Across from Hagia Sophia stands the supremely elegant Imperial Sultanahmet Mosque with six minarets. Built between 1609 and 1616 by the architect Mehmet, the building is more familiarly known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior paneling of blue and white Iznik tiles. During the summer months an evening light and sound show both entertain and inform visitors. The cascading domes and four slender minarets of the Imperial Süle...

On a finger of land at the confluence of the Bosphorus, the Golden Ham and the Sea of Marmara stands the Topkapı Palace, that maze of buildings that was the focal point of the Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centuries. In these opulent surroundings the sultans and their court lived and governed. A magnificent wooded garden fills the outer, or first, court. In the second court, on the right, shaded by cypress and plane trees, stand the p...

Istanbul embraces two continents with one arm reaching out to Asia and the other to Europe. Through the city's heart, the Bosphorus, course the waters of the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn. The former capital of three successive empires, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman, Istanbul taday honors and preserves the legacy of its past while loaking forward to a modern future. It is Istanbul's endless variety that fascinates its ...

When you have a travel to Istanbul first time, you can hear a voice from mosques. It's athan (ezan in Turkish). It's a call for praying. And it's very affective voice. Let's watch it. I want to share a video from Sultan Ahmet Mosque in İstanbul. ...

Turkey Introduction Video I want to share an ametaur video. Video was preapeared by Göksel Beydilli and his group. I'm very appreciate them. Anyway i wrote the paragraphs which is on video. You can read and watch the introduction. İstanbul is the only city in the world located on two continents, Asia and Europe. İstanbul founded in 659 B.C. it was the capital city of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) and Ottoman Empire since 330 A.D. ---...