Vacation to Istanbul in July, 2012.

1. Istanbul, June 2012

2. Beyuglu - Taksim , İstiklâl Caddesi
Eminonu – Bazaars & Bath
Sultanahmut
Topkapi Palace & Harem

4. Londres Hotel – İstiklâl Caddesi - Taxim Square

5. Londres Hotel
1881

6. Londres Hotel – Lobby

7. Londres Hotel – Lounge with antiques

8. Londres Hotel – Lounge with antiques

9. Londres Hotel – Lounge with room heater

10. Londres Hotel – Lounge with urn

11. Londres Hotel – Lounge with antique cash register

12. Londres Hotel Lounge

13. Londres Hotel Lobby – antique toy carousel

14. Londres Hotel Lobby – antique toy carousel

15. Londres Hotel – Rooftop Restaurant/Bar

16. Londres Hotel – Rooftop Restaurant/Bar

17. Londres Hotel – View of the Halic from rooftop Restaurant/Bar

18. Anatolian
Goya – Witness Weights and
of His Time Measures
Osman Hamdi Bey – Tortoise Trainer

19. Taksim Square - At the top of İstiklâl Caddesi

20. Taksim Square – Water Distribution Center

21. Taksim Square – Water Distribution Center

22. Taksim Square – Republic Memorial – Ataturk, 1923

23. İstiklâl Caddesi

24. İstiklâl Caddesi - Cite de Pera

25. Photo Album
İstiklâl Caddesi - Balcony and St. Antoin di Padua Roman Catholic Church

26. Horse-drawn and Nostalgic Tram

27. Alley off İstiklâl Caddesi

28. Simit Stand - Bread Rings Covered with Sesame Seeds

29. Simit Bread Rings Covered with Sesame Seeds

30. İstiklâl Caddesi – Street Performers

31. İstiklâl Caddesi – Street Performers

32. İstiklâl Caddesi – Street Performers

33. İstiklâl Caddesi – Chestnut Stand

34. Roasted Chestnuts

35. Alley off İstiklâl Caddesi

36. Alley off İstiklâl Caddesi

37. İstiklâl Caddesi

38. İstiklâl Caddesi – Dondurma (Turkish Ice Cream & Gelato

39. İstiklâl Caddesi – Cikolatacisi

40. İstiklâl Caddesi – World’s best job

41. İstiklâl Caddesi – restaurant

42. Galata Mevlevihanesi ( Mevlevi Whirling Dervish hall )

46. Dervishes’ Graves

48. Ablution fountain

50. Non-whirling cats on Dervish grounds

51. Gay Pride Week - Kick off parade

56. İstiklâl Caddesi – at night

57. İstiklâl Caddesi – at night

58. İstiklâl Caddesi – at night

59. İstiklâl Caddesi – at night

60. My picture taken by the Selpak Kiosk on İstiklâl Caddesi

62. Tünel subway from İstiklâl Caddesi to Galata Bridge – Inaugurated 1875

63. Tünel

64. Tünel

65. Tile walls in Tünel

66. Tile walls in Tünel

67. Tile walls in Tünel

68. Tile walls in Tünel

69. Dikkat!

70. Galata Bridge and Eminonu

71. Galata Bridge and Tower in background

72. Galata Bridge

73. “New” Mosque at Eminonu

74. Eminonu

75. Eminonu

76. The Pier at Eminonu

77. The Pier at Eminonu

78. Fish sandwich with pickles and pickle juice at the pier at Eminonu

79. Bosporus boat trip from the Pier at Eminonu

80. Bosporus boat trip from the Pier at Eminonu

81. Bosporus boat trip from the Pier at Eminonu

82. Bosporus boat trip

84. Bosporus boat trip

85. Bosporus boat trip

86. Bosporus boat trip

87. Bosporus boat trip

88. Bosporus bridge connecting Asia and Europe

89. Bosporus bridge connecting Asia and Europe

90. Bosporus boat trip

91. Maiden’s tower

92. Back on the pier

93. Bazaars

94. Grand Bazaar

95. Grand Bazaar

96. Grand Bazaar

97. Grand Bazaar

98. Grand Bazaar

99. Grand Bazaar

100. Grand Bazaar

101. Grand Bazaar

102. Outside the Grand Bazaar

103. Outside the Grand Bazaar

104. Outside the Grand Bazaar

105. Outside the Grand Bazaar

106. Outside the Grand Bazaar

107. Spice Bazaar

108. Spice Bazaar

109. Spice Bazaar

110. Spice Bazaar

111. Spice Bazaar

112. Spice Bazaar

113. Turkish Delight - Spice Bazaar

114. Pastrami - Spice Bazaar

115. Sultanamet

116. Sultanamet - Hippodrome

117. Sultanamet - Hippodrome

118. Sultanamet - Hippodrome

119. Sultanamet - Hippodrome

120. Performing ablutions
Sultanamet - Hippodrome

121. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

122. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

123. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

124. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

125. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

126. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

127. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

128. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

129. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

130. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

131. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

132. Sultanamet (Blue) Mosque

133. Sultanamet Neighborhood

134. Sultanamet Neighborhood

135. Sultanamet Neighborhood

136. Sultanamet Neighborhood

137. Sultanamet Neighborhood

138. Sultanamet Neighborhood

139. Sultanamet Neighborhood

140. Sultanamet Neighborhood

141. Sultanamet Neighborhood

142. City Walls on way to Topkapi

143. Fountain of Ahmet III

144. Fountain of Ahmet III

145. Fountain of Ahmet III

150. Hagia Sophia

151. Hagia Sophia

171. Grave of Henricus Dandolo who lead the Latin armies that invaded Constantinople in the 4th
Crusade. He died during the expedition and was buried in Hagia Sophia

180. Gulhane Park on the way to Topkapi

181. Gate to Topkapi Castle

183. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

184. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

185. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

186. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

187. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

188. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

189. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

190. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

191. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

192. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

193. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

194. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

195. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

196. Inside the Topkapi Castle Harem

197. Gate of Felicity – Entrance to Second Courtyard - Topkapi Castle

198. Topkapi Castle Treasury

199. Topkapi Castle Walls

201. Relief from the Ishtar Gate - the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon.

207. The Kadesh Treaty was established ~1269 BC between Hittite king Hattusilis III and
Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, and is the earliest known equitable peace treaty.

223. Istanbul Archaeology Museum

224. Porphyry sarcophagi of Byzantine emperors

226. Osman Hamdi Bey, founder of the Istanbul Archaeology Museum

238. Santralistanbul – park – museum – energy exhibit

239. Santralistanbul – park – museum – energy exhibit

240. Santralistanbul – cat with no energy exhibit

241. Santralistanbul – park – museum – energy exhibit

242. Santralistanbul – park – museum – energy exhibit

243. Santralistanbul – park – museum – energy exhibit

246. Santralistanbul – Energy exhibit

247. Santralistanbul – Energy exhibit

248. Santralistanbul – Energy exhibit

256. Cemberlitas

257. Cemberlitas

258. Cemberlitas

259. Cemberlitas

262. My attendant giving me a scrub!

264. Kariye Church - Museum

265. Kariye Church - Museum

266. Kariye Church - Museum

278. Lunch at the Grand Bazaar

279. Iskender Kebab – Meat with tomato sauce, yoghurt, on bread cubes

281. Chicken noodle soup at Saray restaurant

287. Semolina cake w/ poppy seeds

294. At Ataturk airport - Güle güle!