Inside the Blue Mosque

Tourist are only allowed to go as far as the fence I'm leaning on. I could see a couple people praying on the other side, but there were definitely more tourist than worshipers, plus it wasn't prayer time.

Istanbul

July 23rd 2009
I got to spend two days in Istanbul. It is a typical city with all of the usual hustle and bustle. I visited the famous Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar. The Grand Bazaar has something like 4,000 shops! A lot of it is the same stuff after a while, but it was still fun to walk around. The shopkeepers try so hard to get you to come in their shops. I found that it’s better to just say I’m ... read more

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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