Images tagged "turkey"
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.
Blue door in yellow wall. Old Ankara.
In some rocks in Cappadocia one can see openings left by their human inhabitants centuries ago.
Window with flowerpot in the old part of Ankara.
Entrance to one of them many carpet shops in Goremw, Cappadocia.
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.
Lycian rock-cut tombs near Dalyan, south-west Turkey.
Tiled roofs of houses in the old part of Ankara.
Tourist shop with carpets and habdicrafts in Goreme, Cappadocia.
Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Theater in Aphrodisias.
Typical rock forms from Cappadocia.
Lycian rock-cut tombs near Dalyan, south-west Turkey.
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.
Suleymaniye Mosque (far left) and Rustem Pasa Mosque (near right) seen from the bank of the Golden Horn near the Galata bridge.
The Temple of Athena, funded by Alexander the Great, Priene.
Carpets hang for airing (?) in the old part of Ankara.
Scenery of Cappadocian mountains.
Interior of the Mevlana mausoleum and his tomb. Konya.
Old minarets of Aziziye Camii (mosque) in Konya.
Antique Pool in Pamukkale littered with original marble columns, plinths and capitals from the nearby ancient Greek Temple of Apollo.
Man selling local handicrafts in Goreme, Cappadocia.
A typical rock in Goreme, Capadoccia.
Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Closeup of the central part of Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque. Istambul.
Column base from the Temple of Apollo in Didyma.
Lycian rock tombs from about 400 BC near Dalyan on the south-west coast of Turkey.
Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Conical rock forms in Cappadocia.
Peppers hang to dry on a window in the old part of Ankara.
Turkish farmer with his donkey. Cappadocia.
Green door and matching window in the old part of Ankara.
Children playing on the side street in the old area of Istambul.
Blue wall of a house in the old part of Ankara.
Pink window in the old part of Ankara.
Tatrapylon - the monumental gateway which greeted pilgrims approaching the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Old houses in Istambul.
Celcius Library in Ephesus seen from under the ancient arcade.
Garbage dump in the middle of a street in Istambul.
Blue wall and laundry hang to dry in the old part of Ankara.
Local woman picking her nose in front of the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque. Istambul.
Narrow street in the old part of Ankara.
Local woman from Cappadocia.
Mihrab (niche in the wall indicating the direction of Mecca) in Saint Sophia mosque.
In one of the rock-carved hotels in Cappadocia.
A view over the roofs of Suleymaniye Mosque towards the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque and the Bosphorus. Istambul.
Inside the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Didyma.
Wooden cart in front of the house in the old part of Ankara.
Inside the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque. Istambul.
The ritual of washing of the feet prior to entry to a mosque. Istambul.
Shop with galvanized household appliances on the covered bazaar in Istambul.
Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite in Aphrodisias.
Famous travertine terraces in Pamukkale a Unesco World Heritage Site.
View towards Hagia Sophia from a nearby street. Istambul.
Turkish woman wearing burqa (chador). Istanbul.
In the mountains of Cappadocia.
Makeshift "canopies" over the bazaar in Istambul.
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.
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.
Sunset over the famous terraces in Pamukkale made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the nearby hot springs.