2006 Turkey

Photo Journal of my visit to Turkey in 2006. It includes some pictures taken in Aksaz and Marmaris but the majority features Istanbul with its impressive Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya but also Kiz Kulesi (Maiden's or Leander's tower) in the Bosphorus river and the Basilica Cistern.
Marmaris, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Marmaris, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Aksaz, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Aksaz, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Aksaz, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey
Aksaz, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Blue Mosque and the Aya Sofya seen from the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Aya Sofya seen from the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Blue Mosque seen from the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey View from the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey
View from the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Kiz Kulesi (Maiden's or Leander's tower) in the Bosphorus river, Turkey. This 18th century stucture functioned as tollbooth and defence point. In 1999 it featured in the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough". : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Kiz Kulesi (Maiden's or Leander's tower) in the Bosphorus river, Turkey. This 18th century stucture functioned as tollbooth and defence point. In 1999 it featured in the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough". : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Kiz Kulesi (Maiden's or Leander's tower) in the Bosphorus river, Turkey. This 18th century stucture functioned as tollbooth and defence point. In 1999 it featured in the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough". : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Topkapi Palace seen from the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey
View from the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Ortaköy Camii Mosque in front of the Bosphorus bridge, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Kiz Kulesi (Maiden's or Leander's tower) in the very busy Bosphorus river, Turkey. This 18th century stucture functioned as tollbooth and defence point. In 1999 it featured in the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough". : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Çirağan Sarayi (now Çirağan Palace Hotel) on Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Sunset on the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Sunset, Turkey
Sunset on the Bosphorus river, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Sunset, Turkey The "new" Yeni Camii Mosque (1597) in Sultanahmet - Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The "new" Yeni Camii Mosque (1597) in Sultanahmet - Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Basilica Cistern - Old Istanbul, Turkey. This Byzantine waterstorage once held 80.000 cum of water which was delivered by 20 km of aqueducts from a reservoir near the Black Sea. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Basilica Cistern - Old Istanbul, Turkey. This Byzantine waterstorage once held 80.000 cum of water which was delivered by 20 km of aqueducts from a reservoir near the Black Sea. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey
Medusa's head in the Basilica Cistern - Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Church of Divine Wisdom (Haghia Sofia (Greek) / Aya Sofia (Turkish)) - Sultanahmet Old Istanbul, Turkey. It was completed in 537 A.D. and reigned as the greatest church in Christendom until the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, when Mehmet the Conquerer took possession of it for the Islam and immediately converted in into a mosque. As significant to Muslims as it is to Christians, it was proclaimed a museum by Atatürk in 1934. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Inside of the Church of Divine Wisdom (Haghia Sofia (Greek) / Aya Sofia (Turkish)) - Sultanahmet Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Inside of the Church of Divine Wisdom (Haghia Sofia (Greek) / Aya Sofia (Turkish)) - Sultanahmet Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Inside of the Church of Divine Wisdom (Haghia Sofia (Greek) / Aya Sofia (Turkish)) - Sultanahmet Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey
Inside of the Church of Divine Wisdom (Haghia Sofia (Greek) / Aya Sofia (Turkish)) - Sultanahmet Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Inside of the Church of Divine Wisdom (Haghia Sofia (Greek) / Aya Sofia (Turkish)) - Sultanahmet Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Inside of the Church of Divine Wisdom (Haghia Sofia (Greek) / Aya Sofia (Turkish)) - Sultanahmet Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Sultanahmet park - Old Istanbul, Turkey. : People, SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Blue Mosque - Old Istanbul, Turkey. Sultan Ahmet I had this mosque built and it was completed in 1616. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey
The Blue Mosque - Old Istanbul, Turkey. Sultan Ahmet I had this mosque built and it was completed in 1616. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Blue Mosque - Old Istanbul, Turkey. Sultan Ahmet I had this mosque built and it was completed in 1616. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Blue Mosque - Old Istanbul, Turkey. Sultan Ahmet I had this mosque built and it was completed in 1616. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Blue Mosque - Old Istanbul, Turkey. Sultan Ahmet I had this mosque built and it was completed in 1616. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Inside the Blue Mosque - Old Istanbul, Turkey. Sultan Ahmet I had this mosque built and it was completed in 1616. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey
Fishmarket on Northside of Galata bridge - Istanbul, Turkey. : People, SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Tombs - Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Blue Mosque behind the Sultanahmet park fountains - Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey The Blue Mosque behind the Sultanahmet park fountains - Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Fountains in Sultanahmet park - Old Istanbul, Turkey. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey
Details of the Imperial Council Chamber (Divan Salonu) in Topkapi Palace - Old Istanbul, Turkey. Mehmet the Conquerer built the first stage of the Palace shortly after the conquest in 1453, and lived here until his death in 1481. Subsequent sultans lived in this palace until the 19th century, when they moved to European-style palaces such as Dolmabahçe on the shores of the Bosphorus. Mahmut II (1808-1839) was the last sultan to live in Topkapi. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey Details of "Gate of Felicity" (Gate of the White Eunuchs) in Topkapi Palace - Old Istanbul, Turkey. Mehmet the Conquerer built the first stage of the Palace shortly after the conquest in 1453, and lived here until his death in 1481. Subsequent sultans lived in this palace until the 19th century, when they moved to European-style palaces such as Dolmabahçe on the shores of the Bosphorus. Mahmut II (1808-1839) was the last sultan to live in Topkapi. : SNMG2 Deployment 2006, Turkey