Istanbul travel guide

Top 10 sights in Istanbul

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   Hagia Sophia

   mosque, museum, and former church in Istanbul, Turkey

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   Constantinople

   capital of the Eastern Roman, Latin and Ottoman Empires, currently Istanbul, Turkey

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   Sultan Ahmed Mosque

   historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey, also known as Blue Mosque

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   Topkapı Palace

   palace museum in Istanbul, Turkey

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   Byzantium

   ancient Greek city, precursor of Constantinople

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   Süleymaniye Mosque

   mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

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   Golden Horn

   urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey

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   Galata Tower

   historical tower in İstanbul

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   Beyoğlu

   district of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey

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    Dolmabahçe Palace

    palace in Istanbul, Turkey

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   Basilica Cistern

   cistern of Byzantine Constantinople

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   Walls of Constantinople

   city walls of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)

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   Grand Bazaar

   bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey

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   Fatih Istanbul Mosque

   mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

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   Maiden's Tower

   lighthouse at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus in Turkey

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   Hagia Irene

   Byzantine church building in Istanbul, Turkey now a hall and museum

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   Obelisk of Theodosius

   ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD

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   Taksim Square

   square in Istanbul, Turkey

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   Chora Church

   church converted to mosque in Turkey

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    Çırağan Palace

    palace

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