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| Archway by the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, popularly called the Blue Mosque because... |
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| ...the mosque's interior is decked out with blue tiles. The mosque is filled with delighted tourists... |
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| ...like us! |
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| A pretty door near the Topkapi palace. |
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| My sister with a beautiful wall of Turkish tiles in the Topkapi palace. |
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| The "Kubbealti" or the domed room, where the Ottoman Imperial Council held its deliberations. Our tour guide said the emperor would listen in the secret conversations through that golden screen. |
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| My mother's favorite place in Istanbul. The grand bazaar! Pictures of the inside in another post. |
