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Balat
Balat is a neighborhood of Fatih, on the European shore of the Golden Horn. It was a center of Istanbul's Jewish community. The Ahrida and Yanbol synagogues remain…
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Basilica Cistern
Yerebatan SarnıcıThe Basilica Cistern is an underground water reservoir built in the sixth century during the reign of Justinian I. Beneath its vaults, stone columns reused from ear…
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Blue Mosque
Sultanahmet CamiiThe Blue Mosque, called Sultanahmet Camii in Turkish, is an Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul. It was built during the reign of Ahmed I, opposite Hagia Sophia and…
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Bosporus
İstanbul BoğazıThe Bosphorus is the strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara and forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. The city of Istanbul extends…
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Chora Mosque
Kariye CamiiChora, called Kariye Camii in Turkish, is a former Byzantine church in the Edirnekapı neighbourhood that now serves as a mosque. It preserves mosaics and frescoes m…
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Dolmabahçe Palace
Dolmabahçe SarayıDolmabahçe Palace is a nineteenth-century Ottoman imperial residence on the European shore of the Bosphorus. The palace has rooms for state occasions and private qu…
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Galata Bridge
Galata KöprüsüGalata Bridge crosses the Golden Horn between Eminönü and Karaköy. Completed in 1994, it replaced a succession of earlier bridges. Cars, trams and pedestrians share…
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Galata Tower
Galata KulesiThe Galata Tower stands in the Beyoğlu district, north of the Golden Horn. The Genoese built it as part of their fortifications. Its history includes uses as a pris…
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Grand Bazaar
KapalıçarşıIstanbul's Grand Bazaar is a complex of covered shopping streets in the Fatih district. Its core grew up around trading buildings called bedestens, established in t…
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Hagia Sophia
Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i ŞerifiHagia Sophia is a mosque in Istanbul originally built as a church by order of Justinian I. The current building was constructed between 532 and 537. The name Ayasof…
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Hippodrome of Constantinople
Sultanahmet Meydanı (Hipodrom)The ancient Hippodrome of Constantinople occupies today's Sultanahmet Square. It was an arena for chariot races and public ceremonies next to the imperial palace. A…
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Istanbul Archaeology Museums
İstanbul Arkeoloji MüzeleriThe Istanbul Archaeological Museums form a complex alongside Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace. They bring together the Archaeological Museum, the Museum of the Ancie…
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Istanbul Modern
İstanbul ModernIstanbul Modern is a museum of modern and contemporary art beside the Bosphorus in Karaköy. It opened its Renzo Piano Building Workshop building in 2023. The buildi…
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İstiklal Avenue
İstiklal Caddesiİstiklal Avenue is a pedestrian street in Beyoğlu that links Tünel and Taksim squares. It preserves buildings from the late Ottoman Empire, commercial arcades, chur…
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Kadıköy
Kadıköy is a district on the Asian shore of Istanbul, beside the Sea of Marmara. Its center brings together ferry piers, commercial streets and a food market. To th…
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Maiden’s Tower
Kız KulesiThe Maiden's Tower, Kız Kulesi in Turkish, occupies a small islet off Üsküdar, at the southern entrance to the Bosphorus. It has served as a watchtower, a lighthous…
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Ortaköy Mosque
Büyük Mecidiye CamiiOrtaköy Mosque stands on the Bosphorus waterfront in Beşiktaş. Officially called Büyük Mecidiye Camii, it was commissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid in the nineteenth ce…
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Rumeli Fortress
Rumeli HisarıRumeli Fortress stands on the European shore of the Bosphorus, opposite Anadolu Hisarı. Mehmed II built it in 1452 to control traffic through the strait before the…
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Spice Bazaar
Mısır ÇarşısıThe Spice Bazaar is a covered market in Eminönü, in the district of Fatih. Its Turkish name, Mısır Çarşısı, means Egyptian Bazaar. It is part of the New Mosque comp…
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Süleymaniye Mosque
Süleymaniye CamiiThe Süleymaniye Mosque stands on Istanbul's third hill, above the Golden Horn. Suleiman the Magnificent commissioned Sinan to build it. A colonnade surrounds the mo…
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Topkapı Palace
Topkapı SarayıTopkapi Palace was the residence of the sultans and the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire. It is located in Sarayburnu, a promontory on the Golden Horn. T…
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