Doorway, Ceramics Museum

This is a side building in the Topkapi Palace, one of the oldest still standing (from the 1450s). It houses a small but exquisite ceramics museum.

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Ottoman Istanbul

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 Byzantiu ... 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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