Bosphorus Collection (page 4)

Leanders Tower - Constantinople, Turkey
Maidens Tower (Turkish: Kesi), also known as Leanders Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the medieval Byzantine period, at Salacak on the Bosphorus - Constantinople, Turkey. Date: circa 1902

Istanbul, Turkey - Rocky Cliffs at exit of the Bosphorus Date: circa 1922

Istanbul, Turkey - Cliffs at the exit of the Bosphorus Date: circa 1922

Istanbul, Turkey - View toward the Bosphorus Date: circa 1922

Istanbul, Turkey - Tokatliyan Hotel, Therapia
The Tokatlian (Tokatliyan) Hotel at Therapia on the Bosphorus, run by an Armenian. Tarabya (Therapia) - world famous for aromatic raspberries, restaurants, hotels

Istanbul, Turkey - Setting sun over the Bosphorus Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - Rumeli Hisari on the Bosphorus Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - Leanders Tower at Salacak, Bosphorus. Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - Bosphorus View between Bebek and Rumeli Hisari. Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - Ortakoy Mosque
Ortakoy Mosque (Ortakoy Camii), officially the Buyuk Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdulmecid) in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - Dolmabahce Mosque Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - View of Aminonu and Galata from the Beyazit Tower. Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - View toward Galata Date: 1927

En route to Constantinople -WWI
Propaganda postcard from early WWI era, showing British and French navy vessels aproaching (and assaulting) the walls of Constantinople, Turkey. Date: 1915

Beykoz - Paper Factory on the banks of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Situated at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian (Asian) side. Date: circa 1910s

The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Entrance to the Black Sea, viewed from the Genoese Castle near Riva Deresi. Date: circa 1910

Bosphorus, Turkey - Genoese Castle at Anadolukavagi
The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Anadolukavagi (Anadolu Kavak / Anatoli Kavagi / Anatoli Kavak / Andolukavagi) - The ruins of the Genoese Castle. Date: circa 1910

The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Beykoz, a district in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. Date: circa 1910

The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Tarabya (Therapia) - world famous for aromatic raspberries, restaurants, hotels. Also the site of the former British Consulate - who still own a garden there

Istanbul, Turkey - Sweet Waters of Asia Minor
Istanbul, Turkey - Rowing on the Sweet Waters of Asia Minor Date: circa 1910

The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Rumeli Hisari
Part of the Rumeli Hisari, a Fortress on the European side of the Bosphorus. Built by Mehmet II in 1451-1452, prior to his conquering of Constantinople

Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Black Sea Sailing Boat
The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Towing a Black Sea Sailing boat. Date: circa 1910

The Upper Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - General View. Date: circa 1910

The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Kandilli
Istanbul, Turkey - Kandilli, a neighbourhood of Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey on the Asian bank of Bosphorus. Home to some of Istanbuls inner city forests. Date: circa 1910

The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Ortakoy Mosque
Ortakoy Mosque (Ortakoy Camii), officially the Buyuk Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdulmecid) in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910

Moda, Istanbul - Constantinople Date: circa 1920s

Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
The name Ciragan comes from the word " cerag" which means torch in Persian. The area in which the Palace is located was called Ceragan because of the famous Ottoman parties which were held

Mihrimah Sultan Camii, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
Mihrimah Sultan Camii (Mosque), Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey (designed by Sinan), with inset photographs showing local dancers and a guard of the Imperial Ottoman Bank! Date: circa 1897

View of Istanbul from Sirkeci
View of Istanbul across the Bosphorus from Sirkeci, an area in the Eminonu neighborhood of the Fatih district of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The Galata Tower can be seen on the skyline. Date: 1905

Turkey - Suleimaniye Mosque, Istanbul
Interesting Turkish postcard - a view across the waters of the Bosphorus toward the striking profile of the dome and minarets of the A view across the waters of the Bosphorus toward the striking

Bosphorus (i. e. Bosporus), Rumeli and Anadali-Hissar, (i. e
Bosphorus (i.e. Bosporus), Rumeli and Anadali-Hissar, (i.e. Anadolu Hissari) Constantinople, Turkey. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bosphorus (i. e. Bosporus), view from Kuleli, Constantinople
Bosphorus (i.e. Bosporus), view from Kuleli, Constantinople, Turkey. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Buyukdere - Village by Bosphorous - Ploughing
Buyukdere ( Beautiful Meadow ) - Village by Bosphorus on European side - Ploughing with a team of four Anatolian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Date: circa 1920s

A view across Bosphorus toward the Galata Tower
A view toward the Galata Tower across the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1908

Beykoz, Turkey - on the Asian side of the Bosphorus Date: circa 1920s

View toward the Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul - the main administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922. The Dolmabahce Mosque (architect: Garabet Balyan) can be seen in the foreground

Allied fleet firing salute in the Bosphorus, WW1
Allied fleet firing a salute in the Bosphorus to signal Peace, probably towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa late 1918

Rumeli Hisari - Istanbul, Turkey
Part of the Rumeli Hisari, a Fortress on the European side of the Bosphorus. Built by Mehmet II 1451-1452 prior to his conquering of Constantinople. The castle was completed in 4 months

Tophane and the Bosphorus, Istanbul
A panoramic view of Tophane and the Bosphorus, set within the frame of a large shell

Ciragan Palace - Constantinople - View across Bosphorus
View from the Asian side, across the Bosphorus toward the Ciragan Palace, Constantinople, Turkey. Built during reign of Sultan Abdul Aziz in 1874

Beyazidiye Mosque, Constantinople, Turkey
The Beyazidiye Mosque (built between 1501-1506) in Constantinople. The Mosque encorporated a number of educational buildings, public baths and tombs (turbes)

Russian Summer Embassy - Constantinople
The Russian Summer Embassy at Buyukdere, Constantinople, Turkey on the Bosphorus beyond Tarabya. Standing at the North end of a large Bay - its Turkish name means Large Valley while in Byzantine

Turkish Steamship Ertogrul
Turkish Imperial steamship (albeit still with high masts for sails) the Ertogrul (named after the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire) riding high in the Bosphorus

Black Sea Entrance
The Entrance to the Black Sea - with fishing nets in the foreground - the origin of many of the unique species of fish which live within the Bospohorus

Valide Sultan Camii - Constatinople
The last Imperial Mosque to be erected in Istanbul - Italian architect Montani. Built in 1871 for the Mother of Sultan Abdul Aziz, a veritable Cinderella

The Golden Horn meets the Bosphorus
The Golden Horn meeting the Bosphorus at Constantinople, Turkey

View toward the Black Sea - Constantinople
Panoramic view from the Asian side of the Bosphorus, looking toward the Black Sea with Rumeli Hisari on the European Side

View of Constantinople
The distinctive skyline of Constantinople, Turkey, with the domes and minarets of the Great Mosques

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