Aya Sofya and the Blue Mosque

Here is the view of Aya Sofya and The Blue Mosque at the Gates to Topkapi Palace

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Istanbul - can‘t get enough of the shopping!

August 23rd 2009
Location: Istanbul Weather: Sunny, windy. 27 °C Istanbul is an exciting and busy city where East meets West. We stayed at Grand Yavuz Hotel in the Old City - Sultanahmet and when we arrived it was the first day of Ramadan. The Old City is quite beautiful, the medieval city walls are still present and the streets are all paved with cobblestones, Kathy found them difficult to w ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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