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Really Skinny Yali253 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.Oct 10, 2019
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Karabaş Mustafa Ağa Mosque256 viewsA 16th century stone-and-brick mosque near the Beyoğlu waterfront.Oct 10, 2019
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Another view of the Ortaköy Mosque245 viewsOfficially known as the Büyük Mecidiye Camii - Grand Imperial Mosque - it is noted for its high bay windows, which are cunningly contrived to stage a "light show" using both sunlight and reflected light from the water.Oct 10, 2019
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Bosphorus Bridge218 viewsThe older of the two bridges spanning the Bosphorus. (There has been a third added since this picture was taken.) About 180,000 cars per day pass over it.Oct 10, 2019
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Dolmabahçe Palace - close-up view224 viewsRestoration work was in progress.Oct 10, 2019
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Balloon240 viewsThat's one way to get a nice bird's-eye view of Istanbul.Oct 10, 2019
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Dolmabahçe Mosque263 viewsOttoman neo-Baroque mosque located near the Dolmabahçe Palace; completed in 1855.Oct 10, 2019
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Dolmabahçe Palace245 viewsBegun in 1843 by Sultan Abdülmecid I, completed in 1856, the Dolmabahçe Palace superseded Topkapi as the Sultan's' primary residence and seat of government for the last half-century of the Ottoman Empire.Oct 10, 2019
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The Sublime Porte200 viewsThe building at left with the flag in front replaced the Topkapi Palace as the headquarters of the Grand Vizier and the government ministries in the 19th century. Its gate, the Bab-i Aii. translated into French as Sublime Porte, became a metaphor for the Ottoman government. Today it is the seat of the provincial governor.Oct 10, 2019
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Seraglio Point208 viewsTopkapi Palace as seen from the Bosphorus, with the Tower of Justice on the upper right. This area is known as Seraglio Point.Oct 10, 2019
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The Basketmakers' Pavilion236 viewsThe large building on the shoreline at left is the Basketmakers' Pavilion, originally constructed one of a number of pavilions on the shoreline belonging to the Topkapi Palace complex; now it is the sole structure remaining from the Ottoman era after the area was cleared for the construction of a railroad in the late 19th century.Oct 10, 2019
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Galata Bridge193 viewsFishermen line the railings of this 19th-century bridge, and fish-sandwich restaurants occupy the lower level. As for the billboard, I guess the Turks must eat a lot of Kale.Oct 10, 2019
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