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Explore interesting sights in İstanbul, Turkey. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 90 sights are available in İstanbul, Turkey.

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1. Bull Statue

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The Kadıköy bull statue is a statue of a bull installed in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The bull has become a mascot for the neighborhood. It was ordered by Abdülaziz in 1864 and created by French artist Rouillar in Paris. The statue has been in its current location on Altıyol Square since 1987.

Wikipedia: Kadıköy bull statue (EN)

2. Valens Aqueduct

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The Aqueduct of Valens was a Roman aqueduct system built in the late 4th century AD, to supply Constantinople – the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Construction of the aqueduct began during the reign of the Roman emperor Constantius II and was completed in 373 by the Emperor Valens. The aqueduct remained in use for many centuries. It was extended and maintained by the Byzantines and the Ottomans.

Wikipedia: Aqueduct of Valens (EN)

3. Museum of Turkish and Islamic arts

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The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is a museum located in Sultanahmet Square in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Constructed in 1524, the building was formerly the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, who was the second grand vizier to Suleiman the Magnificent, and was once thought to have been the husband of the Sultan's sister, Hatice Sultan.

Wikipedia: Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (EN), Website

4. Church of St. George

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Church of St. GeorgeKlearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece / CC BY 2.0

The Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. George is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and, as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453, and of the Ottoman Empire until 1922. Since about 1600, it has been the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople whose leader is regarded as the primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and is frequently looked upon as the spiritual leader of the 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.

Wikipedia: St. George's Cathedral, Istanbul (EN)

5. The Blue Mosque

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The Blue MosquePedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known by its official name, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today. It also attracts a large number of tourists and is one of the most iconic and popular monuments of Ottoman architecture.

Wikipedia: Sultan Ahmed Mosque (EN)

6. German Fountain

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The German Fountain is a gazebo styled fountain in the northern end of old hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey and across from the Mausoleum of Sultan Ahmed I. It was constructed to commemorate the second anniversary of German Emperor Wilhelm II's visit to Istanbul in 1898. It was built in Germany, then transported piece by piece and assembled in its current site in 1900. The neo-Byzantine style fountain's octagonal dome has eight marble columns, and dome's interior is covered with golden mosaics.

Wikipedia: German Fountain (EN)

7. Gülhane Park

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Gülhane Park is a historical urban park in the Eminönü district of Istanbul, Turkey; it is adjacent to and on the grounds of the Topkapı Palace. The south entrance of the park sports one of the larger gates of the palace. It is the oldest and one of the most expansive public parks in Istanbul.

Wikipedia: Gülhane Park (EN)

8. Topkapi Palace

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The Topkapı Palace, or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1856, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans.

Wikipedia: Topkapı Palace (EN), Website

9. Column of Constantine

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The Column of Constantine is a monumental column commemorating the dedication of Constantinople by Roman emperor Constantine the Great on 11 May 330 AD. Completed c. 328 AD, it is the oldest Constantinian monument to survive in Istanbul. The column stood in the centre of the Forum of Constantine, on the second-highest of the seven hills of Nova Roma, and was midway along the Mese odos, the ancient city's main thoroughfare.

Wikipedia: Column of Constantine (EN)

10. Grand Bazaar

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The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops on a total area of 30,700 m2, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. In 2014, it was listed No.1 among the world's most-visited tourist attractions with 91,250,000 annual visitors. The Grand Bazaar at Istanbul is often regarded as one of the first shopping malls of the world.

Wikipedia: Grand Bazaar, Istanbul (EN)

11. Panagia Paramythia Church

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The Church of Panagia Paramythia is a church in the Fener district of Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is also known as Panayia Vlahsaray Greek Orthodox Church. It is registered as a first-degree historical monument. In 2021, a restoration project was prepared, but no work has started yet. It is in the side garden of the Metrology Church.

Wikipedia: Panayia Vlahsaray Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi (TR)

12. Nuruosmaniye Mosque

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The Nuruosmaniye Mosque is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque located in the Çemberlitaş neighbourhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey, which was inscribed in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey in 2016.

Wikipedia: Nuruosmaniye Mosque (EN)

13. Nişancı Mehmet Paşa Cami

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Nişancı Mehmet Paşa Mosque is the mosque on Nişanca Street in Karagümrük district in Fatih district of Istanbul. It was built by Mimar Sinan between 1584-1588. Although it is not located in Tezkiretülbünyan and Tezkiretü’l-Abniye, it is shown in Tuhfetü’l-Mi‘mârîn. Evliya Çelebide writes that it belongs to Mimar Sinan. Architect Sinan died in 996 (1588) and the mosque was completed the following year. According to Aptullah Kur’an, the work, which was stated to be completed by Sinan and was completed by one of the journeymen in the sources, belongs to architect Dawud Agha. It is the most powerful possibility that Dâvud Ağa, who continued his style of the mosque, which came across Sinan's recent times. Doğan Kuban's views are also in this direction. On the gate of the mosque, the construction of the mosque started in H.992 / M.1584 and has a prose showing that it was completed in H.997 / M. 1589. III on the entrance door of the mosque. It is known that the design of Murat Tuğur was made by Nişancı Mehmet Pasha. Sultan III. In the inscription, Mustafa Tuğralı explained that the mosque was repaired by the grandson of Mehmet Pasha Şükrullah Efendi. Keskin Dede lies on the northeast side. Only mosques and tombs remained from the imaret designed as a complex in time. There is a preparation in the mosque. In the treasury that is not well -groomed, the son of Eyüp Kadi Mehmed Nutki Efendi is Medfûn.

Wikipedia: Nişancı Mehmet Paşa Camii (TR)

14. Ferruh Kethuda Cami

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Ferruh Kethüda Mosque; It is located in the province of Istanbul, Fatih district, Ayvansaray neighborhood, Courtaltı Street. It was built in 1562-63 by Ferruh Ağa, who was the kethuda, that is, the housekeeper of Semiz Ali Pasha, the grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent. His grave is located in the burial ground in front of the mosque. The mosque, which is the work of Mimar Sinan, is also famous as Balat Tekke, as it was also used as a lodge belonging to the Sünbüliye branch of the Halvetiyye order during the Ottoman period. Other parts of the lodge have been demolished and disappeared over time. Only the mosque and fountain have survived from the complex to the present day. The mihrab of the mosque, which was built of cut stone with a rectangular plan, is covered with valuable tiles manufactured by Tekfur Palace. Other Tekfur tiles on its walls were stolen and destroyed in the 1940s.

Wikipedia: Ferruh Kethüda Camii (TR)

15. Süreyya İlmen Heykeli

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Süreyya İlmen Heykeli

Ferik Süreyya Pasha İlmen is a Turkish soldier, politician and businessman. After graduating from the Military Academy, he worked for a long time in the General Staff as a staff officer. He became a general at a young age. After the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Monarchy, he made publications on military service. He contributed to the inclusion of aviation in the army. While he was the commander of the division, he left the military service and established and operated a weaving factory, cinema and opera house in Istanbul. He carried out various sports and charitable projects. In 1927, he was elected as a member of parliament from Istanbul. He ended his active political life in 1930. He established SSK Süreyyapaşa Hospital in Maltepe, Istanbul. He died on February 6, 1955.

Wikipedia: Süreyya İlmen (TR)

16. Turgut Reis

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Turgut Reis Josep Renalias / CC BY-SA 3.0

Dragut was an Ottoman corsair, naval commander, governor, and noble. Under his command, the Ottoman Empire's maritime power was extended across North Africa. Recognized for his military genius, and as being among "the most dangerous" of corsairs, Dragut has been referred to as "the greatest pirate warrior of all time", "undoubtedly the most able of all the Turkish leaders", and "the uncrowned king of the Mediterranean". He was nicknamed "the Drawn Sword of Islam". He was described by a French admiral as "a living chart of the Mediterranean, skillful enough on land to be compared to the finest generals of the time" and that "no one was more worthy than he to bear the name of king". Hayreddin Barbarossa, who was his mentor, stated that Dragut was ahead of him "both in fishing and bravery".

Wikipedia: Dragut (EN)

17. Milion

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The Milion was a marker from which all distances across the Roman Empire were measured. Erected by Septimus Severus in the 3rd century AD in Byzantium, it was the Byzantine zero-mile marker, the starting-place for the measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Byzantine Empire. It thus served the same function as the Golden Milestone in Rome's forum. The domed building of the Milion rested on four large arches, and it was expanded and decorated with several statues and paintings. It survived the sack of Constantinople in 1204 and the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 but had disappeared by the start of the 16th century. During excavations in the 1960s, some partial fragments of it were discovered under houses in the area.

Wikipedia: Milion (EN)

18. Süreyya Opera

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Süreyya Opera House, also called Süreyya Cultural Center, is an opera hall located at Gen. Asım Gündüz Avenue No: 29, in the Bahariye quarter of the Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. The building was designed by Ottoman Armenian architect Kegham Kavafyan by the order of a Deputy for Istanbul, Süreyya İlmen. It was originally established in 1927 as the first musical theatre on the Anatolian part of Istanbul. However, due to the lack of appropriate facilities and equipment at the theatre, operettas weren't staged until 2007. The venue was rather used as a movie theatre until the building underwent a functional restoration and reopened as an opera house on December 14, 2007.

Wikipedia: Süreyya Opera House (EN), Website

19. Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom)

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Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque, a former church and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings to be successively erected on the site by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was completed in 537 AD. The site was an Eastern Orthodox church from 360 AD to 1204, when it was converted to a Catholic church following the Fourth Crusade. It was reclaimed in 1261 and remained Eastern Orthodox until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It served as a mosque until 1935, when it became a museum. In 2020, the site once again became a mosque.

Wikipedia: Hagia Sophia (EN), Website, Heritage Website

20. Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque

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The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, also called the Yıldız Mosque, is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in Yıldız neighbourhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey, on the way to Yıldız Palace. The mosque was commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II, and constructed between 1884 and 1886. The mosque was built on a rectangular plan and has one minaret. The architecture of the mosque is a combination of Neo-Gothic style and classical Ottoman motifs. A bronze colonnade erected by Abdul Hamid II in Marjeh Square of Damascus, Syria bears a replica statue of the Yıldız Mosque on top.

Wikipedia: Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque (EN)

21. Hızır Çavuş Cami

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Hızır Çavuş Mosque is a mosque built during the Ottoman period, located in the Balat neighborhood of Fatih district of Istanbul province. It is also known as Sergeant Masjid and Sefer Sergeant Masjid. The exact date of construction is unknown. In the post-conquest period, it was built by Mehmed II's divan sergeant Hızır Ağa. It burned down in the Great Balat Fire of 1854 and was rebuilt by a philanthropist. In 1963-64, it was repaired as reinforced concrete. In the inner courtyard of the mosque, there is the tomb of Hızır Çavuş and a Quran course with the same name next to the mosque.

Wikipedia: Hızır Çavuş Camii (TR)

22. Ashkenazi Synagogue

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The Ashkenazi Synagogue is an Ashkenazi synagogue located near the Galata Tower in Karaköy neighborhood of Beyoğlu in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the only currently active Ashkenazi synagogue in Istanbul open to visits and prayers. The synagogue was founded by Jews of Austrian origin in 1900. It is also the last remaining synagogue from a total of three built by Ashkenazim, as the population of Ashkenazi Jews accounts for 4 percent of the total Jewish population of Turkey. Visits to the synagogue can be made during weekday mornings and for Shabbat services on Saturday mornings.

Wikipedia: Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul (EN)

23. Saint Esprit Katedrali

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The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, alternatively known as the St. Esprit Cathedral, located on Cumhuriyet Avenue 127/A, in the quarter of Pangaltı in Şişli district, the former Harbiye, between Taksim Square and Nişantaşı, is one of the main Catholic churches in Istanbul, Turkey. This 19th century cathedral is behind the walls of the French Notre Dame de Sion high school. While walking from Taksim towards Harbiye, some may notice a door with metal bars leading to the school's courtyard beyond which is a statue of Benedict XV. Past the door stands the cathedral.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (EN)

24. Hacı İlyas Yatağan Cami

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Hacı İlyas Yatağan Mosque is a mosque built during the reign of Mehmed II, located in the Ayvansaray neighborhood of Fatih district of Istanbul. It was built as a masjid by Hacı İlyas Ağa, the Topçubaşı of Mehmed II. II. It is also known as the "Yatağan Mosque" because a fountain was built near the mosque by a person named Yatağâni Dede during the reign of Suleiman II and he was buried in the mosque cemetery after his death. During the reign of Mehmed III (in 1598), it was converted into a mosque with the addition of a pulpit.

Wikipedia: Hacı İlyas Yatağan Camii (TR)

25. Rakım Paşa Çeşmesi

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Rakım Pasha Fountain is an Ottoman-era fountain located adjacent to the qibla wall of Ali Pertek Mosque on the coastal road in the Rumelihisarı neighborhood of Sarıyer district of Istanbul province. It is also known as the Ibrahim Efendi Fountain. Rakım Mehmed Pasha, who served as the Ottoman treasurer, Governor of Abyssinia and Egypt, had it built for the soul of his father, Defterdar İbrahim Efendi. It is made of cut mold stone. The water is flowing. During the renovation, it was covered with concrete, and its boat was replaced.

Wikipedia: Rakım Paşa Çeşmesi (TR)

26. Church of St. Polyeuktos

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The Church of St. Polyeuctus was an ancient Byzantine church in Constantinople built by the noblewoman Anicia Juliana and dedicated to Saint Polyeuctus. Intended as an assertion of Juliana's own imperial lineage, it was a lavishly decorated building, and the largest church of the city before the construction of the Hagia Sophia. It introduced the large-scale use of Sassanid Persian decorative elements, and may have inaugurated the new architectural type of domed basilica, perfected in the later Hagia Sophia.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Polyeuctus (EN)

27. Mehmet Efendi Çeşmesi

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The Mehmet Efendi Fountain is an Ottoman-era fountain located in the Küçükayasofya neighborhood in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Although the name of the bani is not clearly stated in the inscription, it is written that he has the same name as the prophet. It is on the street in front of the Small Hagia Sophia Mosque. The inscription is in place. It is in a state of disrepair, its front boat is broken and it is under road level. Its coil is missing and the water does not flow.

Wikipedia: Mehmed Efendi Çeşmesi (TR)

28. Tahtakale Hamamı

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The Tahtakale Hamam is a historic Ottoman hammam building in Istanbul, Turkey, close to the Rüstem Pasha Mosque in the Tahtakale neighbourhood, between the Grand Bazaar and Eminönü. Built during the reign of Sultan Mehmet II, it is one of the oldest surviving bathhouses in the city. After having suffered significant damage while being used as a storage depot in the 20th century, the building was restored in the late 1980s and now serves as a local shopping centre and cafe.

Wikipedia: Tahtakale Hamam (EN)

29. Surp Garabed Church

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Surp Garabet Church is an Armenian church located in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Built before 1593, the church was renovated in 1617 and 1727. The church, which was repaired again in 1844, was destroyed in a fire in 1887 and rebuilt in 1888 as masonry. The church, which was repaired in 2006, was opened for worship by the Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul Mesrob II. The building was registered as a 1st degree urban protected area on August 4, 1983.

Wikipedia: Surp Garabet Kilisesi (TR)

30. Aziz Mahmut Hüda-i Camii

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Aziz Mahmud Hudayi Mosque is a historical mosque from the Ottoman Period, located in the Aziz Mahmud Hudayi Neighborhood of the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. It was built by Asiye Hümaşah Sultan, the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent, on behalf of her third husband, Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi. The mosque, whose construction started in 1589, was opened for worship in 1595 after 6 years of construction. Architecturally, the mosque reflects the Ottoman influences.

Wikipedia: Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Camii (TR)

31. Çinili Mosque

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Çinili Mosque, Orta Valide Mosque or Mahpeyker Kösem Valide Sultan Mosque is a historical mosque from the Ottoman Period, located in the Murat Reis Neighborhood of the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. It was built by Mahpeyker Kösem Valide Sultan, the wife of Ahmet I. The mosque, whose construction started in 1638, was opened for worship in 1640 after a 2-year construction process. Architecturally, the mosque reflects the Ottoman influences.

Wikipedia: Çinili Camii (TR)

32. Aşçıbaşı Mosque

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Aşçıbaşı Mosque or Aşçıbaşı Mehmet Efendi Mosque is a historical mosque from the Ottoman Empire period, located in the Zeynep Kamil Neighborhood of the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. It was built by Pervane Mehmet Efendi, who was the chief chef of Mehmed IV. The mosque, whose construction started in 1650, was opened for worship in 1652 after a 2-year construction process. Architecturally, the mosque reflects the Ottoman influences.

Wikipedia: Aşçıbaşı Camii (TR)

33. Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall

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The Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall is a concert hall located in the Harbiye neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the country's major concert halls, being the first one designed for classical music. Named after the Turkish composer Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985), the hall is owned by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul and operated by its subsidiary, the Kültür company. Opened in March 1989, it has a seating capacity of 860.

Wikipedia: Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (EN), Website

34. Ahırkapı lighthouse

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The Ahırkapı Feneri, a historical lighthouse still in use, is located at the southern Seraglio Point on the Rumelian coast of Bosporus' south entrance, in Ahırkapı neighborhood of Istanbul's Fatih district, Turkey. It is across from the Kadıköy İnciburnu Feneri, which is on the Anatolian coast of the strait at a distance of 1.5 nmi (2.8 km). A line connecting the two lighthouses marks the southern boundary of the Port of Istanbul.

Wikipedia: Ahırkapı Feneri (EN)

35. Sümbül Efendi Camii

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Sümbül Efendi Camii A. Fabbretti / CC BY-SA 4.0

Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans, located in Istanbul, Turkey. The church, as the adjoining monastery, was dedicated to Saint Andrew of Crete, and was named Saint Andrew in Krisei or by-the-Judgment. Although heavily transformed during both the Byzantine and the Ottoman eras, it is one of the few extant churches in Istanbul whose foundation goes back to the sixth century.

Wikipedia: Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque (EN)

36. Eski İmaret Camii

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Eski İmaret Camii A. Fabbretti / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Eski Imaret Mosque is a former Byzantine church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. The church has traditionally been identified as belonging to the Monastery of Christ Pantepoptes, meaning "Christ the all-seeing". It is the only documented 11th-century church in Istanbul which survives intact, and represents a key monument of middle Byzantine architecture. Despite that, it remains among the least studied buildings in the city.

Wikipedia: Eski Imaret Mosque (EN)

37. Nalıncı Kasım Sokak Çeşmesi

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Nalıncı Kasım Sokak Fountain is an Ottoman-era fountain in the Cibali neighborhood of Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located on Nalıncı Kasım Street of the same name. It is in a state of disrepair and the water does not flow. His boat remained below road level and his inscription has not survived to the present day. It is on the exterior wall façade of the Cibali Tobacco Factory, which is used as Kadir Has University.

Wikipedia: Nalıncı Kasım Sokak Çeşmesi (TR)

38. Tabaklar Camii

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Tabaklar Mosque, Konyalı Biraderler Mosque or Debbağlar Mosque is a historical mosque from the Ottoman Period, located in the Zeynep Kamil Neighborhood of the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. It was built by Hacı Ferhat Ağa and Hacı Mehmet Ağa. The mosque, whose construction started in 1587, was opened for worship in 1588 after a 1-year construction process. Architecturally, the mosque reflects the Ottoman influences.

Wikipedia: Tabaklar Camii (TR)

39. Selamiçeşme Özgürlük Parkı

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Freedom Park is a park located in the Selamiçeşme district of the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, administratively within the boundaries of the Göztepe neighborhood. The park has football and basketball courts, a tennis court, a walking promenade, playgrounds for children, sports equipment for adults, a bicycle path, ornamental pools, an amphitheater, special areas for walking animals, a picnic area and a cafeteria.

Wikipedia: Özgürlük Parkı (TR)

40. Osman Ağa Mosque

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Osmanağa Mosque or Osman Ağa Mosque was built in 1612 by Osman Ağa, the Babussaade Agha of Sultan Ahmet. In time, when this mosque was ruined, it was renewed by Sultan Mahmut II in 1811, but at the end of the fire in Kadıköy in 1878, this was burned and the present mosque was built in the same year. The plane tree in the garden of the mosque was planted in 1880 by Mehmet Asım Efendi, the imam of the mosque.

Wikipedia: Osmanağa Camii (TR)

41. Surp Asdvadzadzin Kilisesi

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Surp Asdvadzadzin Church is an Armenian church located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. The church, which was built in 1838 as masonry by the architect Garabed Amira Balyan, was renovated in 1987 during the reign of Armenian Patriarch Shnorhk I, and in 1993 the busts of Garabed and Sarkis Balyan were placed in its courtyard. In the church, which was renovated in 2013, Artin Dadyan Pasha is buried.

Wikipedia: Beşiktaş Surp Asdvadzadzin Kilisesi (TR)

42. Cistern of Philoxenos

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The Cistern of Philoxenos, or Binbirdirek Cistern, is a man-made subterranean reservoir in Istanbul, situated between the Forum of Constantine and the Hippodrome of Constantinople in the Sultanahmet district. It has been restored and is now visited as a tourist attraction. The entrance is located at İmran Öktem Sokak 4. Binbirdirek Cistern is the second largest cistern in Istanbul after the Basilica Cistern.

Wikipedia: Cistern of Philoxenos (EN)

43. Kadıköy İnciburnu Feneri

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The Kadıköy İnciburnu Feneri is a lighthouse located at the head of Kadıköy Harbor's İnciburnu Breakwater on the Anatolian coast of Bosporus' south entrance, in Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is across from the Ahırkapı Feneri, which is on the Rumelian coast of the strait at a distance of 1.5 nmi. A line connecting the two lighthouses marks the southern boundary of the Port of Istanbul.

Wikipedia: Kadıköy İnciburnu Feneri (EN)

44. Tekfur Sarayı

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The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, known in Turkish as the Tekfur Sarayı, is a late 13th-century Byzantine palace in the north-western part of the old city of Constantinople. An annex of the greater palace complex of Blachernae, it is the best preserved of the three Byzantine palaces to survive in the city, and one of the few relatively intact examples of late Byzantine secular architecture in the world.

Wikipedia: Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (EN)

45. Surp Krikor Lusavoric Church

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Surp Krikor Lusavoric Church Edal Anton Lefterov / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata is the oldest extant Armenian Apostolic church in Istanbul. It was built in the late 14th century, in the Genoan period, shortly before the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. Located in Galata (Karaköy), it is the city's only church built in the traditional style of the Armenian church architecture—namely with a dome with a conical roof.

Wikipedia: Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata (EN)

46. Theotokos Kyriotissa (Kalenderhane)

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Kalenderhane Mosque is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. With high probability the church was originally dedicated to the Theotokos Kyriotissa. The building is sometimes referred to as Kalender Haneh Jamissi and St. Mary Diaconissa. This building represents one among the few extant examples of a Byzantine church with domed Greek cross plan.

Wikipedia: Kalenderhane Mosque (EN)

47. Miniatürk

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Miniatürk is a miniature park at the northeastern shore of Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. It opened May 2, 2003. It is one of the world's largest miniature parks, with a 15,000 m2 (160,000 sq ft) model area and total area of 60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft). It contains 135 models, in 1:25 scale, of structures from in and around Turkey, and interpretations of historic structures.

Wikipedia: Miniatürk (EN), Website

48. Column of Marcian

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The Column of Marcian is a Roman honorific column erected in Constantinople by the praefectus urbi Tatianus and dedicated to the Emperor Marcian (450–57). It is located in the present-day Fatih district of Istanbul. The column is not documented in any late Roman or Byzantine source and its history has to be inferred from its location, style and dedicatory inscription.

Wikipedia: Column of Marcian (EN)

49. Küçük Mecidiye Camii

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Küçük Mecidiye Camii User:Darwinek / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Küçük Mecidiye Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was built from the order of Sultan Abdülmecid I by Nigoğos Balyan, member of the Balyan family. The mosque is located on the Çırağan Street near the entrance to the Yıldız Park. Beşiktaş Police Station is located nearby, Çırağan Palace is across the street.

Wikipedia: Küçük Mecidiye Mosque (EN)

50. Παναγία η Μουχλιώτισσα

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Παναγία η Μουχλιώτισσα A. Fabbretti / CC BY-SA 4.0

Saint Mary of the Mongols (full name in Greek: Θεοτόκος Παναγιώτισσα or Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα ; Turkish name: Kanlı Kilise, is an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul. It is one of the only remaining Byzantine churches of Constantinople that has never been converted to a mosque, always remaining open to the Greek Orthodox Church.

Wikipedia: Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols (EN), Url Ro

51. Kefeli cami

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Kefeli cami A. Fabbretti / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Kefeli Mosque is a former Eastern Orthodox church, later jointly officiated by Roman Catholics and Armenians, and finally converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. The Catholic Church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Its date of dedication as an Eastern Orthodox church is unknown, but it is commonly identified with the 9th-century Monastery of Manuel.

Wikipedia: Kefeli Mosque (EN)

52. TGC Press Media Museum

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The TGC Press Media Museum, aka Istanbul Press Media Museum, is a history and technology museum dedicated to mass communication in Turkey featuring exhibitions about journalism. It is located in the Çemberlitaş neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. Established in 1988, it is owned and operated by the Journalists Association of Turkey.

Wikipedia: TGC Press Media Museum (EN)

53. Balat Balino Rum Kilisesi

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Panayia Balino Church is a Greek Orthodox Church located in the Ayvansaray neighborhood of the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Built in the 16th century, the church was rebuilt in the 18th century after a fire. The church, which was restored in 1843, 1877, 1912 and 1992, has a rectangular basilica plan and contains the Ayios Menas Holy Spring.

Wikipedia: Ayvansaray Panayia Balino Kilisesi (TR)

54. Hoca Ali Cami

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Hoca Ali Mosque is a mosque built during the Ottoman period, located in the Ayvansaray neighborhood of Fatih district of Istanbul. It was built before 1568 by Hoca Ali Çelebi. It has a single minaret and a single balcony. The roof is covered with tiles. The pulpit and lectern are made of wood. There are tile motifs on the mihrab.

Wikipedia: Hoca Ali Camii (TR)

55. Malta Kiosk

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Malta Kiosk

The Malta Kiosk, also known as the Malta Pavilion, is a historic imperial Ottoman residence located within the garden of the Yıldız Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The two-storey pavilion was commissioned by Sultan Abdülaziz as a hunting lodge, designed by the architect Sarkis Balyan in the neo-baroque style and completed in 1870.

Wikipedia: Malta Kiosk (EN)

56. Hz. Cabir Cami

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Hz. Cabir Cami

Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. In Çember Sokak in the neighbourhood of Ayvansaray, in the district of Fatih, Istanbul, it lies just inside the walled city at a short distance from the Golden Horn, at the foot of the sixth hill of Constantinople.

Wikipedia: Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque (EN)

57. Bayezid Ağa Camii

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Bayezid Ağa Mosque or Arabacı Bayezid Ağa Mosque is a mosque in Topkapı Square of Topkapı District of Fatih district of Istanbul. After the conquest in 1453 II. It was built by Bayezid Ağa, Mehmed's sekbanbaşı. The mosque, which was ruined and unusable over time, was rebuilt at 1954–57 with the help of the community.

Wikipedia: Bayezid Ağa Camii (TR)

58. Museum Of Ancient Orient

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The Museum of the Ancient Orient is a museum in Istanbul, and part of the group of Istanbul Archaeology Museums, located just in front of the main Archaeology Museum building. The building of the museum is in the ancient College of Fine Arts, commissioned by Osman Hamdi Bey in 1883. The museum itself was established in 1935.

Wikipedia: Museum of the Ancient Orient (EN)

59. Cumhuriyet Çeşmesi

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The fountain of the Republic is the fountain in the district of Fatih Sultan Selim in Fatih District of Istanbul. In the inscription, "Cumhuriyet Fountain" and 341 according to the Hijri Calendar in the pediment. The fountain, which has a simple style, only decorations on the boat. The marbles in the Seki section are broken.

Wikipedia: Cumhuriyet Çeşmesi (TR)

60. Korugan

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The Çakmak Line is a defense line established by Turkey, first on the Kırklareli-Edirne line and then in Çatalca in order to deter and counter any attack by the Germans on the Eastern Thrace border. It was built in anticipation of the outbreak of World War II. It stretched from the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea.

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61. Legacy Ottoman Hotel

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The Istanbul 4th Vakıf Han is a historical large office building located in the Sirkeci neighbourhood of the Eminönü quarter within the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is owned by the Foundations Administration. Currently, it is used as a five star hotel of the World Park Hotel chain named Legacy Ottoman.

Wikipedia: Istanbul 4th Vakıf Han (EN)

62. Church of the Assumption

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The Church of the French Church of Kadıköy or Notre-Dame de L'Assomption is a Neoclassical Catholic church located in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The architect of the building, which was completed in 1865, is Giovanni Battista Barborini. The language of worship in the church is French and Turkish.

Wikipedia: Kadıköy Fransız Katolik Kilisesi (TR)

63. Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Theater

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Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage is a theatre venue in the Harbiye neighborhood of Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is owned by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and operated by its City Theatres division. The theatre is named in honor of the Turkish stage actor and director Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892-1979).

Wikipedia: Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage (EN)

64. Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque

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Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque

The Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque,, is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in Yıldız neighbourhood, Serencebey rise of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey. A late Ottoman period mosque, it is constructed as a külliye consisting of a tekke, guest house, türbe, fountain, and library in addition to the mosque.

Wikipedia: Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque (EN)

65. Metroloji Filistin Ortodoks Kilisesi

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Metrology Church is a church in the Balat neighborhood of Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Although there is an orthodox church in Balat, it is affiliated to the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, not the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Istanbul. Today, it is closed to visitors and has no congregation.

Wikipedia: Metroloji Kilisesi (TR)

66. Ayazma Cami

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The Ayazma Mosque is a mosque in the neighbourhood of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. It stands on a hillside overlooking the Bosphorus. It was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III and built between 1757 and 1761. It is an example of the Ottoman Baroque style that was prevalent in the 18th century.

Wikipedia: Ayazma Mosque (EN)

67. Şeyh Süleyman Mescidi

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Şeyh Süleyman Mescidi

Şeyh Süleyman Mosque is a mosque in Istanbul converted from a former Byzantine building which was part of the Eastern Orthodox Pantokrator Monastery. Its usage during the Byzantine era is unclear. The small building is a minor example of architecture of the Byzantine middle period in Constantinople.

Wikipedia: Şeyh Süleyman Mosque (EN)

68. Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Açık Hava Tiyatrosu

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The Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre is a contemporary amphitheatre located at Harbiye neighborhood of Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is situated across from the Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center, and behind the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus on the European side of the city.

Wikipedia: Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre (EN)

69. Sadberk Hanım Museum

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The Sadberk Hanım Museum is a private museum on the shores of the Bosphorus in the Büyükdere neighbourhood of Sarıyer district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established by the Vehbi Koç Foundation in memory of Vehbi Koç’s deceased wife Sadberk. The museum is open every day except Wednesdays.

Wikipedia: Sadberk Hanım Museum (EN), Website

70. Bulgarian Church of St. Stephen

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The Bulgarian St. Stephen Church, also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in Balat, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for being made of prefabricated cast iron elements in the Neo-Byzantine style. The church belongs to the Bulgarian Christian minority in the city.

Wikipedia: Bulgarian St. Stephen Church (EN)

71. Saint Leon

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Surp Andon Church is an Armenian Catholic church located in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. The church, which was built as a wooden chapel in 1890, was demolished with the edict dated May 14, 1905 and a masonry church was built in its place and opened for worship in 1911.

Wikipedia: Surp Levon Kilisesi (TR)

72. Tuğlacıbaşı Camii

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Tughlaqcibasi Mosque is a mosque in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque, which is located in the upper Feneryolu and has masonry walls and wooden roofs, was built in 1860 by Hacı Mustafa Efendi, who has brick blends in Kâğıthane. Its architect is Vasıf Efendi.

Wikipedia: Tuğlacı Camii (TR)

73. İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri

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The Istanbul Archaeology Museums are a group of three archaeological museums located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, near Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace. These museums house over one million objects from nearly all periods and civilizations in world history.

Wikipedia: Istanbul Archaeology Museums (EN), Website

74. Haldun Taner Stage

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Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage is a theatre venue located in Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is owned by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and operated by its City Theatres division. The theatre is named in honor of the Turkish playwright Haldun Taner (1915-1986).

Wikipedia: Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage (EN)

75. The Feeler

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The Feeler is an outdoor sculpture, located on the Üsküdar University campus in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey. Installed in front of the Altunizade Central Campus, it was commissioned in 2011. Small sized versions of the sculpture are given by the University, as awards.

Wikipedia: The Feeler (EN)

76. Mesih Ali Paşa Camii

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Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul. It was commissioned by one of Murad III's grand viziers, Mesih Mehmed Pasha, and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. The mosque was completed in 1585–86.

Wikipedia: Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque (EN)

77. Vilayet Cami

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Nallı Masjid, also known as İmam Ali Mescidi or Babıali Mescidi, is a late 19th-century small mosque located at Ankara Street northwest of the historic Sublime Porte building, at Cağaloğlu quarter of Fatih district of old Istanbul, Turkey.

Wikipedia: Nallı Masjid (EN)

78. Ihlamur Pavilion

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Ihlamur Pavilion

Ihlamur Palace, is a former imperial Ottoman summer pavilion located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid I (1839-1860). It is under the administration of the Turkish Directorate of National Palaces.

Wikipedia: Ihlamur Pavilion (EN)

79. Sultan Mustafa İskele Mosque

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The temple, also called the Iskele Mosque, was built by Mustafa III in 1760. Years later, it was ruined, and in 1858, Abdülmecid had it rebuilt as masonry. Although it is known that there is a Sıbyan school next to it, it no longer exists.

Wikipedia: Sultan Mustafa Camii (TR)

80. Yıldız Palace

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Yıldız Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the sultan and his court in the late 19th century.

Wikipedia: Yıldız Palace (EN), Website

81. Fikret Mualla

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Fikret Muallâ Saygı was a 20th-century avant-garde painter of Turkish descent. His work reflects influences from Expressionism and Fauvism, with subject matter focusing on Paris street life, social gatherings such as cafés and circuses.

Wikipedia: Fikret Mualla Saygı (EN)

82. Hemdat Israel Sinagogu

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Hemdat Israel Synagogue is a synagogue founded in 1899 and located in the quarter of Haydarpaşa in Kadıköy, on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. Visits and participation to prayers are possible after contacting the Chief Rabbinate.

Wikipedia: Hemdat Israel Synagogue (EN)

83. Moda Sahnesi

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Moda Stage is a venue that was put into service in October 2013 as a result of the transformation of the hall known as "Moda Cinema" in the Moda district of Istanbul into a cultural center and is a theater group that stages plays here.

Wikipedia: Moda Sahnesi (TR), Website

84. Great Palace Mosaic Museum

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Great Palace Mosaic Museum

The Great Palace Mosaic Museum, is located close to Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, at Arasta Bazaar. The museum houses mosaics from the Byzantine period, unearthed at the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople.

Wikipedia: Great Palace Mosaic Museum (EN), Website

85. Military Museum

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Istanbul Military Museum is dedicated to one thousand years of Turkish military history. It is one of the leading museums of its kind in the world. The museum is open to the public everyday except Mondays and Tuesdays.

Wikipedia: Istanbul Military Museum (EN)

86. Müze Gazhane

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Müze Gazhane

Hasanpaşa Gazhanesi (also known as Froglıdere Gazhanesi or Kadıköy Gazhanesi) is a building built in Kadıköy in 1892 to supply gas to the Anatolian side of Istanbul, and is now used as a cultural center.

Wikipedia: Müze Gazhane (TR), Website

87. II. Bayezid Turkish Bath Culture Museum

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The Bayezid II Hamam is a historic bathhouse (hamam) on Divanyolu Street in Istanbul, Turkey. It was historically part of the külliye of the nearby Bayezid II Mosque and was one of largest hamams in the city.

Wikipedia: Bayezid II Hamam (EN), Website

88. Tomb of Hatice Turhan Sultan

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The Tomb of Turhan Sultan is the mausoleum of five Ottoman sultans, located at Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 1663 for Turhan Sultan, first Haseki of Sultan Ibrahim and mother of Sultan Mehmed IV.

Wikipedia: Tomb of Turhan Sultan (EN)

89. Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque

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The Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque is a mosque at the heart of a complex designed and built between 1580 and 1587 by Mimar Sinan, who at the time was in his 90s. The mosque itself was constructed in 1578–1580.

Wikipedia: Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex (EN)

90. Zühtüpaşa Mosque

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Zühtü Pasha Mosque was built in 1883 by Ahmed Zühdü Pasha, who was the Minister of Education of Sultan Abdulhamid II. The walls of the mosque in Kızıltoprak are made of masonry and the dome is wooden.

Wikipedia: Zühtüpaşa Camii (TR)

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