| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
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Istanbul is the former capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
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The city was formerly called Constantinople.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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Galata Bridge has two levels.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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The lower level has many seafood restaurants.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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The Bosphorus.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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Fishing on the bridge.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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Fish market.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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Boats sell fish by the bridge.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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Ships and boats in the Bosphorus.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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View of the Boisphorus.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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The upper level of the bridge is for road traffic.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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Galatia Tower from the bridge.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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View of the Bosphorus.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Galata Bridge
|
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Istanbul from the Galata Bridge with the Yeni Cami Mosque.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Nau Ruz
|
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Celebrating Nau Ruz, the Persian New Year.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Nau Ruz
|
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Turkish dancer.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Nau Ruz
|
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Boys celebrating Nau Ruz.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Nau Ruz
|
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A pair of dancers in costume.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Nau Ruz
|
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Turkish dancer.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Bazaar
|
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One of the entrance gates to the Grand Bazaar.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Bazaar
|
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The bazaar is mostly covered.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Bazaar
|
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Painted ceiling.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Bazaar
|
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Series of shops.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Bazaar
|
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Metalware.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Bazaar
|
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Clothing.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Bazaar
|
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Souveneers.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Bazaar
|
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Prayer mats and USA cultural posters.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
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Three men at a cafe.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
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Two men playing sheshbesh (backgammon).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Spice Bazaar
|
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The Spice Bazaar.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Spice Bazaar
|
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Nuts.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Spice Bazaar
|
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Cheese seller.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Spice Bazaar
|
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Dried fruit and nuts.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
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Shop in the Egyptian Bazaar.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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Sultan Ahmed is the original settlement of the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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The area is below the main historical and religious sites of Istanbul.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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The houses of the old district, Sultan Ahmed.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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Eating places in Sultan Ahmed.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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Traditional transport.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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Ottoman buildings.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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Street scene.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The Blue Mosque has six minarets and was built in 1616.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The Blue Mosque built by Sultan Ahmed I.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The mosque is set in an extensive garden.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The entrance.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The entrance to the courtyard is topped by a Quranic inscription.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The courtyard.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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Fountain for ablutions.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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Visitors.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The cavernous interior.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The painted dome.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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Painted walls and ceilings.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The stained glass windows.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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Exhibit in the textile museum below the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The mosque is unusual in having six minarets.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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One of the six minarets.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The external walls.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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Smaller structures in Sultan Ahmed Park.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Blue Mosque
|
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The Blue Mosque is one of the symbols of Istanbul.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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Fountain presented to the Ottoman sultan in 1879 by Germany's Kaiser Wilheml II.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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The Kaiser Wilhelm II Fountain.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
|
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The Obelisk of Theodosius was carved in Cairo (1500 BCE) and erected in Constantinoble in 390.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Aghia Sofia, built in 548 as a Byzantine church and converted into a mosque in 1453.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The church influenced later Byzantine churches.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The domes and walls of Aghia Sophia, built by Emperor Justinian.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The church was the world's largest for 900 years.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The building is very complex.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The walls of Aghia Sophia.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The massive walls.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Byzantine tombstone.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The entrance.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The butress walls.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The cathedral was converted into a mosque then a museum.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Aghia Sophia had the largest dome of any church until St Peter's in the Vatican was built.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The interior has remnants of its Christian and Islamic past.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Quranic reading tables.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The Byzantine mosaics were once covered with whitewash.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Mosaic.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Partial mosaic.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Marble container.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The domes with the Blue Mosque beyond.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Tombstone with Greek inscription.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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The building is set in a garden.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
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Pilgrims.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
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The entrance gate to the Topkapi Palace.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
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The Imperial Gate is the entrance to the Topkapi Palace. It dates from 1478.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
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The Court of the Janissaries.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
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The Byzantine St Irene Church (540) inside the grounds of the palace.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Middle Gate
|
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The Court of the Janissaries leads to the Middle Gate.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Middle Gate
|
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The Middle Gate is also known as the Gate of Salutation. It dates from 1542.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Middle Gate
|
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The signature of Suleyman the Magnificent.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Middle Gate
|
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The Middle Gate was built by Suleyman the Magnificent in 1524.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Middle Gate
|
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One of the gate towers.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
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The second courtyard contains several important buildings.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Imperial Council Chamber
|
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The Imperial Council Chamber topped by the Tower of Justice.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Imperial Council Chamber
|
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The entrance to the chamber.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Imperial Council Chamber
|
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The interior is painted.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Imperial Council Chamber
|
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The Tower of Justice.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
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The Conqueror's Pavilion houses the Imperial Treasury.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
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The royal kitchens.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.