
View from the hostel

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia close-up. Built in the 6th century for the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, looted in 1204 during the 4th Crusade, and converted to a mosque in the 15th century. Now it's a museum, it's not a working mosque.

Entrance foyer

Look at that beautiful scaffolding that takes up half the interior!

The main chamber

First and second stories

Looking up

Sultanahmet area

Sultanahmet Mosque (aka Blue Mosque)

Close-up of the blue mosque. It's still a working mosque.

Entrance to the courtyard

Inside the courtyard

Inside the Blue Mosque

Good shot of the arches

The basilica cistern built by Emperor Justinian in 532

The place is huge

Walking up to Topkapi Palace

One of the minor buildings on the Topkapi Palace grounds

One of the rooms in the Harem

Another shot of the Harem building

Nuruosmaniye Mosque

Kapali Carsi (aka Grand Bazaar)

The rug area of the bazaar

New Mosque

Egyptian Bazaar

Lots of lokum (aka Turkish delight) in the back

Spices & teas

Turkish viagra?

Spice stall

Scarves and lamps

Looking across the Golden Horn. Galata Tower rises up in the background.

Looking down the Bosphorus

Rumeli Fortress, on the Bosphorus

Istanbul skyline

Valens Aqueduct, completed in 368

Now a major road runs underneath it

Sultanahment Mosque at night

Hagia Sophia at night
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