The Topkapi Palace - imperial court and centre of the Ottoman power for 375 years - is possibly the most famous of all Ottoman heritage in Istanbul. Approximately 30 sultans ruled the empire ...
Without any doubt, Topkapi Palace is probably the most famous of all Ottoman heritage in Istanbul. Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror commissioned its construction shortly after the conquest of ...
Ottoman fountains are a prominent feature of the Ottoman heritage in Istanbul. Monumental imperial mosques, historically and architecturally significant, dominate areas in which they were ...
The Ottoman army conquered Constantinople in 1453. The Ottoman sultanate was abolished in 1922. The city of Constantinople or Istanbul, as it is now called, was under the Ottoman rule for ...
Of all Ottoman heritage in Istanbul, the monumental Ottoman imperial mosques are the most important and surely the most visible.
The biggest and the most impressive complexes are from the ...
I mentioned in my previous post that one reason why I like Istanbul is because of its history and historical sites. Certainly, firstly known as Byzantium and then Constantinople, it was the ...
Why do I like Istanbul? I've been thinking about the answer to this question over the past several weeks. I was in Istanbul for a week, three weeks ago. I was in Istanbul six times before. ...
I am currently travelling across Turkey. My trip started in magnificent Istanbul. I've been to Istanbul six times before. However, this time I decided to spend a week there and to explore ...