ICT-96
Istanbul
Miscellaneous images of Istanbul.
Photographed using a Kodak 40 digital camera during sightseeing
while attending the 1996 International Conference on Telecommunications
(ICT), 12-16 April 1996.
Click on the images for a full size version.
Topkapi
The first collection are taken at the Topkapi Serai, the castle built by
Suleyman the Lawgiver (also called "the Magnificent").
My guides for the day were Khalid and Fusun Sayood.
First court gate at Topkapi.
The first court at Topkapi.
A big tree at Topkapi
The same tree and Fusun.
The sultan's audience chamber.
Plaque at Topkapi.
A column.
The Divan or Sultan's coucil.
Inside the Divan.
The Sultan's grill in the Divan at Topkapi.
The Divan never knew
if the Sultan was observing or not.
A Topkapi door.
Another Topkapi door.
A Fountain at Topkapi.
A ferry trip on the Bospourous.
The following images are from a ferry trip up the Bosporous with Ender
Ayanoglu and his friend Sirin.
Pictures include the Yeni Cami mosque, the Dolmabaci Palace, the Ciragan
Palace (now a hotel), the Bosporous Bridge, the Rumeli Hisan fortress built
by Mehmet II (the Conquerer) as he was closing in on Constantinople
At the end we climbed a hill at
Anadolu Kavagi to explore a "Genoese Fort," a fort build by the Byzantines and occupied
by the Genoese. It overlooks the Northern mouth of the Bosporous and the Black Sea.
We finished the stop with a fresh bluefish at a restaurant on the water, where we could
watch the enormous ships sail by.
First court gate at Topkapi.
The first court at Topkapi.
A big tree at Topkapi
The same tree and Fusun.
The sultan's audience chamber.
Plaque at Topkapi.
A column.
The Divan or Sultan's coucil.
Inside the Divan.
The Sultan's grill in the Divan at Topkapi.
The Divan never knew
if the Sultan was observing or not.
A Topkapi door.
Another Topkapi door.
A Fountain at Topkapi.
