Turkey Collection (page 92)

Ataturk Primary School
Pupils at the Ataturk Primary School -

Ottoman Cruiser Abdul Mejid and its crew
Turkey - Ottoman Cruiser Abdul Mejid and its crew

Ada-Kaleh, The Mosque
Ada-Kaleh - The Mosque. The fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh, now underwater. Situated on the Danube - submerged in 1970 due to the building of a hydro-electric station

Turkey, Izmit
The Arsenal and Harbour Anchorage at Izmit, Turkey (aka Izmid, Kocaeli, Astacus or Nicomedia). Izmit houses a harbour 87 km southeast of Istanbul

Constantinople - Small Royal Kiosk
Constantinople - Royal Kiosk in a Garden setting with gardeners

Fishing Boats on the Sea of Marmara, Istanbul

Ankara, Turkey - Ottoman Administrative Building
Ankara, Turkey - New Administrative Building

Galata Quay - Istanbul
Harbour at Galata, Golden Horn, Istanbul

Konya, Turkey - Panoramic view to the North
Panoramic view of Konya looking north with inset of the Railway Hotel on the Konya to Baghdad railway line. Konya (Turkey) was also known as Koniah, Konieh, Konia, Qunia and Iconium

Manisa on the Meander, Turkey - the grand Mosque
The Grand Mosque at Manisa (Magnesia), Turkey. On the Meander River - from which the word meander comes from

Turkey, Kayseri
Doner Kumbet - a Seljuk building, surmounted by a storks nest. Kayseri in Central Anatolia. Renowned for culinary specialities, historical monuments and the former Talas American college

Manisa on the Meander, Turkey - Grape Festival
Famous grape Festival at Manisa on the Meander River, Turkey

Konya, Turkey - The Ince Minaret Medrese Museum
Konya (also known as Koniah, Konieh, Konia, Qunia and Iconium) in Turkey. The Ince Minaret Medrese (" The Medrese with the fine Minaret )

Kars - Turkey
Kars, Turkey. Originally an Armenian capital. Became part of the Ottoman Empire (captured in 1534), then surrendered in 1828 to the Russian General Count Ivan Paskevich

Isparta - Turkey
Isparta - famour for rugs and growing roses which are distilled into Attar of Roses which is used in the perfume trade to this day

Turkey - Kastamonu - panorama of the town

Manisa on the Meander, Turkey - Lunatic Asylum
Inmates of Hadji-Hassans famous lunatic asylum at Manisa (Magnesia), Turkey. On the Meander River - from which the word meander comes from

Konya, Turkey - A Main Street
A Main Street, Konya (also known as Koniah, Konieh, Konia, Qunia and Iconium) in Turkey with troop movements visible. Dates from 3000 BC and successively came under the influence of the Hittites

Interior in an Eastern Turkish house from Mardin, Turkey. Showing a very distinctive regional costume. Mardin is located on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria

The Marble Tower - Sea of Marmara
The Marble Tower - Constantinople on the Sea of Marmara

Konya, Turkey - Panoramic view with Ottoman script
Panoramic view of Konya (also known as Koniah, Konieh, Konia, Qunia and Iconium) in Turkey. Dates from 3000 BC and successively came under the influence of the Hittites

Entrance to the Sweet Waters of Europe
Constantinople - The entrance to the Sweet Waters of Europe viewed from an ancient Ottoman graveyard

Constantinople - The Seven Towers with a view over an orchard

Izmit - Turkey
The new Clock Tower and Palace Gardens at Izmit, Turkey (aka Izmid, Kocaeli, Astacus or Nicomedia). Izmit houses a harbour 87 km southeast of Istanbul

Iznik - Turkey
Iznik derives from the former Greek name Nicaea. Famous as the site of the first and second Ecumenical Councils of Nicaea in the early history of the history of the Christian church

Carpet Production at Kula
Kula, Turkey. Women and children make carpets on a large loom, while two men in fez hats oversee proceedings. Renowned for volcanic rock formations as well as carpets

Iskenderun - Turkey
Fine waterside buildings at Iskenderun, Turkey. Also known as Alexandretta in Greek and in English Alexandrette. Turkish city at the far eastern end of the Mediterranean coast

Wylds Great Globe, Leicester Square, London, 1851
Engraving showing the building built for Wylds Great Globe in the early 1850 s. This building housed a 10, 000 sq. foot painting of planet Earth

Martial law in Egypt: Examining passports at Port Said since Turkey formally declared war

Turkish Delight
A rather portly Turkish sultan, reclining on plump cushions is bedazzled by a Turkish dancer whose silhouette can be seen in the foreground

Refugees in Dubrovnik
The war with Turkey causes much distress : refugees flee to Ragusa (now Dubrovnik in Croatia) and beg from well-to- do people outside a hotel

Turks Take Larissa
During the war with Turkey, the Greeks are driven from Larissa : but at the end of the war it will be handed back to them

War with Turkey
Serbian troops march out of Belgrade to fight the Turks

Dardanelles
Schematic view of the Dardanelles showing Gallipoli and looking towards Istanbul and the Black Sea : the strategic importance of the straits is clearly displayed

Skirmish with Turks
Intermittent hostilities continue to occur between Greece and Turkey : the Greek warship Enosis returns to Syra after a skirmish with a Turkish frigate

Border Skirmish
Intermittent fighting continues on the frontier between Greece and Turkey : an encounter between Greek guerillas and Turkish border guards

Germans & Turks at a new munitions factory
Turkish and German soldiers at the entrance of a Krupps munitions factory near Constantinople. Turkey entered the war as an ally of Germany in October 1914

Stores arriving at Gallipoli
A war stores depot for an Australasian division, on the beach at Galllipoli. The Dardanelles campaign, the aim of which was to overpower Turkey, who had entered the war on Germanys side

The Christmas Hamper from home
Illustration by S. Begg showing British soldiers during World War I receiving a hamper full of Christmas produce sent from home, including tinned food, a turkey, fruit cake and mince pies

Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875)
Engraving of Lady Jane Franklin, nee Griffin, the wife of the English explorer, Sir John Franklin. Lady Jane travelled extensively with Sir John through Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Tasmania

Turkey Erzerum
General view of the town at the time of the Crimea war

Turkey Sinop
(formerly Sinope) Important port on the Black Sea

Turkey Kars
Distant view of the town, whose history is a series of sieges and changes of rulers through the centuries

Turkey Gallipoli
General view of the harbour at the time of the Crimea War

Turkey Bosphorus
The northern end of the Bosphorus at its junction with the Black Sea, viewed from the Giants Hill

Turkey Pergamom
Restoration of Pergamum (aka Pergamon), Greek city which flourished in the 3rd/2nd centuries BCE

Turkey Mount Ararat
The two peaks of Mount Ararat, viewed from the fortress of Erivan

Turkey Trabzon
(formerly known as Trebizond) General view of the town viewed from Boz-Tepi

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