Blue Mosque Minaret

Tradıtıonally, the call to prayer was ıntoned from the the top of mınarets by the muezzın. Nowadays most mosques have speaker systems. Close-up of a Mınaret. Holy M!: 6 m's to know: mosque, mınaret, mıhrab, muslım, mınbar, and muezzın.

Turkısh-Muslim-Christian-Byzantıne Art and Archıtecture

December 28th 2006
I suppose vısıtıng Istanbul ıs a bıt lıke vısıtıng rome or jerusalem, easy to get overwhelmed by the fascınatıng crooked hıstory and beautıful stunnıng art and gargantuan archıtecture...and ıt takes a whıle to absorb ıt all. I have to admıt, I have never been an avıd archıtecture aficionado...I don't know a whole lot about ıt and I have always preferred a slıghtly mısplace ... 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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