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Ottoman Imperial Mosques – Istanbul (part 2)
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Ottoman Imperial Mosques – Istanbul (part 2)

Fatih Sultan Mehmed conquered Constantinople in 1453. The Ottoman sultanate was abolished in 1922. Constantinople or Istanbul, as it is now called, was under the Ottoman rule for 469 years. Consequently, the Ottoman heritage in Istanbul is enormous and it spreads over many centuries, from the time after the conquest to the establishment of the modern Turkish republic. Of all Ottoman heritage, the most ...
Ottoman Istanbul
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Ottoman Istanbul

I mentioned in my previous post that one reason why I like Istanbul is because of its history. Certainly, initially known as Byzantium, then Constantinople and Istanbul, it was the centre of power and capital city of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires for almost 16 centuries. But Ottoman structures are the most visible today, although several buildings older than 1000 years are still there, such as ...
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