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Bosphorus Cruise, 3/31/2006
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Yali0 viewsWaterside houses like these are known as yali in Turkish. They are found on both sides of the Bosphorus but especially the Asian side. They are usually second homes for the very wealthy.
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Ultra-modern Mansions0 viewsNo throwing stones here.
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The Squeeze0 viewsSome yali are built so close together that there's literally no daylight between them.
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Local Color0 viewsThis yali took the prize for having the most flamboyant color.
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Tall and Slender1 viewsIf you can't build out, build up.
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Really Skinny Yali0 viewsThe price of real estate here means that you have to make the most of every square inch. It's the same principle that led to building skyscrapers in New York.
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Fixer-Upper0 viewsAn unusual sight in this upper-crust neighborhood - probably an old house in the process of being torn down and replaced with a new one.
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Tower Yali0 viewsHouse with its own mini-minaret - or could it be a neighborhood mosque?
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The Beylerbeyi Palace1 viewsOn the Asian side of the Bosphorus; used as a summer residence by the Sultan. (These guys had more palaces than they knew what to do with.)
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Mihrimah Sultan Mosque1 views16th-century mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul, on the Asian side. The older and smaller of two Istanbul mosques commissioned by Mihrimah, daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent; the other is on the European side, in the Fatih district.
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Maiden's Tower - Kiz Kulesi0 viewsAccessible only by boat, this tower on a tiny islet in the Bosphorus is a place of legend. It also has a restaurant where we would enjoy a farewell journey the following evening.
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Rüstem Pasha Mosque2 viewsNamed for the Grand Vizier and son-in-law of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, this mosque was designed by the great architect Mimar Sinan and completed in 1563.
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