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Turkuazoo
Now you can visit Turkuazoo giant aquarium in İstanbul. In Turkuazoo you will have the opportunity to see 10,000 different water world species and 25,000 different fishes.
Continue reading...Ashkenazi Synagogue
14. November 2009
This synagogue is among the other synagogues of Jewish people belonging to Ashkenazi ( Aşkenaz) community living in İstanbul and the only one that has still been in service.
Continue reading...Italian Synagogue
30. October 2009
Italian Synagogue is in Galata, at Poet Ziya Paşa Slope.
Continue reading...Flea Markets
29. October 2009
Away from the classical, historical markets which have always attracted by the tourists, there are many flea and street markets around the city
Continue reading...Ahrida Synagogue
27. October 2009
Located at Balat, the synagogue was built by those who had migrated to Macedonia from Ahri borough in 15th century.
Continue reading...Üsküdar Ahmet III Fountain
26. October 2009
Üsküdar Ahmet III Fountain is located in Üsküdar Square across from the quay, which was built near the shore to serve passengers traveling accross the Bosphorus by Sultan Ahmet III in 1728.
Continue reading...Etz Ahayim Synagogue (Ortaköy)
25. October 2009
Becoming an appropriate residential for the Jewsih people who settled there after the great bedesten( bazaar) fire in 1618, Ortaköy where Jewish people already had lived from the ancient times
Continue reading...Copper Smiths
24. October 2009
Bazaar Lesser known and smaller, but nonetheless just as interesting is this market in Beyazit, under the north and east walls of Istanbul University. Copper is beaten and produced into many shapes, sizes and forms, and shops sell cauldrons, saucepans, buckets, candlesticks and the like.
Continue reading...Beyazıt Bath
19. October 2009
The Beyazıt Hamam is located in Istanbul’s Beyazit district on Ordu Street. It was built by the mother of Yavuz Sultan Selim, Hürrem Sultan, in order to provide revenue for the Mosque built in Edirne in the 15th century.
Continue reading...Kınalıada
15. October 2009
Kınalıada is one of the Princes’ Islands in the Marmara Sea near Istanbul and is the closest island to Istanbul’s port with the distance of 6.5 miles.
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18. November 2009
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