topkapi
1453: Conquest of Constantinople
... in Topkapi. The same day the city was besieged from the Golden Horn to the Marmara Sea from the land. 6-7 April 1453 First cannons fired. Some of the fortresses in Edirnekapi were destroyed. 9 April ...
Religious sites in Turkey
... (Sanliurfa) Eyub Sultan Istanbul (Eyüp) Holy Relics Istanbul (Topkapi Palace) Suleymaniye Complex Istanbul Sultanahmet Complex Istanbul Ayasofya (St.Sophia) ...
Restaurants in Istanbul
... Hasan Koyu sok. No:1Cankurtaran - Sultanahmet 0212 4581824 Above average fine dining in the Old City, fish restaurant. Konyali inside the Topkapi PalaceSultanahmet 0212 5139696 Above average ...
Sultan Selim II
... favorite sons, Süleyman withdrew into his great Topkapi palace and handed the reigns of government over to his Grand Vizier (sort of a prime minister). This was the model that his son would follow. ...
Turkish architecture
... Among these are the mosques of Fatih (1470), the mosque of Mahmutpasa, Tiled Pavilion and Topkapi Palace. In Ottoman times the mosque did not exist via itself. It was looked on via society as being very ...
St. John the Baptist
... According to the tradition, John the Baptist was buried at Sebaste in Samaria but his relics were brought all around the world during several centuries. Even at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, at the Holly ...
The Ka’ba
... be seen in Topkapi Palace in Istanbul; they were taken via the Ottoman sultans. The doorkeepers of the Ka'ba are still the family Banu Shayba, which were appointed via Muhammad. In addition to being the ...
Istanbul’s castles, towers and columns
... was relocated to the Topkapi Palace and Yedikule began to be used as a dungeon. The area of imprisonment of many foreign ambassadors and Ottoman statesman, as well as a area of execution for some, the ...
Museums of Istanbul
... 2004 thanks to Eczacibasi family, this is the first and only Modern Arts museum in Istanbul. It's housed at renovated old docks in Karaköy district facing Topkapi Palace, with a rich library, exhibitions, ...
Palaces of Istanbul
There are many palaces in Istanbul from the Ottoman and Byzantine Empires Palaces of Istanbul Topkapi Dolmabahce Yildiz Beylerbeyi Ciragan Ihlamur Kasri Maslak Kasri Kucuksu Kasri Aynalikavak ...
The Ottoman harem
... as young eunuch pages, eunuchs were assigned to service. White eunuchs were placed under the patronage of various government officials or even into the service of the Sultan himself (like in Topkapi Palace). ...
Hotels in Istanbul
... near the airport. Eresin Crown Kucukayasofya Cad. No:40Sultanahmet 0212 6384428 Museum style hotel in the old city, special category. Barcelo Eresin Topkapi Millet Cad. No:186Topkapi ...
Useful phone numbers
... Gaziantep: Tel: (0-342) 2325815 Giresun: Tel: (0-454) 2150127 Istanbul: Topkapi, Tel: (0-212) 6580036 Trakya, Tel: (0-212) 5775617 Harem, Tel: (0-216) 3333763 International, Tel: (0-212) 5586140 Isparta: ...
Turkish arts
... archives and can be seen at Topkapi Palace and Ibrahim Pasha Museum (Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts). Marbled paper or "Ebru" is an art form that was developed in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) in ...
Expansion and Development of Turkish Rug and Kilim Weaving in Anatolia
... the demand for hand-knotted Turkish carpets. In the 19th. century, additional court workshops were opened in Istanbul in the districts of Kumkapi, Topkapi and Uskudar. And in 1891, Sultan Abdullhamid ...
History of Rug and Kilim Weaving
... hand-knotted Turkish carpets. In the 19th. century, additional court workshops were opened in Istanbul in the districts of Kumkapi, Topkapi and Uskudar. And in 1891, Sultan Abdullhamid II increased ...
Turkish Carpets and Rugs
... finer and more intricate designs to be created. In some of the carpets, a relief effect is obtained by clipping the pile unevenly. The oldest Hereke carpets, now exhibited in Topkapi and other palaces ...
Ottoman Women and the Visual Arts
... role in state affairs between rulers. The valide sultans were so powerful that the later Ottoman period has been referred to by some as "The Age of Women." The Topkapi Harem For centuries, ...
Ottoman Music and Its Instruments
... bear the name ‘aksak’ are usul in 2+2+2+3 form. Music occupied a very important place in Ottoman society. Topkapi Palace was a virtual conservatory, where both women and men received intensive ...
Music at the Ottoman Court
... Library 3646) written during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror by Abdülaziz, son of Maragali Abdülkadir, Risale-i Ilmü'l Musiki (Topkapi Saray Museum Library, a 3449), an Arabic book on ...