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Istanbul Lovers
By: vasilia Date: May 18, 2012, 5:12 pm
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I decided to start this topic for those who have fallen in love
with Istanbul or those who want to learn a few things about this
great City. Here we can share sites, blogs which are related to
Istanbul, we can recommend museums, restaurants, bars, we can
write about things we did there or we didn\'t and we wish to do
them in a next trip, we can post photos, videos, documenatries
about the city e.t.c. In a few words here we can write and post
anything related to Istanbul, we can express and share our love
for this unique City and maybe mentally we can \"travel\" there
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Istanbul Lovers
By: vasilia Date: May 18, 2012, 5:31 pm
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i want to share a few great sites:
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nofollow\">
http://www.ibb.gov
.t..._kameralar.aspx</a>
his site
has cameras placed in different places in Istanbul so you can
have live image! just click on the photos! if you click on the
Metrohan and Duatepe early in the morning, the view is just
a
href=\"\" rel=\"external
nofollow\">
http://harita.yan
dex...2&l=map,stv,sta</a>
his is
something like google earth! just click on the blue lines or
type the place you want and there are images from the city. i
have lost many valuable hours because of this site
nd here are
a few blogs:
a href=\"\" rel=\"external
nofollow\">
http://istanbuleats.com/</a>
(this blog recently won
an important award)
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nofollow\">
http://www.virtualto...bul-TG-C-1.htm
l</a>
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href=\"\" rel=\"external
nofollow\">
http://stamboultwilight.blogspot.com/</a>
this music
is nostalgic and reminds a lot of Istanbul
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Istanbul Lovers
By: vasilia Date: May 18, 2012, 8:07 pm
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<strong>Hagia Sophia</strong>: the greatest example of Byzantine
architecture.
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ere is a site with photos,
video, history, the hours that the museum is open.
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rel=\"external
nofollow\">
http://hagiasophiato...ide.com/museum/</a>
<strong>Basilica cistern:</strong> it is the biggest of the
many cisterns that exist under the Istanbul
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#Post#: 122135--------------------------------------------------
Istanbul Lovers
By: xenya Date: May 19, 2012, 7:20 am
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Vasilia, another lover in Istanbul. I like this thread, the
idea to have a thread about Istanbul...
ongratulatins and thx.
#Post#: 122209--------------------------------------------------
Istanbul Lovers
By: Angel/Poyraz Date: May 19, 2012, 8:24 am
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ne of my absolut
e
favorite places in Istanbul is The Pertevniyal Valide Sultan
Mosque, also known as the Aksaray Valide Mosque (Turkish:
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Camii, Aksaray Valide Sultan Camii),
is an Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located
at the intersection of Ordu Street and Atat�rk Boulevard in the
Aksaray neighborhood. It is located next to Pertevniyal High
School (Turkish: Pertevniyal Lisesi) which was also built by the
order of Sultana Pertevniyal in 1872. One of the last mosques
built in Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire, the Pertevniyal
Valide Sultan Mosque was built for the Sultana Pertevniyal, wife
of Sultan Mahmud II and mother of Sultan Abd�laziz. It was
designed by the Italian architect Montani. The construction work
began in November 1869, and the mosque was finished in 1871. The
building is a mixture of Turkish, Gothic, Renaissance, and
Empire styles. It is also unique in the details of the rock
work.
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Istanbul Lovers
By: Angel/Poyraz Date: May 19, 2012, 8:25 am
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Istanbul Lovers
By: goldenkiss87 Date: May 19, 2012, 10:47 am
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great thread Vasilia!!i like it alots
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Istanbul Lovers
By: xenya Date: May 19, 2012, 12:00 pm
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When we were in Istanbul last autumn, we bought this CD:
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n the cover:
stiklal
Caddesi with this famous red tram who drives from Taksim square
to the Tunel, which is one of the first underground railway in
the world.
e bought this CD because of the music (saz is very
interesting instrument and we are musical family) and because of
the cover. This little red tram is big atraction and is fun to
have a ride with him through the streets piled with people.....
I mean realy piled....
nother interesting thing on Istiklal
Caddesi (there is a lot of them, of course) is Inci bar with his
famous profiteroles... Well... I ate them and I didn\'t like
them much... but I\'ve been there four months before FG&Kerim on
their Valenitne\'s day.
o you ever try Turkish ice-cream? It is
very good, different from normal, as if it contained honey. But
the most interesting with this Turkish ice-srem is the ice-cream
seller.... Her it is:
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nofollow\">
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip6INPAyvHM</a>
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Istanbul Lovers
By: vasilia Date: May 20, 2012, 7:37 am
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<strong> </strong><strong>Chora Church</strong>
he
<strong>Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora</strong> (Turkish
Kariye M�zesi, <em>Kariye Camii</em>, or <em>Kariye
Kilisesi</em> � the <em>Chora Museum, Mosque or Church</em>) is
considered to be one of the most beautiful surviving examples of
a Byzantine church. The church is situated in Istanbul, in the
Edirnekapi neighborhood, which lies in the western part of the
municipality (belediye) of Fatih. In the 16th century, the
church was converted into a mosque by the Ottoman rulers, and it
became a secularised museum in 1948. The interior of the
building is covered with fine mosaics and frescoes.
he Chora
Church is not as large as some of the other Byzantine churches
of Istanbul (it covers 742.5 m�), but what it lacks in size, it
makes up for in the beauty of its interior. The building divides
into three main areas: the entrance hall or <a href=\"\"
rel=\"external nofollow\"><em>narthex</em></a>, the main body of
the church or <a href=\"\" rel=\"external
nofollow\"><em>naos</em></a>, and the side chapel or
<em>parecclesion</em>. The building has six <a href=\"\"
rel=\"external nofollow\">domes</a>: two in the esonarthex, one
in the parecclesion and three in the naos. (wikipedia)
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hora Museum is worth visiting
for those who are interested in Byzantine history and
architecture. it is really beautiful in the interior!
ne of the
best thing i ate in Istanbul was simit! i know it is just a
simit and we have it in Greece too(koulouri) but it was by far
the best i had! if i could find frappe instead of tea i would be
even happier
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Istanbul Lovers
By: vasilia Date: May 20, 2012, 8:09 am
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Istiklal
y first night in the city was in Istiklal. i
absolutely loved that street. it took me a couple of minutes to
get over the shock! i don\'t think i have seen such a large and
heterogenus crowd in my life! young and old people, modern and
traditional women, locals and tourists!! but i think that is the
beauty of that street! although the red tram, Xenya, was a
litlle annoying
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