The Tiled Pavilion (Çinili Köşk) » Distance: 300 m. This is the striking two-storied, building opposite the Archeological Museum. It is actually the first pavilion of the Topkapı Palace and was built by Mehmet the Conqueror. This summer pavilion dating back to 1472 is an example of early Ottoman architecture influenced by the Selçuks, with [...]
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art » Distance: 250 m. This museum contains one of the most important collections of Turkish and Islamic art in the world. First established in 1914 at the Daruzziyafe of the Süleymaniye Complex, it was moved in 1938 to its present location on the site of the Byzantine Hippodrome, in [...]
Topkapi Palace » Distance: 300 m. Topkapi is the largest and oldest palace in the world to survive to our day. In 1924 it was turned into a museum at Atatiirk’s request. Situated on the acropolis, the site of the first settlement in Istanbul, it commands an impressive view of the Golden Horn, the Bosphorus [...]
Geography The Tekirdağ shoreline encounters the effects of the Mediterranean climate; summer seasons are hot and the summer seasons are mild. At the inner land region behind the shore line containing the Ergene river basin the terrestrial climate is more dominant. The shoreline between Şarköy – Kumbağ districts display the characteristics of Mediterranean climate. History [...]
MARDİN Area: 12.760 km² Population: 1.154.418 (1990) Traffic Code: 47 The province of Mardin, is a poetic city of Southeast Anatolia Region reflecting the impression as if the time had stopped with its present architectural, ethnographic, archeological, historic and visual merits. The province of Mardin hosts mosques, mausoleums, churches, monasteries and similar religious creations parallel [...]
Until the 1950’s the Beyazıt – Sultanahmet district could still boast a number of large mansions set in specious gardens. The mansion belonging to the Minister of Monopolies, Şükrü Bey, managed to survive, in a dilapidated state, until the 1970’s. In 1977 this mansion was up for sale and was taken under control by the [...]
Next door to this beatifully restored building Yesil Ev, the historical Cedid Mehmet Efendi Medresseh was exhausted both physically and juridically. The front side of this one storey classical building which overlooks to the square was illegally sold to individuals and turned into a very bad concrete construction in which the backyard was ruined. It [...]
Before the Byzantine Empire Excavations conducted at Yarımburgaz cave have uncovered evidence of human culture in the region of Küçükçekmece Lake. Collective inhabitation of Istanbul, which would later become one of the most crowded cities in the world, dates back to the Sixth Millennium B.C.E. These societies inhabited caves on both the European and Anatolian [...]
Antalya, Turkey, the main resort in the Mediterranean region (ancient Pamphylia), is an attractive city with shady avenues, a marina, award-winning Mediterranean. Kaleici in the picturesque old town, narrow streets and old wooden houses fall into the ancient walls. Lately, many foreigners have bought (and continue to buy) the property and around Antalya vacation or [...]
