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Flowerpot Close-up289 viewsThe ram-like beast viewed from a different angle.Oct 21, 2019
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Treasury Gate252 viewsThe Treasury Gate resembles the Sultain's Gate but is smaller and is double-sided (the curved wings form an "X"); it is located on the north side of the palace grounds and closed to public access.Oct 21, 2019
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Bosphorus Gate237 viewsThis is the gate you enter if you arrive by water.Oct 21, 2019
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Facade of the Selamlık262 viewsThe main entrance of the palace for diplomats, officials and other visitors (in general for uncastrated males).Oct 21, 2019
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Palace Garden248 viewsThe site was a garden before the palace was built; the name Dolmabahçe means "filled-in garden", and it's highly appropriate.Oct 21, 2019
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Garden Fountain249 viewsIn front of the Selamlık, the public wing of the palace.Oct 21, 2019
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Lamppost239 viewsPerhaps the most elegant I've seen. The Dolmabahçe Palace was among the first in Europe to get gas lighting.Oct 21, 2019
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Masked Man224 viewsAttila warned us that there was a danger of avian flu and told us that we should wear masks to Aya Sophia. I had brought some surgical masks to wear on airplane flights, so this was an opportunity to make good use of them.Oct 20, 2019
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Turkish Labyrinth263 viewsSandie was late returning to the agreed-upon rendezvous, and I feared that she would become lost in the Grand Bazaar and end up in a harem, enslaved by the janissaries. But luckily she showed up just in time.Oct 20, 2019
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Tourist Magnet210 viewsThe Grand Bazaar claims to be the #1 tourist attraction not only in Turkey, but in the world, with up to 400,000 visitors daily and over 91 MILLION annually.Oct 20, 2019
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Istanbul Street Scene225 viewsOn our way to the Grand Bazaar.Oct 20, 2019
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Grand Bazaar239 viewsThe Kapalıçarşı ("covered market") is one of the oldest and largest indoor malls in the world. It traces its beginnings to shortly after the Turkish conquest, and since then has grown to over 4,000 shops distributed over 61 covered avenues.Oct 20, 2019
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