Ted's Excellent Pictures Taken In Turkey
May 2003
Sultanahmet Camii (Mosque of Sultan Ahmet) - also known as the Blue Mosque - built 1606 to 1616
Istanbul Turkey
Inside the Blue Mosque, so-named for the blue Iznik tiles
The forecourt of the Blue Mosque - looking up
Suleymaniye Camii (Mosque of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent) - Istanbul's largest ca. 1550
Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia): originally a Byzantine Church of the Holy Wisdom (537 A.D.),
when Istanbul was called Constantinople; the world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years.
Converted to a mosque in the 15th century, then converted to a secular museum by Atatürk in 1935.
Inside, 9th and 14th century Christian mosaics, covered up when a mosque, have now been revealed:
Topkapi Palace with a fish-eye lens
Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace
Restored façade of the Library of Celsus at Efes (Ephesus) - Roman capital of Asia Minor - built 114 A.D.
Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Western Turkey
Touristy imagining of the Trojan Horse, at Troy in Western Turkey
Funny place to put the staircase
Spices galore at Misir Çarşisi - Egyptian Bazaar - also called the Spice Bazaar, Istanbul
Fish-eye lens used
Plenty of occasions to dress up
Hey! Tourist! Watch this!!
A Whirling Dervish goes for a spin
And you thought gasoline was expensive in Canada!
Eat here or else!
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