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Istanbul, Turkey - Sulimaniye Mosque (close-up) Date: 1916
Fishermen draw in nets - The Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1936
Istanbul, Turkey - Galata Bridge over the Golden Horn - looking south. Date: 1954
Gentle ornamental cascade - Waters of Europe, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1903
Istanbul Plaza Oteli (Hotel) - Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1940s
The Artillery School - Istanbul, Turkey, View from BosphorusImperial artillery and engineering schools, Tophane, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire - View from Bosphorus. Date: circa 1905
View of the Bosphorus - Rumeli Hisari, Istanbul, TurkeyRumelihisari or Bogazkesen Castle - a medieval fortress located in the Sariyer district of Istanbul, Turkey, on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. Date: 1956
Seraglio Hill from Galata - Istanbul, Turkey. Print from Grelots Relation nouvelle d un voyage de Constantinople. Date: 1680
Woman from Simia and a Woman of Pera (Istanbul)Woman from Symi and a Woman of Pera (Istanbul) Date: 1821
Two Turkish Women - one from Istanbul, one from the country. Date: 1821
The Kiosk of Mustafa Pasha - Fourth Court - Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1930s
Procession on the Feast of Bayram - Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1819
The First Court of the Seraglio, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1819
Map of the Seraglio Point, Istanbul, Turkey by Fr. Kauffer (1776 / 1786 surveys) with additional information from Barbie de Bocage (1819). Date: circa 1819
Selimiye Barracks at Haydar Pasa, IstanbulThe Selimiye Barracks at Haydar Pasa (built by Mahmud II in 1828), known in Turkish as Kisla - the site of Florence Nightingales British Military Hospital during the Crimean War. Date: circa 1910s
Obelisk of king of Assirya Adad-Nirari III (810-783 BC) inscObelisk of king of Assirya Adad-Nirari III (810-783 BC) worshipping divine emblems and inscribed with cuneiform characters. Erected for the Assyrian king Adad, from Sabaa, Yemen
Statue of a Assyrian King Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC)Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC). Assyrian king. Statue. Basalt. Neo-Assyrian Period. Assur (Qalat Sharqat). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Mecca. Angels decorating the Kaba at the birth of prophet Muhammad. Miniature. Book of Sufti Abdullah, master painter at the court of the Sultan Murad III, 1595. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
The Deesis. Detail. Jesus Christ in Majesty as if to bless. 13th century. Mosaic. Hagia Sophia. Istanbul. Turkey
Turkey. Istanbul. Chora Church. ParecclesionFresco in the Parecclesion depicting the Anastasis. Christ pulling Adam and Eve out their tombs. Entoured by the righteous kings and Saint John the Baptist, David and Solomon. 14th century
Hotel Restaurant - Meguerditch Tokatlian - Pera, IstanbulHotel Meguerditch Tokatlian in Pera (another property owned by this Armenian Hotelier was in Therapia), Constantinople, Turkey (see: 10281774). Date: circa 1910s
Istanbul - Hospital at Haydar Pasa, Turkey - The Faculty of Medicine. Date: circa 1910s
Gypsy Basket MakersGypsy Bohemian basket makers, with baskets made of wood shavings (or rushes?) in a variety of shapes and sizes
Provincial Dervish. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth
Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - ConstitutionThe Sultan travelling to the Friday Prayers after the Proclamation of the Constitution in Constantinople, 1908. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)
Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to TurkeyThe visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Viktoria to Constantinople. Pictured here with Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)
Ataturk and General HarringtonKemal Pasa (Ataturk) and General Harrington (commanding the British troops) - compromising on neutral ground in 1923. A very interesting photograph as it shows a Turkish delegation approaching an
The Column of Constantine or Burnt Column, IstanbulThe Column of Constantine (or Burnt Column ) is a monumental column constructed on the orders of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD
Ottoman marquetry and tile-top table. Turkey. 1560. VictoriaOttoman marquetry and tile-top table. Turkey, Iznik and Istanbul. 1560. Islamic MIddle East. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Column of Tears. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Istanbul. TuTurkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Column of Tears
Alexander Sarcophagus. 4th century BC. Battle of Issus (333Alexander Sarcophagus. 4th century BC. Long side depicting Alexander fighting the Persians at the Battle of Issus (333 BC). Detail. Pentelic marble. From the Royal Necropolis of Sidon
Relief depicting a war chariot. Orthostat. Basalt. 9th centuOrthostat with relief depicting a war chariot. 9th century BC. Basalt. Late Hitite Period. From the west side of citadel gate, Sam al (Sinjerli). Archaeological Museum. Museum of Ancient Orient
Stele with relief depicting Assyrian official Bel-Harran-beli-usur praying in front of divine symbols. 8th century BC. Marble. From Tel-Abda. Archaeological Museum. Museum of Ancient Orient
Sacred Basin. Gudea Period. 2144-2124 BCSacred Basin. Gift of Gudea, governor of Lagash, to the temple of the God Ningirsu. Gudea Period. 2144-2124 BC. Relief depicting winged goddess reaching and holding a round based vessel
Head of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). Marble. 2nd centurAlexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Macedon. Head in marble. First half of the 2nd century. From Pergamon. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Lycian Sarcophagus. 5th century BC. Paros marbleLycian Sarcophagus. 5th century BC. Lion hunt. Detail. Paros marble. Royal Necropolis of Sidon. Chamber IV. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Tomb of Sultan Bayezid II (1447-1512). Ottoman Empire. IstanTomb of Sultan Bayezid II or Bayezed-i-Veli (1447-1512), Ottoman Empire, from 1481-1512. House of Osman. Bayezid II Mosque. Istanbul. Turkey
Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). MuIslamic art. Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Museum of Turkish and Islamic art. Turkey
Hagia Sophia. Fountaint of ablutions. IstanbulHagia Sophia. Fountain of ablutions. 18th century. Istanbul. Turkey
The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on MountRevelation of Tanail. The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on Mount Hira during a battle. Ottoman miniature. 15th century. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, WW1Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, showing the ladies of the Turkish Harem alarmed by the sound of the guns of Gallipoli - likewise the Sultan himself! Date: 1915
Byzas of MegaraBYZAS OF MEGARA the founder of Byzantium (later Constantinople, later still Istanbul) Date: flourished 657 BC
Turkey / Istanbul / Map 1835Map of Istanbul (Constantinople). Date: circa 1835
Turkey (1839). IstanbulOttoman Empire (1839). Istanbul. Fountain of Amet III. Litography. TURKEY. THRACE. Istanbul. Library of Ahmed III (Topkapi Palace)
Muhammad and the Meccans. Otoman manuscript, 16th cMuhammad and the Meccans at Medina. Miniature from the Siyer-i Nebi (Life of the Prophet) Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad, written ca. 1388 by Mustafa, son of Yusuf of Erzurum
Russian Ambassadors Summer Residence - Buyukdere, IstanbulThe 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 Stream while in Byzantine
Kandilli, a neighbourhood of Uskudar, Istanbul, TurkeyA view of Kandilli, a neighbourhood of Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey. It lies on the Asian bank of Bosphorus and is home to some of Istanbuls in-city forests, seen here. Date: circa 1907
Istanbul, Turkey - Moda, Kadikoy. Date: circa 1907