Written by MALUSE on September 2, 2009
- We didn‘t go with an organised tour, we went to a travel agency and booked a flight with Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari) and a hotel from a brochure. Let‘s look at what is left...
Written by MALUSE on September 2, 2009
- The Grand Bazaar doesn’t have its name for nothing, it covers about 32 ha. It’s in the quarter Beyazit, the centre of Stambul, the oldest part of the city between the university and the Nuruosmaniye...
Written by fizzytom on April 21, 2009
- Just a short ferry ride from Istanbul, the Princes Islands are a brilliant place to kick back and escape the relentless noise and bustle of the city. Other than emergency vehicles, motorised vehicles are not...
Written by LorenGul on March 27, 2008
- After the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 by Mehmet the Conquerer, this ancient center of culture became the heart of Ottoman Empire. This young Ottoman sultan had a palace built on the Seraglio point which...
Written by actonsteve on April 15, 2007
- If a city speaks of defeat, destruction, deprivation, melancholy and poverty, the Bosphorus sings of life, pleasure, and happiness. Istanbul draws its strength from the Bosphorus. But in earlier times no one gave it much...
Written by actonsteve on April 15, 2007
- Let's talk about history...History is many things to many people. To some it is remembering dates as a child in a dusty classroom, to others it's being dragged around castles against their will before being...
Written by actonsteve on April 15, 2007
- OK, it's touristy. There are just as many 'I love Istanbul' T-shirts as there are Ottoman antiques, there are just as many belly dancing costumes as there are painted miniatures - but you feel you...
Written by actonsteve on April 15, 2007
- St Peters beats it in religious importance, St Paul's beats it for size and St Basil's for probably sheer exoticism but to me the Haghia Sophia or Aya Sophia is one of the world's greatest...
Written by actonsteve on April 15, 2007
- Once on the throne, Ibrahim proved to be the most detestable and debauched of the Ottoman sultans. A picture of him shows the bleary countenance of a drunkard, his turban tipped crazily to one side....
Written by actonsteve on April 15, 2007
- Ibrahim asked, "Master Ali, wherefore art thou come?"He replied, "My Emporer, to perform your funeral service..."To this, Ibrahim replied, "we shall see..." Ali then fell upon him; and while they were struggling, one of Ali's...
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