Turkey
Makeshift "canopies" over the bazaar in Istambul.
Wooden cart in front of the house in the old part of Ankara.
Theater in Aphrodisias.
Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Blue wall of a house in the old part of Ankara.
Lycian rock tombs from about 400 BC near Dalyan on the south-west coast of Turkey.
Green tiled tower over the mausoleum of Mevlana (known also as Rumi) - a 13th century Muslim saint, who founded the famous Muslim sect of Whirling Dervishes. Konya.
Interior of the Mevlana mausoleum and his tomb. Konya.
Tiled roofs of houses in the old part of Ankara.
One of the two famous Medusa heads in the underground Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarayı) dating from the 6th century A.D. and located near Hagia Sophia in Istambul.
Closeup of the central part of Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque. Istambul.
The ritual of washing of the feet prior to entry to a mosque. Istambul.
Inside the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque. Istambul.
A view over the roofs of Suleymaniye Mosque towards the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque and the Bosphorus. Istambul.
Local woman picking her nose in front of the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque. Istambul.
View towards Hagia Sophia from a nearby street. Istambul.
Pink window in the old part of Ankara.
Peppers hang to dry on a window in the old part of Ankara.
Suleymaniye Mosque (far left) and Rustem Pasa Mosque (near right) seen from the bank of the Golden Horn near the Galata bridge.
Children playing on the side street in the old area of Istambul.
Mihrab (niche in the wall indicating the direction of Mecca) in Saint Sophia mosque.
Green door and matching window in the old part of Ankara.
Window with flowerpot in the old part of Ankara.
Blue door in yellow wall. Old Ankara.
Turkish farmer with his donkey. Cappadocia.
In the mountains of Cappadocia.
Old minarets of Aziziye Camii (mosque) in Konya.
Carpets hang for airing (?) in the old part of Ankara.
The Byzantine Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora - current museum in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Istanbul is unique because of its very well preserved mosaics and frescoes from XIV century.
Blue wall and laundry hang to dry in the old part of Ankara.
Shop with galvanized household appliances on the covered bazaar in Istambul.
Lycian rock-cut tombs near Dalyan, south-west Turkey.
Lycian rock-cut tombs near Dalyan, south-west Turkey.
Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Sunset over the famous terraces in Pamukkale made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the nearby hot springs.
Famous travertine terraces in Pamukkale a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Antique Pool in Pamukkale littered with original marble columns, plinths and capitals from the nearby ancient Greek Temple of Apollo.
Tatrapylon - the monumental gateway which greeted pilgrims approaching the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
The Temple of Athena, funded by Alexander the Great, Priene.
Inside the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Didyma.
Column base from the Temple of Apollo in Didyma.
Old houses in Istambul.
Narrow street in the old part of Ankara.
Celcius Library in Ephesus built in 117 A.D. It was a monumental tomb for Gaius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, the governor of the province of Asia.
Celcius Library in Ephesus seen from under the ancient arcade.
Garbage dump in the middle of a street in Istambul.
A typical rock in Goreme, Capadoccia.
In one of the rock-carved hotels in Cappadocia.
Typical rock forms from Cappadocia.
Conical rock forms in Cappadocia.
Scenery of Cappadocian mountains.
Local woman from Cappadocia.
In some rocks in Cappadocia one can see openings left by their human inhabitants centuries ago.
Entrance to one of them many carpet shops in Goremw, Cappadocia.
Tourist shop with carpets and habdicrafts in Goreme, Cappadocia.
Man selling local handicrafts in Goreme, Cappadocia.
Turkish woman wearing burqa (chador). Istanbul.
Colourful wall of a house in the old city of Ankara.
A building under construction. Istanbul.
View from the upper lecel of Hagia Sophia towards Bosphorus. Iatanbul.
Local food vendor in front of the steps of Yeni Cami (New Mosque) in the Eminonu district od Istanbul.
Colourful wall of an old house in Ankara.
Mantenence worker on one of the domes of Hagia Sophia. Istanbul.
An apse with mihrab (a niche showing the direction of Mecca) in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
Mimbar (an elevated pulpit for delivering sermons) in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
Inside Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
People queuing to put their thumbs into the hole at the bottom part of the Sweating Column in the northern corner of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Doing this and rotating one's palm 360 degrees is said to cure various ailments.
View of the interior of Hagia Sophia from the upper gallery. Istanbul.
Mosaic (IX - X century) located in the tympanum above The Imperial Gate of Haghia Sophia in Istanbul. It shows an emperor (Leo VI the Wise or his son Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus) bowing down before Christ Pantocrator.
A street with lot of laundry in the residential district of Beyoglu on the northern side of the Golden Horn. Istanbul.
A door to a house in the residential district of Beyoglu on the northern side of Golden Horn. Istanbul.
In front of the museum of Adam Mickiewicz - one of the most prominent Polish poets of the XIX century, who died in this place in 1855. Beyoglu district, Istanbul.
Laundry hang to dry across the street in the residential district of Beyoglu on the northern side of the Golden Horn. Istanbul.
Heritage tram of T2 line on İstiklal Caddesi in the Beyoglu district on the northern side of the Golden Horn. Istanbul.
One of the 61 crowded streets in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
A shop with traditional Turkish lanterns in the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul.
A group of Turkish men talking in one of the streets of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Woman wearing burqa at the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul.
Iznik tiles on the wall of the harem in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.
Inside the harem of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
Beautifully tiled dome over the harem of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
Detail of the external wall and canopy of the Murat III pavilion within the harem complex of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
Islamic inscription made of famous Iznik tiles over the door in the harem complex of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
Domes over the kitchens of the Topkapi Palace in istanbul.
Inside the Basilica Cistern ( Yerebatan Sarayı – "Sunken Palace") in Istanbul built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
One of the two Medusa heads below a column located in the northwest corner of the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul.
The "upside down" Medusa head below a column located in the northwest corner of the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul.
A figure of "dancing Dervish" in the lobby of the Hodjapasha Dance Theater in Istanbul.
Bust of Mimar Sinan - one the greatest Ottoman architects living in XVI century at the entrance to Cafer Aga Medresesi (religious school) - one of his works in Istanbul.
Turkish family walking past an old wooden house in the western part of Istanbul near the Byzantine city walls.
An old wooden house in the western part of Istanbul near the Byzantine city walls.
An old turkish man from the western part of Istanbul.
A muslim cleric in front of the cementary adjacent to the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul.
Interior of the Suleymaniye Mosque, the largest in Istanbul, designed by the great Ottoman architect Sinan.
Collonaded gallery outside the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) in Istanbul.
Valens aqueduct completed in the late 4th century AD crossing the Ataturk Boulevard. Istanbul.
Elderly Turkish men sitting along İtfaiye Caddesi (Lady's Market) in the Fatih district of Istanbul.
Inside the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) in Istanbul.
Turkish men praying in the Blue Mosque with the minbar seen at the background. Istanbul.
The Bosphorus bridge spanning the Eurpoean and Asian parts of Istanbul seen from the boat passing underneath. Istanbul.
Picturesque Rumelian Castle (Rumelihisari) located in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, on a hill at the European side of the Bosphorus.
Old cannons displayed in the Rumelihisari castle, Istanbul.
Narrow street near the Rüstem Pasha Mosque in Istanbul.
Minbar decorated with beautiful Iznik tiles in Rüstem Pasha Mosque located in the Strawmat Weavers Market in the Tahtakale neighborhood, of the Fatih district of Istanbul and designed around 1560 by the Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for the grand vizier Rüstem.
The mosaic showing Christ as “The Land of the Living” placed in the lunette over the doorway to the esonarthex of the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, Istanbul.
Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in the south dome of the inner narthex of the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, Istanbul.
Part of the defensive walls of Constantinopole, which protected the city for many centuries until the fall to the Ottoman forces on 29th May 1453.
Hagia Sophia seen from Beyoglu area over Golden Horn. Istanbul.
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
Approaching the main entrance to the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul - the major residency of the Ottoman sultans from 1465 to 1856.
View of the Bosphorus and the Bosphorus Bridge. Istanbul.
Northern part of Golden Horn with the Galata Tower, built in Romanesque style in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople, now Istanbul.
Morning view of the Sultan Ahmed (Blue) Mosque and the Fatih Mosque (at the background) in Istanbul.
Sultan Ahmed Mosque (known as Blue Mosque) - one of the greatest and most famous mosques of Istanbul.
View over the domes of Hagia Sophia towards the Bosphorus.
Houses along the bank of the Bosphorus. Istanbul.
Blue Mosque seen from the Beyoglu district with the Ataturk Bridge in the foreground. Istanbul.