Turkey
You may ask what the connection between Christ Pantokrator and Molla Zeyrek is. I am sure that everyone knows who Jesus Christ is, but I suspect that far fewer people have heard of Molla ...
So, which one was the church for Ottoman sultans in Istanbul? Clearly, Ottoman sultans didn't need a church, they built and prayed in mosques. It is therefore remarkable that Hagia Eirene, ...
The last time I visited Hagia Sophia was in 2019, when I travelled around Turkey. I started that particular trip in Istanbul, where I stayed for a week before departing for Bursa. Even ...
It is almost impossible to talk about Byzantine churches in Istanbul. After the conquest of Constantinople 572 years ago, the Ottomans converted almost all Christian Orthodox temples into ...
Although the title of this post is Ottoman Soup Kitchen, it is really about the Mihrişah Valide Sultan Complex, a scintillating gem of Ottoman Baroque architecture next to the Eyüp Sultan ...
Among Istanbul's many Ottoman landmarks, the most famous are its monumental imperial mosques, such as the Blue Mosque and the Süleymaniye Mosque. But, in my view, the Pertevniyal Valide ...
Of all the Ottoman imperial mosques that I've written about, the Sultan Mustafa Iskele Mosque may be the one that you don't need to see. It's a small structure, far removed from the ...
Much like the iconic Yeni Mosque near the Galata Bridge, the Dolmabahce Mosque stands as one of the most recognisable Ottoman imperial mosques, familiar to almost every visitor to Istanbul. ...
Among Istanbul's many Ottoman landmarks, the most famous are its monumental imperial mosques, such as the Blue Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque. But in my view, the Tesvikiye Mosque also holds ...
Among Istanbul’s many Ottoman landmarks, the most famous are its monumental imperial mosques, such as the Blue Mosque and the Süleymaniye Mosque. But, in my view, the Nusretiye Mosque also ...
