Topkapi Palace
October 14th 2012 Friday, Sept 21 in Istanbul
Istanbul has perhaps the most famous and beautiful site of any city in the world. It has had three names. In ancient times it was the Greek city of Byzantium. Then after Constantine made it the capital of the Eastern Roman empire it became Constantinople. After it was conquered by Sultan Mehmed II in 1453, it became Istanbul.
Mehmet The Conquerer visited the old B
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