Rise Like a Phoenix From the Ashes: Zeyrek Mosque

The Zeyrek Mosque, located in the historical Zeyrek district of Istanbul and revived with the recent restoration, welcomes its visitors as a beautiful blend of Byzantine texture with the Ottoman Empire. Princess Piroska was born in the late 11th century, in 1088, in Esztergom, one of the important cities of the Hungarian Kingdom. Piroska loses

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RED CROWN OF GOLDEN HORN: PHANAR GREEK ORTHODOX COLLEGE

Phanar Greek Orthodox College is one of the best examples of 19th century architecture. The school is still the most magnificent structure of the Golden Horn with its magnificence about 140 years ago. The period of innovation in Ottoman, which started with the reformist sultan Mahmut II, continued with his son Abdülmecid, who came to

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The Homeland of Faiths: Turkey

Anatolia is a special place where three continents meet, cultures, languages, communities, and hence religions flourish, develop and resemble... Although all these unique features will not end in ordering, here are the most special places of this land hosting beliefs... Mount Ararat It is estimated that Mount Ararat was the place where Noah's Ark landed
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GALATA

There are some cities which are comerstones in world history. One such is Istanbul, the only metropolis which has maintained its existence, with a thriving economic, social and cultural life, for around two and a half thousand years. Facing the old walled city of Istanbul on the southem shore of the Golden Horn is Galata,

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