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Istanbul City
Istanbul, Turkey, has been known for
generations as
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Bosphorus
Bosphorus is the name of the strait
which lies between
Europe and Asia. The strait
Bosphorus... |
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Golden Horn
The Golden
Horn has a long, horn-like shape separates
the European part of Istanbul. Since
it is one of... |
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Grand Bazaar
Still the commercial center of the
old city, the bazaar is
the original shopping mall with
something to suit... |
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Egyptian Bazaar
The Egyptian Bazaar is famous for
selling the best
spices in
Istanbul and Turkey. If you have... |
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Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia
has been a Christian place of
worship for
916 years, then converted into a
mosque...
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Galata Tower
The Galata Tower is one of the most
prominent
landmarks in the city on the European
Side... |
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Basilica Cistern
While inside, you can enjoy classical
background music,
the differently illuminated columns
and... |
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Chora Church (Kariye)
The finest examples of Byzantine
mosaics that have
.remained
to the present day are the ones found... |
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Topkapi Palace
Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, with the
conquest of
then Constantinople, simultaneously
closed and... |
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Blue Mosque
The Blue Mosque is called Sultanahmet Mosque in
Turkish, which means the Mosque of
Sultan... |
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Hippodrome
The Hippodrome was an immense
construction 480
meters length and 117.5 meters wide;
it could... |
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Yedikule Dungeon
The three inner towers are connected
together and
joined to the Theodosian wall by four
heavy... |
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Eyup Mosque
Eyup Mosque was the first mosque
built after the
Turks took Constantinople. One of the
first... |
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Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Architect Sinan designed this mosque
after 1557, for
Mihrimah Sultan, Sultan Suleyman's
daughter... |
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Rustem Pasha Mosque
The first turning on the right beyond
the Valide Hani
.takes
us into Uzun Carsi Caddesi, the Avenue... |
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Suleymaniye Mosque
The cascading domes and four slender
minarets of
Suleymaniye
Mosque dominate the skyline |
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Dolmabahce Palace
The Dolmabahce Palace was built
between 1843 and
1856 when the Ottoman Empire was
losing... |
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Beylerbeyi Palace
Beylerbeyi, in which Asian Tower of
Bosphorus Bridge
is erected, is a beautiful district
allotted... |
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Yildiz Palace
It is a mansions and gardens complex
within courtyards
surrounded by high walls, which
are... |
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Bosphorus Bridge
The uniquness of the Bosphorus Bridge
comes from
the fact that Istanbul is the only
place in the... |
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Camlica Hill
From here, there is an absolutely
magnificent view,
which makes it well worth the climb.
In the... |
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Istiklal Street
Beyoglu and the Istiklal Street are
two popular places
among people from every age
categor... |
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