Turkey

I visited the city of Istanbul for a long weekend over Easter in April 2003.

Istanbul

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Istanbul Photo Gallery

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View looking along Utangac Sk, Sultanahmet.	The street where I stayed in Sultanahmet, Akbiyik Cad.	The view of the Blue Mosque from the roof of the Sultan Hostel.
The gateway from the Hippodrome to the Blue Mosque.	Inside the courtyard of the Blue Mosque.	One of the many wooden doorways in the courtyard of the Blue Mosque.
The Imperial Gate to Topkapi Palace.	The library of Ahmet III in the Third Court of Topkapi Palace.	The concubines' and consorts courtyard in the Harem of Topkapi Palace.
Aya Sofya, once the largest church in the world built in 537, before being converted to a mosque in 1453.	The tombs on Divan Yolu, including many of the Sultans from the Ottoman period.	The New Mosque built in 1597.
Spices for sale by the Misir Carsisi, the Spice Bazaar.	The Mosque of Rustem Pasha, built in 1561.	Detail of the Iznik tiles decorating the Mosque of Rustem Pasha.