Valide Dam (Valide Bendi) in Belgrade Forest, İstanbul. I took the video and the photo on February 18, 2023.
Continue reading “Valide Dam in Belgrade Forest”A beautiful street view at night at the ITU. January 25, 2023
A beautiful street view on a cold winter night at the Istanbul Technical University (ITU). The wet road reflects the streetlights and creates a beautiful, romantic scene. I took this photo on January 25, 2023.
Continue reading “A beautiful street view at night at the ITU. January 25, 2023”İstanbul facts: 10 fascinating things about the city that lies on two continents
İstanbul is a fascinating city with a rich history and culture, and as a result, there are many interesting facts about it. Some of the most interesting facts about Istanbul include:
Continue reading “İstanbul facts: 10 fascinating things about the city that lies on two continents”Hagia Sophia in 1880
An 1880 photo showing Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. From the Pierre de Gigord Collection of Photographs. Photographer unknown.
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After a snowy week in Istanbul, I took a walk in the snow-covered Belgrade forest. It was really beautiful.
Continue reading “A walk in the snow-covered Belgrade Forest”A rainy winter evening at the Istanbul Technical University. January 1st, 2022.
A rainy and cold winter evening at the Istanbul Technical University. The wet road reflects the streetlights and creates a beautiful, romantic scene. I took this photo on January 1st, 2022.
Continue reading “A rainy winter evening at the Istanbul Technical University. January 1st, 2022.”Sarıyer and the Bosphorus at a winter evening
While I was walking from Sarıyer to Büyükdere, I took these photos on December 26, 2021. Sarıyer and the Bosphorus at a winter evening.
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This famous photo of a newspaper-selling boy was taken in 1958 at the Little Hagia Sophia district in Istanbul by the journalist Hilmi Şahenk (1903-1972). The 9-year-old boy is running, waving a newspaper in his right hand, and there’s a small bunch of newspapers under his left arm. There’s a 1950 Plymouth in the background.
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Here’s a view of Bosphorus with my road bike (a 2015 Cannondale CAAD10) from Rumelikavağı (Rumeli Kavağı), a neighborhood of Sarıyer district in Istanbul Province.
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Sunsets in Istanbul are beautiful. Here are a few photos that I took while I was crossing the Bosphorus aboard a Vapur (ferry) on a January evening. Istanbul’s ferries, locally called “vapur”, travels between two continents, between Asia and Europe.
The word vapur comes from French “Bateau à vapeur”, sometimes simply referred to as “vapeur”, which means steamboat in English (vapeur means steam).
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