Michelin Key distinction and was named Best Hotel in Türkiye by Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025, three years running. General Manager Harun Dursun has overseen the property through this stretch, with dining anchored by Novikov Istanbul, serving Asian and Italian cuisine, and Olea Bosphorus for Italian fare.

Set directly on the Bosphorus strait, the hotel's setting alone would draw travelers, but the sustained run of five-star and Michelin recognition gives Istanbul's most competitive luxury hotel market a clear frontrunner. Five straight years of Forbes Five-Star status isn't a fluke; it's a hotel that has figured out how to maintain a very high bar without slipping.

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