| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Basilica Cistern
|
 |
Head of the Medusa at the base of a column.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The Yeni Cami (New Mosque) dates from 1597.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The Roman Aquaduct.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
The red brick Kariye Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was built as a church in 413.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
Mosaics dating from 1320 in the Kariye Mosque, built as a church in 413.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
Spectacular ceiling mosaic.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
The Powerful Christ on the dome.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
Partial wall paintings.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
The Resurrection fresco.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
Karakoy is the modern part of the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Palace of Ibrahim Pasha
|
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The Palace of Ibrahim Pasha, dating from 1524.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Palace of Ibrahim Pasha
|
 |
The entrance to the Palace of Ibrahim Pasha.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Suleyman Mosque
|
 |
The Suleyman Mosque is set on a small hill.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Suleyman Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was built by Suleyman the Magnificent.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Suleyman Mosque
|
 |
One of the minarets.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Suleyman Mosque
|
 |
The complex is set in a garden.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Suleyman Mosque
|
 |
The mosque dates from 1557.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Suleyman Mosque
|
 |
Carved screens.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The Beyazit district.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The University is set in its own square.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The University grounds.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Fatih Mosque
|
 |
The Fatih Mosque was rebuilt in 1771 after an earthquake.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Fatih Mosque
|
 |
The original mosque was built in 1470 on the site of a church.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Rustem Pasha Mosque
|
 |
The Rustem Pasha Mosque is hidden in a bazaar.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Rustem Pasha Mosque
|
 |
The mosque dates from 1561 and is covered with Iznik tiles.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The city is dotted with many mosques.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
Typical Ottoman mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
One of the many mosques in the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
Walled mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
Ottoman mosque set by a pool.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Golden Horne
|
 |
The Golden Horne is one of the two great waterways in Istanbul.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Golden Horne
|
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The Golden Horne separaters the original settelments of Byzantium and Constantinople from modern European Istanbul.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Golden Horne
|
 |
Boats on the river.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Golden Horne
|
 |
View from the banks.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The Bosphorus separates European Istanbul from the Asian city to the left.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sea of Marmaris
|
 |
The Sea of Marmaris lies between Istanbul and Galipoli at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sea of Marmaris
|
 |
Island on the Sea of Marmaris.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
Iznik is the ancient Nicaea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
During the 4th century the final form of the Christian New Testament was agreed in Nicaea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
The city gates were built by the Romans in 123.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
Iznik was briefly the capital of the Ottoman Empire before the capture of Constantinople.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
A 1388 building once used for feeding the poor.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
Exhibits in a local textile museum.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
Typical house.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : Sancta Sophia
|
 |
Sancta Sophia is a 6th century church converted to a mosque by the Ottomans.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : Sancta Sophia
|
 |
The Byzantine stonework.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
Street scene.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
The Suleyman Medressa is the oldest Ottoman school, dating from the 1330s.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
The city minarets often have storks nesting at the top.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
Street musicians.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
The Yesil Mosque dates from 1492.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
The minaret is covered with the Iznik tiles for which the city is famed.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
Carved stonework.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
The mimbar.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
The mosque is set in a garden.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : City Walls
|
 |
The city walls of Nicaea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : City Walls
|
 |
The walls run for 5km and are 10m high.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : City Walls
|
 |
View from the walls.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
The town is surrounded by fertile farmland.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
|
 |
Rural scene.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
Iznik Lake is one of Turkey's many lakes.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
View of the lake near the town.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
Boat and reeds.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
Birdlife on the lake.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
Shepherds.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
Fertile lakeside.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
View of the lake.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
Flowers by the lake.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
The shoreline.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
District : Iznik Lake
|
 |
Beach near the town.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
The city of Bursa.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
The city is on the slopes of Uludag (Mount Ulu).
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
Bursa was the first Ottoman capital.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
Being on the slopes of Mount Uludag, much of the city is hilly.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Emir Sultan Mosque
|
 |
The Emir Sultan Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Emir Sultan Mosque
|
 |
The mosque dates from 1805.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Emir Sultan Mosque
|
 |
Inscription above a window.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
The Yesil Mosque dates from 1424.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
This is the earliest Turkish as oppsosed to Persian mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
The mosque has excellent stonework.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
The decorated gateway.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Yesil Mosque
|
 |
The tiled interior.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Green Tomb
|
 |
The Green Tomb (1421) is the tomb of Mehmed I.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Green Tomb
|
 |
Beautiful tile work.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Green Tomb
|
 |
The central tomb is covered in tiles.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Green Tomb
|
 |
A tiled mihrab.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Textile Museum
|
 |
Exhibits in a textile museum.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Textile Museum
|
 |
A traditional bed.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
Cekirge is famous its hot springs.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
Baths set over hot springs dating from 1522.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
Bursa is a hilly city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
The city is in a hilly region.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
A group of students.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Orhan and Osman Tombs
|
 |
The tomb of Orhan and Osman, founders of the Ottoman Empire.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Orhan and Osman Tombs
|
 |
The entrance.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Orhan and Osman Tombs
|
 |
The tombs are in an octagonal building.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
Site / Event : Orhan and Osman Tombs
|
 |
The tomb of Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
Ruins of the Roman and Byzantine city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bursa
|
 |
A theological school.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.