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Turkey 8 July — 21 July 2014

Around town

İstanbulView from the window of the Antique Hotel.

İstanbulLooking straight down from the window.

İstanbulThe terrace view at breakfast. This is the Sultan Ahmet Camii (Blue Mosque).

İstanbulKıztaşı (Marcian Column) from the front veranda of the Merve apartment.

İstanbulView from the back patio of our apartment.

İstanbulOur apartment.

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İstanbulStreets in Sultanahmet. This is part of the old city – the municipality of Fatih. The Fatih peninsula includes most of the historic buildings of İstanbul.

İstanbulCobblestones. (I accidentally shot my foot once again.)

İstanbulThere are apparently two heritage tramways in İstanbul. This one is the Taksim-Tünel Nostalgia Tramway (T5) which travels along the major shopping street, İstiklal Caddesi, in the Beyoğlu district.

İstanbul İstanbul Üniversitesi. There are several universities in Fatih.

İstanbulEverywhere renovations and some complete knock-down-rebuilds.

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İstanbulSome locals.

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İstanbulI only had one day of rain. Even the locals took cover.

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İstanbulPublic rubbish bins. They hunt in twos. You can see the normal less conspicuous cover behind the underground bin just being emptied.

İstanbulAs for everywhere else, I only saw some of the historic area of Fatih and almost nothing of the rest of İstanbul. This mosque is not on the simple tourist brochures. I think it is the Şehzade Camii.

Kapalıçarşı

İstanbulKapalıçarşı (Grand Bazaar).

İstanbulTraditional wedding gift from the groom’s father. Check out Justin and Didem. We all helped Daryll spend his money here in the Kapalıçarşı (and did some damage of our own).

İstanbulLots of clothes shops in Eminönü behind the Kapalıçarşı.

Bozdoğan Kemeri

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İstanbulBozdoğan Kemeri. Remains of the Roman Valens Aqueduct.

Yerebatan Sarayı

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İstanbulYerebatan Sarayı (Basilica Cistern). This is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns under İstanbul.

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İstanbulHead of Medusa on its side.

İstanbulThere are always locals.

Sultanahmet Meydani

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İstanbulThe Sultanahmet Meydanı (Sultanahmet Square) is where the Roman circus was located. Little of the exterior structure remains.

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İstanbulThree monuments marking the race still remain in the square, namely, the Örme Dikilitaş (Walled Obselisk), the Yılanlı Sütun (Serpent Column) [no photos] …

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İstanbuland the Dikilitaş (Obelisk of Theodosius).