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March 5th 2010

Published: March 5th 2010

Ottoman Istanbul This blog focuses on the Ottoman sights of Istanbul. As you can see from just glancing at the pictures, they are gorgeous. Our last blog focused on the Byzantine sights of Istanbul. We’ll do one last Istanbul blog that gives a taste what Istanbul is like today. Ottoman Istanbul, by Paul The Ottoman Empire. In the last blog we talked about Byzantium or Constantinople, whic... Read Full Entry

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Tiled Roof, Topkapi Palace

Tiled Calligraphy, Topkapi Palace

Main Gate, Topkapi Palace

Jordan and Mosque

Ella and May: Mosque Courtyard

Ella, May, Jordan: Mosque Interior

Ablutions Fountain, Mosque Courtyard

Entrance to Mosque Courtyard

This is the front gate to a large imperial mosque. You walk through this to the huge courtyard.

Courtyard and Minaret, Mosque

Jordan and Mosque

Outside of Mosque Courtyard

Late Afternoon Mosque

Jordan, Mosque Courtyard

Ella and May, Mosque Courtyard

Corner Kiosk

I'm not sure what these are, but there are a lot of them - little corner structures from Ottoman times that have been turned into shops.

Mosque from Courtyard

6th March 2010

Marian
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This was a beautiful blog! It does make me sorry that we didn't visit the harem at the Topkapi Mosque, however, because it is better preserved than the parts we did visit. We, too, loved the tiles! The tile of Turkey reminded me a little of Mexico which also has a great tile tradition. Ottoman influence in Spain may have passed on to the Spanish as they conquered Mexico. Who knows? Marian

9th March 2010

Doris
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Ottoman
Thanks again for sharing. The mosques and the tiles are beautiful. I enjoyed the history and loved the pictures. Doris

15th May 2010

Murat
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Great article and photos, Ottoman heritage is visible all over Istanbul, for more check this out, http://www.best-of-istanbul.com

8th October 2010

Ray McCullagh
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Istanbul
Well, nice pictures but really a bit of showing onesself off-with your popping up in so many photos. The pictures of the mosques(camiis) would be more appreciated if you could put their names next to it ie. Sultanahmet, Suleymanye etc.

18th February 2011

istanbul
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istanbul
Hello, thank you for such a great article!

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