Turkey
I didn't know anything about Yedikule Fortress before I went to see it. In fact, I've never heard of it despite the fact that I've been to Istanbul many times in the past. I went there ...
When we talk about the Byzantine heritage in modern-day Istanbul, certainly magnificent Hagia Sophia immediately comes to mind. But there are also former Christian Orthodox churches that you ...
Imagine a city that was a centre of the Christian Orthodox faith for 1000 years, which then became a centre of the Islamic Caliphate for 400 years. Sultan Selim I conquered Mamluk Egypt in ...
Do you know that, apart from the famous Byzantine wonder that everyone knows, there is also Little Hagia Sophia? Certainly, I didn't know anything about it, but that's because I never really ...
You may ask what the connection between Christ Pantokrator and Molla Zeyrek is? I'm sure that everyone knows who Jesus Christ is. But I think that not many people have heard of Molla ...
I am not very lucky with the Pammakaristos Monastery. I went to see this former Byzantine church in 2019. That was when I started my travel around Turkey in Istanbul. I remember that the ...
So, which one was the church for Ottoman sultans in Istanbul? Clearly, Ottoman sultans didn't need a church, they built and went to pray in mosques. It's therefore remarkable that Hagia ...
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. Regardless ...
It's almost impossible to talk about Byzantine churches in Istanbul. After the conquest of Constantinople 571 years ago, Ottomans converted almost all Christian Orthodox religious temples ...
I went to Istanbul after nearly 5 years. It was the most obvious destination that I could choose after a hiatus in my travel. I spent 5 weeks in Turkey in 2019, Istanbul was my first stop at ...
