Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in İstanbul, Turkey

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.

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Aya Yorgi Church or Ayios Yeoryios Church is a Greek Orthodox church located in Edirnekapı, Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey.

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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.

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Kasturya Synagogue is a synagogue located on Hoca Çakır Street in the Balat district of Fatih district in Istanbul in the past. Today, only the outer walls and door are still standing.

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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.

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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.

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Hagia Dimitri Church or Ayios Dimitrios Kanun Church is a Greek Orthodox church located in Ayvansaray, Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey.

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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.

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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.

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Ahrida (Ohrid) Synagogue is one of the oldest synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in Balat, once a thriving Jewish quarter in the city.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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