Panorama images of Istanbul

This section is showing panorama images of several places in the city and nearby.

A nice and hidden place is the Narmanlı Han.

It is built in the years after 1800 to serve the Russian Embassy and is located in the historic Beyoğlu district.

In 1933, the complex was sold to the Narmanlı family and later used for shops, offices, residential units and artists’ workshops.
Soon it will be rebuilt.

Source: Yapı Kredi Koray

There are big opposites in Istanbul. Bazars like the Grand Bazar is old, big (±3000 shops) and is very sharming.

On the other hand Istanbul has now the biggest shopping mall in Europe...the Levent Kanyon Plaza.

Istiklâl Caddesi is a famous shopping street and is almost 2km long.

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Istanbul from Sea of Marmara.

Mosques

It would not be a surprise that Istanbul have a lot of mosques (Camıı).

Out of totally 3000 mosques the most

famous are the Sultanahmet mosque (Blue mosque) and the Ayasofya mosque in the old part of Istanbul at the Europian side.

The Sultanahmet mosque was built in 7 years in the 17th century.

The Ayasofya mosque is older and was built in the year 537 in 6 years.

A view from the Sultanahmet
park to the mosque.

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Sultanahmet mosque.

Palaces

During my stay in Istanbul I visited a few palaces (Sarayı).

The most famous one is the Dolmabahçe Sarayı which is located in Beşiktaş near Boğaziçi.

...other palaces are the Ottoman palace Hidiv Kasri in Beykoz (which is now a restaurant) and the Büyük Çamlıcaa (Çamlica Tepesi).

One of the side entrances of the Dolmabahçe Sarayı.

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Dolmabahçe Sarayı.

Fortress

At the narrowest part of the Bosphorus, Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror built the fortress of Rumeli Hisari in 1452 in only four months.

It is one of the most beautiful works of military architecture in the world.

Near this fortress is the Fatih Sultan bridge located. It is 1510m long with a deck width of 39m. The distance between the towers is 1090m and their height over road level is 105m. The clearance of the bridge from sea level is 64m.

The Fatih Sultan bridge of the Asian side.

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