![The Ottoman Sultan's Tugra, or seal](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678317.istanbul30021.JPG) The Ottoman Sultan's Tugra, or seal |
![Aya Sofya, Istanbul, completed in 537 AD](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677157.istanbul10004.JPG) Aya Sofya, Istanbul, completed in 537 AD |
![Aya Sofya, converted to a mosque by the Ottomans](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677162.istanbul10016.JPG) Aya Sofya, converted to a mosque by the Ottomans |
![Aya Sofya, now a museum](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677163.istanbul10018.JPG) Aya Sofya, now a museum |
![Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia)](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677164.istanbul10020.JPG) Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia) |
![Byzantine artwork in the Aya Sofya](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677165.istanbul10021.JPG) Byzantine artwork in the Aya Sofya |
![Ornate pavilion, Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677166.istanbul10023.JPG) Ornate pavilion, Istanbul |
![Roof detail of pavilion](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677167.istanbul10024.JPG) Roof detail of pavilion |
![Theodosius' Obelisk from Karnak at the Ancient Hippodrome](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677159.istanbul10007.JPG) Theodosius' Obelisk from Karnak at the Ancient Hippodrome |
![Medusa head in the Byzantine Cistern, Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677182.istanbul30002.JPG) Medusa head in the Byzantine Cistern, Istanbul |
![The Blue Mosque's 6 minarets are best seen from a distance](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34704001.istanbul20003.jpg) The Blue Mosque's 6 minarets are best seen from a distance |
![Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque)](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677156.istanbul10003copy.jpg) Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque) |
![Blue Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677158.istanbul10006copy.jpg) Blue Mosque |
![Sultanahmet-Arasta Bazaar, Blue Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677160.istanbul10012copy.jpg) Sultanahmet-Arasta Bazaar, Blue Mosque |
![Blue Mosque constructed 1609-1616](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677161.istanbul10014.JPG) Blue Mosque constructed 1609-1616 |
![Blue Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677168.istanbul10028.JPG) Blue Mosque |
![Blue Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677169.istanbul10031.JPG) Blue Mosque |
![Inside the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34704452.istanbul30006.jpg) Inside the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque |
![Sultan Ahmet's mausoleum](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677183.istanbul30004.JPG) Sultan Ahmet's mausoleum |
![Sultan Ahmet's mausoleum](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677170.istanbul10034.JPG) Sultan Ahmet's mausoleum |
![Gate of Salutations, Topkapi Palace, home of the Ottoman Sultans](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679911.topkapi0008.JPG) Gate of Salutations, Topkapi Palace, home of the Ottoman Sultans |
![Gate of Salutations, Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679921.topkapi0038.JPG) Gate of Salutations, Topkapi Palace |
![Seal of the Sultan over the gate to Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679912.topkapi0009.JPG) Seal of the Sultan over the gate to Topkapi Palace |
![Second courtyard, Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679920.topkapi0037.JPG) Second courtyard, Topkapi Palace |
![Tower of Justice, Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679913.topkapi0010.JPG) Tower of Justice, Topkapi Palace |
![Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679910.topkapi0005.JPG) Topkapi Palace |
![Courtyard of the Favourites, Harem, Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679916.topkapi0018.JPG) Courtyard of the Favourites, Harem, Topkapi Palace |
![Sultan's Salon, Harem, Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679915.topkapi0015.JPG) Sultan's Salon, Harem, Topkapi Palace |
![Sultan's Salon, Harem, Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679914.topkapi0013.JPG) Sultan's Salon, Harem, Topkapi Palace |
![Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679917.topkapi0025.JPG) Topkapi Palace |
![Throne Room, Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679918.topkapi0032.JPG) Throne Room, Topkapi Palace |
![Sultan's Tugra, Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679919.topkapi0034.JPG) Sultan's Tugra, Topkapi Palace |
![Archaeological Museum, Museum of Antiquities, Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679908.topkapi0003copy.jpg) Archaeological Museum, Museum of Antiquities, Istanbul |
![Archaeological Museum, Museum of Antiquities, Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679907.topkapi0001.JPG) Archaeological Museum, Museum of Antiquities, Istanbul |
![Sarcophagus of Alexander, belonged to Seleucid king Abdalonymus (4C BC)](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679909.topkapi0004.JPG) Sarcophagus of "Alexander", belonged to Seleucid king Abdalonymus (4C BC) |
![Kücük Ayasofya Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677184.istanbul30009.JPG) Kücük Ayasofya Mosque |
![Beautiful carpets in the Kücük Ayasofya Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677185.istanbul30012.JPG) Beautiful carpets in the Kücük Ayasofya Mosque |
![Old houses around Kücük Ayasofya](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678315.istanbul30013.JPG) Old houses around Kücük Ayasofya |
![Old wooden house on Kücük Ayasofya](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34703917.istanbul30014.jpg) Old wooden house on Kücük Ayasofya |
![Selimiye Mosque, Kadirga Cad.](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678316.istanbul30015.JPG) Selimiye Mosque, Kadirga Cad. |
![Orthodox Church, Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34704918.istanbul30018.jpg) Orthodox Church, Istanbul |
![Entrance to the Grand Bazaar, Istabul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678321.istanbul30026.JPG) Entrance to the Grand Bazaar, Istabul |
![Grand Bazaar, Istabul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678318.istanbul30023.JPG) Grand Bazaar, Istabul |
![Grand Bazaar, Istabul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678319.istanbul30024.JPG) Grand Bazaar, Istabul |
![Grand Bazaar, Istabul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678320.istanbul30025.JPG) Grand Bazaar, Istabul |
![Near the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677172.istanbul20006.JPG) Near the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul |
![Beyazit Square, Istanbul Univeristy](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678322.istanbul30027.JPG) Beyazit Square, Istanbul Univeristy |
![Beyazit Square](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677173.istanbul20007.JPG) Beyazit Square |
![Beyazit Square](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677174.istanbul20010.JPG) Beyazit Square |
![Beyazit Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678323.istanbul30028.JPG) Beyazit Mosque |
![Süleymaniye Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677175.istanbul20013copy.jpg) Süleymaniye Mosque |
![Süleymaniye Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677177.istanbul20018.JPG) Süleymaniye Mosque |
![Süleymaniye Mosque](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34705936.istanbul20017.jpg) Süleymaniye Mosque |
![Süleymaniye Mosque1550-1557](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677178.istanbul20020.JPG) Süleymaniye Mosque1550-1557 |
![Süleymaniye Mosque dome](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677179.istanbul20021.jpg) Süleymaniye Mosque dome |
![Islamic cemetary outside the mausoleum of Süleyman the Magnificient](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677176.istanbul20014.JPG) Islamic cemetary outside the mausoleum of Süleyman the Magnificient |
![Tomb of Süleyman the Magnificient 1520-1566](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34681614.istanbul20015.jpg) Tomb of Süleyman the Magnificient 1520-1566 |
![Valens Aquaduct (368 AD), Atatürk Blvd.](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677180.istanbul20030.JPG) Valens Aquaduct (368 AD), Atatürk Blvd. |
![Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34677181.istanbul20032.JPG) Istanbul |
![Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679901.istanbul50012.JPG) Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora |
![Interesting effect on the Dome, a bit like an iris](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679902.istanbul50013.JPG) Interesting effect on the Dome, a bit like an iris |
![Dome of Church of St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Museum)](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679903.istanbul50014.JPG) Dome of Church of St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Museum) |
![Church of St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Museum)](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679904.istanbul50018.JPG) Church of St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Museum) |
![Church of St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Museum)](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679905.istanbul50020.JPG) Church of St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Museum) |
![The Walls of Constantinople](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678324.istanbul40001.JPG) The Walls of Constantinople |
![Turkish ferry below Topkapi Palace, Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678325.istanbul40009.JPG) Turkish ferry below Topkapi Palace, Istanbul |
![Süleymanye Mosque, The Golden Horn](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678326.istanbul40010.JPG) Süleymanye Mosque, The Golden Horn |
![French warship anchored off the Dolmabahce Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678327.istanbul40013.JPG) French warship anchored off the Dolmabahce Palace |
![Topkai Palace, Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678328.istanbul40017.JPG) Topkai Palace, Istanbul |
![Usküdar, the Asian shore of Istanbul](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678329.istanbul40019.JPG) Usküdar, the Asian shore of Istanbul |
![Usküdar Fountain](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678330.istanbul40020.JPG) Usküdar Fountain |
![Dolmabahce Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678332.istanbul40028.JPG) Dolmabahce Palace |
![Dolmabahce Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678334.istanbul40031.JPG) Dolmabahce Palace |
![Dolmabahce Palace, closed Mondays and Thursdays](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678335.istanbul40032.JPG) Dolmabahce Palace, closed Mondays and Thursdays |
![Barbaros Memorial, Besiktas](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678331.istanbul40022.JPG) Barbaros Memorial, Besiktas |
![Fatih Mehmet Bridge over the Bosphorus to Asia](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678336.istanbul40034.JPG) Fatih Mehmet Bridge over the Bosphorus to Asia |
![Rumeli Hisari fortress 1452](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678337.istanbul50006.JPG) Rumeli Hisari fortress 1452 |
![Turkish flag on a tower of the Rumeli Hisari](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678338.istanbul50007.JPG) Turkish flag on a tower of the Rumeli Hisari |
![Rumeli Hisari fortress built by Mehmet II](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678339.istanbul50009.JPG) Rumeli Hisari fortress built by Mehmet II |
![Rumeli Hisari](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679900.istanbul50011copy.jpg) Rumeli Hisari |
![Istanbul lost to Athens for the 2004 Olympics](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34678333.istanbul40029.JPG) Istanbul lost to Athens for the 2004 Olympics |
![Istanbul, Turkey](https://a4.pbase.com/u34/bmcmorrow/upload/34679906.istanbul50024.JPG) Istanbul, Turkey |
![The basically worthless Turkish lira will soon lose 6 zeros (120,000 TL = 8 US cents)](https://a4.pbase.com/u20/bmcmorrow/upload/36540762.turkey.jpg) The basically worthless Turkish lira will soon lose 6 zeros (120,000 TL = 8 US cents) |
![Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey](https://a4.pbase.com/u35/bmcmorrow/upload/31687233.zurich059.JPG) Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey |