Ahmet Gallery

HMS Marlborough leaving Istanbul, Turkey - August 1923

Photograph from the deck of the HMS Marlborough as the 4th Battle Squadron (along with HMS Iron Duke, HMS Benbow and the HMS Emperor of India) - leaves Istanbul for the final time, bound for Malta. A view toward the Ayasofya and Blue Mosques. In August 1923, the Allied Powers turned over Istanbul to the Nationalists, marking the final departure of occupation armies from Anatolia. This card marks the occasion of the Allied General's handing over the custody of the city at the Dolmabahce Palace. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Built at Devonport Royal Dockyard between January 1912 and June 1914 and entered service just prior to First World War. Assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet after the war, Marlborough took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (in the Black Sea 191920). She was also involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Date: 1923

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Yeni Camii (New Mosque) viewed from Galata Bridge, Istanbul

The Yeni Cami ('New Mosque of the Valide Sultan') in Constantinople, Turkey. Standing at the Stamboul end of the Galata Bridge. Begun in 1597, original architect Davut Aga, a former apprentice of the great Sinan. Aga died in 1599 and replaced by Dalgic Ahmet Cavus until 1603, when the death of Mehmet III halted construction on the Mosque since his Mother had lost her power in the Palace. Ahmed I showed no interest in completing the Mosque, neither did his immediate successors. Stood unfinished and then destroyed by fire in 1660. New Valide Sultan (Sultan's Mother) who decided to rebuild it as an act of piety. Architect Mustafa Aga was put in charge and the building was completed according to original design in 1663. Date: circa 1930s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

The Yeni Cami Mosque

The Yeni Cami ('New Mosque of the Valide Sultan') in Constantinople, Turkey. Standing at the Stamboul end of the Galata Bridge. Begun in 1597, original architect Davut Aga, a former apprentice of the great Sinan. Aga died in 1599 and replaced by Dalgic Ahmet Cavus until 1603, when the death of Mehmet III halted construction on the Mosque since his Mother had lost her power in the Palace. Ahmed I showed no interest in completing the Mosque, neither did his immediate successors. Stood unfinished and then destroyed by fire in 1660. New Valide Sultan (Sultan's Mother) who decided to rebuild it as an act of piety. Architect Mustafa Aga was put in charge and the building was completed according to original design in 1663

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection