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Turkey

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Istanbul: Hagia Sophia—Holy Wisdom

Monday, 20 Feb 2023 | Views [172]

IT’S A CHURCH. NO, IT’S A MOSQUE. WAIT, WASN’T IT A MUSEUM? Today’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque has been all of these! Back before Constantinople became Istanbul, sometime around 325AD when the city was still called Byzantium, ... Read more >


Istanbul: The Grand Bazaar and Galata Tower

Sunday, 19 Feb 2023 | Views [128]

IN EGYPT THEY CALL IT A SOUK, in Morocco it’s a Medina. Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar has been in business since 1461, steadily expanding to cover 45,000 square meters—about eleven acres— spread out over 64 streets with 4000 shops, ... Read more >


Instantly Istanbul

Friday, 17 Feb 2023 | Views [110]

. . . AND JUST LIKE THAT, OUR MAGIC CARPET flew us to Istanbul! Actually it was Etihad Airlines and it took eleven hours in the air plus ten on the ground in Abu Dhabi. But we are indeed in Istanbul, the city formerly known as Constantinople and before ... Read more >


Photos: Istanbul

Wednesday, 15 Feb 2023 | Photo Gallery


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