Tag: Süleymaniye

The idea of visiting the Süleymaniye Mosque and its environs always comes to my mind together with a much loved threesome of the Turkish cuisine. No matter how many times I have been to Süleymaniye, I always tend to think of it as a treat after much admiring, pondering over and walking around the fabulous […]

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Looking at the Old City from the opposite coast of the Golden Horn, from left to right, you will see the Topkapı Palace (1478) and the immaculate Hagia Sofia (537) at first sight. The two of them, so close to each other, mark two different eras of this ancient city. Two empires which, according to […]

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