istanbul in pictures~

Alright! so here are the photos i took in istanbul.. im in dubai already, and im trying hard to refrain from telling anything about it.. that, dear readers, is for the next post.. this, solely istanbul.. ;)


This is Zeynep Sultan Camii (Sultan Zeynep Mosque), its not a famous one (at least, i dont think so), but just put it here coz its from the 18th century.. 1769.. Loads of mosques like this all over istanbul.. in istanbul alone, there are 2000 mosques..

This is the blue mosque.. a magnificent, stunninf feat.. hehe.and those are my are my parents with aziza..

me, my mum, aziza and aisha in front of the blue mosque..

this is inside the blue mosque.. its so amazing.. it was built in the 17th century, and such architecture.. we should have progressed so much, yet, we fell so far..

Inside the blue mosque... the grandeur of the building.. the minute details..

This is the tomb of Sultan Ahmed, the sultan who ordered the construction of the blue mosque..

In these few boxes contain hair from the prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) beard.. amazing..

This is at the Oriental House, performance during dinner, playing some turkish music..

The battle cry/music of the Turks..

The sufi.. mystical..

showing a turkish wedding.. hehe (im just giving short summaries of the pictures.. feeling kinda lazy now.. :P)

The first belly dancer..

folk dance of the turks..

the 2nd belly dancer..

the 3rd belly dancer.. if u notice, shes wearing high heels.. those are the type of heels they use to dance.. i dont know how they do it..

and this was the chinese guy i was talking about in the previous post, the one called onto stage and the one in the "hitting game"..

This is in the grand bazaar.. just one small part of it.. just imagine, 4000 shops.. we got lost so many times in there..

the blue mosque at night..

this is in the Ayasofya/Hagia Sofia/Saint Sophia.. the muslims renovated it to make it into a mosque..

This, before renovation, was the place where Richard the Lion Hearted was crowned king.. it felt so weird to be standing there,where one of the great kings of history stood before, during his first moments securing a place in time..

an aeriel view of istanbul.. on the right, the western side.. on the left, the asian side..

the biggest cemetary in istanbul.. huge.. graves here date from the 16th century..

this was the yacht of M. Kamal Attaturk, the man who destroyed what the Ottoman Empire worked to preserve for hundreds of years - Islam as a way of life among the Turks..

I forgot the name of this fort.. but this is the symbol of the conquest of constantinople.. when they build this, constantinople fell in a matter of months due to the cut off of supplies..

At the spice bazaar.. Notice the sign.. *chuckle*