| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
The Gate of Felicity.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
The third courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Library
|
 |
The Library of Ahmed III dates from 1718.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Library
|
 |
Beautiful room inside the Library of Ahmed III.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Library
|
 |
Iznik tiles in the library.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
Buildings in the third court.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Audience Chamber
|
 |
The Audience Chamber dates from the 15th century.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Audience Chamber
|
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The entrance has Islamic inscriptions above and the signature of the Sultan on ether side.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Audience Chamber
|
 |
The interior.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The tiled hallway at the entrance to the Harem.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Harem contains the Sultan's quarters which were the home of the Ottoman sultans up to 1839.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The throne of solid gold studdied with precious stones captured from Persia.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Sultan's room.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Sultan's quarters.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Sultan's wash room.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Sultan's toilet.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The intensely tiled Harem.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Princes' Rooms.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The dome of the Princes' Rooms.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
Marble carving in the Princes' Rooms.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
Wall paintings in the Princes' Rooms.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Crown Prince Room.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The walls of the Crown Prince room.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
Stained glass windows in the room of the Crown Prince.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Concubines' Courtyard.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
Cloistered courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
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Marble in the Concubines' Courtyard.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The womens' quarters.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The apartments of the concubines.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The womens' chambers are set around a large courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
Wall painting in the Harem.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
Beautiful Iznik tiles in the Concubines' Quarters.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
Doorway.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
Iznik tiles.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Harem
|
 |
The Eunuchs' Quarters.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Baghdad Kiosk
|
 |
The interior of the Baghdad Kiosk.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Baghdad Kiosk
|
 |
The Baghdad Kiosk dates from 1638.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Baghdad Kiosk
|
 |
The beautiful interior.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Baghdad Kiosk
|
 |
The tiles in the kiosk are from Iznik.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Baghdad Kiosk
|
 |
View from the Baghdad Kiosk.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
Visitors in the gardens.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
The Yerevan Kiosk was a religious retreat.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
Monument in the garden.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Persian furniture in the extensive site museum.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
The porcelain exhibit.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Blue and orange dish (Qing Dynasty, China).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Yuan Dynasty plate from China.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Bowl with deer (China, Qing Dynasty).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Celadon jar (Yuan, 15th century).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Faberge signed model of a Crimean mosque.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Ewers from the museum.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Silver globe.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
View of the Bosphorus that separates Europe from Asia.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
The walls of the Topkapi Palace.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
Wooden house by the wall of the Topkapi Palace.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The 31m high Walled Obelisk.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
Ottoman tomb stone.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Tomb of Eyup
|
 |
The Tomb of Eyup.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Tomb of Eyup
|
 |
Eyup was a friend of Muhammad, killed in 678.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Greek sarcophagos in the grounds of the Archeological Museum.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Many artefacts are in the gardens.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Lion from Babylon made of tiles.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Detail of a tiled Babylonian lion.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Akkadian statue of the governor of Lagash (c2100 BCE, Ur).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Hittite relief.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Treaty between the Hittites and Ramases II from 1269BC written in Akkadian. This is the world's oldest peace treaty.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
The museum is famed for its carved stone sarcophagi.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
The Alexander Sarcophagos has a sculpture of Greeks fighting Persians (late 4th century BC).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
The Sarcophagos of the Mourning Women is Lycian and dates from 5th century BCE.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Lycean Sarcophagos (5th century BC) is made of marble.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Sarcophagos carvings of Greeks fighting Persians.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Detail of a Greek sarcophagus.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Greek sarcophagos.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Highly decorated Greek sarcophagos.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Greek sculpture.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
A plate from Iznik (1510).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Iznik tiles from 1575.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Pre-Islamic votive statuettes from the Arabian peninsula (4th century BC).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Sacred bath from Ur (Mesopotamia).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Egyptian sarcophagos.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Tiled Kiosk
|
 |
The Tiled Kiosk (1472) is the oldest non-religious building in Istanbul.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Tiled Kiosk
|
 |
The walls with carved windows.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Tiled Kiosk
|
 |
The entrance.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Tiled Kiosk
|
 |
Tiles over the entrance.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Walls of Constantinople
|
 |
The great walls of Constantinople.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Walls of Constantinople
|
 |
The walls were begun in the 5th century.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Walls of Constantinople
|
 |
The walls survived for 1000 years protecting the city on land and sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Walls of Constantinople
|
 |
The walls were finally breached by the Ottomans in 1453.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Walls of Constantinople
|
 |
The breaching of the walls led to the end of the Byzantine Empire.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Walls of Constantinople
|
 |
The walls of Constantinople along the Bosphorus near Istanbul.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The district of Eminonu.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
|
 |
The Column of Constantine dates from 330 and is 57m high.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Palace Museum
|
 |
The Grand Palace Museum contains mosaics dating from the 6th century from a Byzantine pavement.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Palace Museum
|
 |
The mosaics were discovered in the 1950s.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Palace Museum
|
 |
Geese.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Palace Museum
|
 |
Mythological creatures.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Palace Museum
|
 |
Camel mosaic.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Palace Museum
|
 |
Three goats.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Grand Palace Museum
|
 |
Hunting scene.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Basilica Cistern
|
 |
The Basilica Cistern is a 6th century underground Byzantine structure with 336 columns.
|
2006 |
were added from 1 February 2025.