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Sigara Böreği594 viewsEgg rolls, or their Turkish equivalent, stuffed with potato, feta or meat, next to cabbage flowers.
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Galatasarai High School Gate594 viewsThe oldest secondary school in Turkey, located in Galatasarai Square.
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Harem Courtyard594 viewsThe Topkapi harem is something of a maze, consisting of a series of structures , built around courtyards and connected by hallways and walkways.
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Cenotaph594 viewsActually, this isn't really his tomb, which was destroyed by the Turks when they conquered Constantinople. It is a marker, or cenotaph, placed by Italians in the 19th century near the probable site of the tomb.
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Lamppost594 viewsPerhaps the most elegant I've seen. The Dolmabahçe Palace was among the first in Europe to get gas lighting.
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"Atmospheric" Pay Toilet593 viewsI thought this was an odd way of putting it.
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Where Carpets Are Made593 viewsEntrance to the Dogus Hali Carpet Factory.
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Fleet of Fancy593 viewsSimilar to the previous, apparently by the same artist, but unique.
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Gate of Salutation593 viewsLeads to the Second Courtyard of the palace. Only the Sultan was allowed to pass through on horseback; all others had to dismount.
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Golden Arches593 viewsEven in the shadow of the greatest monuments of antiquity, you can't escape the banal icons of the modern world.
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Library Grilles593 viewsThese grilles separate the Library, added in 1739 by Sultan Mahmud I, from the nave.
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The Temple of Apollo592 viewsDeliberately built on an active earthquake fault, which emits carbon dioxide gas. See the description for the Plutonion.
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