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Carpets and kilims
... These rugs were originally woven only for the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire. The finest silk rugs in the world are still being woven in Hereke today. We can identify the rugs woven in different regions ...
Cesme
... in the 13th century it became part of the Aydinogullari principality, which used Çesme as a naval base. The Ottoman sultan Yildirim Bayezit (1389-1402) captured Çesme, but after this ruler’s ...
1453: Conquest of Constantinople
... The siege was starting. The necessary essential points of the conquest are chronologically listed below: Chronology 6 April 1453 Sultan Mehmed pitched his imperial tent by the door of St. Romanus ...
Foreign embassies and consulates in Turkey
... (212)2433300(2) Atatürk cd. No:186-2 Izmir (232)4218847 (232)4218847 Bangladesh Cinnah Cad. 78/7-10 Cankaya Ankara (312)4392750-51 (312)4422561 Ayse Sultan Korusu No:11 Bebek Istanbul ...
Barbarossa
... he and his brother Oruc had established themselves as successful privateers against Christian targets via 1512, when Sultan Selim I came to power. Hayreddin had 2 memorable naval encounters with the Genoese ...
Bartin
... via the Ottoman sultan Yildirim Bayazit in 1392. The wooden Bartin houses display the architectural characteristics of the art movements after the Tanzimat Fermani (Reforms Decree). Temperate Black Sea ...
Bolu
... The district is well known for the traditional Turkish houses and the mausoleum (Türbe) of Aksemsettin, the teacher of sultan Mehmet II. 53 km (33 mi) northwest of Bolu is Konuralp (near Düzce) ...
Bosphorus
... 1973, is called as Bogazici Bridge, 1074m (1175yards) long, 6 lanes, 165m (540ft) height of piers. The second one between Anadolu Hisari and Rumeli Hisari, opened in 1988, is called as Fatih Sultan Mehmet ...
Bursa
... Museum which certainly deserves visiting. The Yildirim Beyazit Mosque is necessary essential as it is the first 1 built in the recent Ottoman style and is accompanied via the Emir Sultan Mosque which lies ...
Taksim
... Istanbul Festival attract lots of spectators. During the late Ottoman period Sultan Mahmut I arranged Taksim as a point where the main water lines from north of Istanbul were collected and branched off ...
Teos (Sigacik)
... of the Turkish Aydinogullari principality Cüneyd Bey made his last stand in his fort here before being defeated via the Ottoman sultan Murad II (1421-1451). To see the island at closer quarters ...
Tokat
... built by Sultan Beyazit, and a Seljuk bridge spanning the Yesilirmak River, belonging to the 12th century. The Latifoglu Mansion is still another, which is a traditional architecture of a Turkish house ...
Trabzon
... of Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) was called Eyalet-i Rum, the Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) Sultan, Sultan-i Rum, and Mevlana of Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) as Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi. The Byzantines gave ...
Tulips of Turkey
... played anfascinating role. The period in our history between 1718-1730 is called the "Tulip Era", under the reign of sultan Ahmed III. This period is also expressed as an era of peace and enjoyment. Tulips ...
Turkish embassies and consulates abroad
... 8750 (10 lines) (47) 2255 6263 Oman Turkish Embassy Way no:3042 Building no:3270 Shati Al Qurum Muscat SULTANATE OF OMAN (968-24) 697 050 (2 lines) (968-24) 697 053 Pakistan Turkish Embassy ...
Uskudar (Scutari)
... from Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), resided in ?sküdar after it was conquered via sultan Orhan Gazi in 1352. Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror speeded the immigration from Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) to ?sküdar. ...
Ottoman women
... period is limited, there is a wealth of surviving documentation from the Ottoman era. Not only the valide sultans (mother of the reigning sultan), daughters and wives of the reigning sultans, but women ...
Ottoman women
... period is limited, there is a wealth of surviving documentation from the Ottoman era. Not only the valide sultans (mother of the reigning sultan), daughters and wives of the reigning sultans, but women ...
Turkish oil wrestling
... a sport on its own during a campaign launched via Ottoman sultan Orhan Gazi to capture Rumeli (Thrace) - the European side of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)'s Marmara region. In that time the sultan and ...
Pisidian Antioch
... covers an area of 14 sq km, but the lands which belonged to it stretched from Sultan Dagi to the southern shore of Lake Egirdir, and southwest as far as Gelendost. It stood at a junction of 2 main roads ...