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14/3/2008 - Istanbul-Türkiye- Ortaköy. Ortakoy is a magical place full of co

 

Istanbul-Türkiye- Ortaköy

 

Ortakoy is a magical place full of colours, smells and kind people.

 

 

 

 

The area of Ortakoy is magical mainly because of this mosque. 10 metres away from this mosque is the most popular rock bars of Turkey. It's also full with cafe's to play tavla (backgammon), smoke some "nargile" and to drink some cay (chay/ tea). In Ortakoy there are churches, a synagogue and this beautiful mosque. All religions in the same area. The mosque is on the European side of the city and the birdge connects to the Anatolian side of the city.

 

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13/3/2008 - Yedikule Castle

 

 

Yedikule Castle

Dungeons of Ottoman period in Istanbul

The Yedikule (Seven Towers) Castle which has a special place in the Ottoman history and which had undergone a restoration during the reign of Fatih Sultan Mehmet was a place where mostly high-level people used to be imprisoned. Rumeli Hisari was a prison where peoplöe charged with military offence used to be jailed. Criminals from among the ordinary people who were sentenced to severe punishments used to lie in the Seddulhabir Castle in the Gallipoli Peninsula. Galata Tower, on the other hand, was a dungeon used for the prisoners of war who used to work for private services of the Sultan.

 

Yedikule Castle

Yedikule Castle is composed of three annex towers added to the original four towers of Byzantium walls by Fatih Sultan Mehmet and the 12-meter high curtain walls that join these three towers. Yedikule was constructed by the Greek prisoners who had equal pays with the janissaries and these prisoners of war paid their atonements with their payments and became free citizens of the city.

 

The first prisoner of Yedikule Castle was Mahmut Pasha, the grand vizier of Fatih Sultan Mehmet and the person after whom famous Mahmutpasa district was named. Mahmut Pasha lied in prison here for 18 dqays before he was strangled. Yavuz Sultan Selim put an end to the reign of Memluks in early 16. century during his Syria and Egypt invasion and sent El-Muvekkil, who was a descendant of caliphs that was accepted as caliph of Islam then, to Istanbul Yedikule Dungeon. It is also known that Yavuz Sultan Selim put the Memluk treasure he brought from Egypt to Yedikule Castle. The most sorrowful sultan of the Ottomans, Genc Osman (Osman the Juvenile) was also murdered by janissaries in this castle.

 

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29/2/2008 - Beach Park - Konyaalti - Antalya !

Beach Park - Konyaalti - Antalya

 

 

 

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28/2/2008 - Antalya (City over the Falez) video...

Antalya (City over the Falez) video...

 

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28/2/2008 - Kas, Kalkan and Aperlai...

Kas, Kalkan and Aperlai

Kas

Kas was originally called Habesos or Habesa in the ancient tongue of Lycia and later was given the name Antiphellos. Kas was founded on the ancient town of Antiphellos and the Lycian style sarcophagus at the beginning of the avenue running down to the port is almost the symbol of this lovely town near Antalya in the Mediterranean region south of Turkey.

 

Antiphellos, which once was a member of the Lycian League, is known to have gained reputation and importance as a port town during the Hellenistic period, sustaining its significance as one of the leading towns during the Roman period as well.

 

Today's Kas is a coastal town of the Lycians. "Phellos" is the Greek word for "stony place" and this name is very well suited to Kas. Its well preserved rock tombs and theater are well worth seeing.

 

Kas today is a small and charming coastal resort where many sailing boats anchor in its small marina. http://kasholiday.blogcu.com

 

 

 

Kaputas Beach

 

 

 

Kalkan

 

Kalkan is a lovely small hilltop town that overlooks a tiny bay. Its quaint, traditional, white-washed houses, shuttered windows and balconies garlanded with brilliant flowers that cascade to the streets below, make it the ultimate in a peaceful holiday town in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Narrow winding streets lined with souvenir shops lead down to the charming marina.

Every morning boats busily take tourists to one of the nearby beaches or small bays. As the sun sets it is Kalkan style to meet on the roof terraces for a drink before dinner and enjoy the comings and goings of the yachts, the business of the marina and the panoramic view.

 

 

Kalkan is situated on a beautiful small bay near Antalya province. Nearest airport is Dalaman (2 hours by taxi). You can enjoy a daily island excursion in a gullet (wooden hulled local boats), a moonlight dinner cruise, or go by minivan to the nearby villages of Patara and Bergin. Patara beach is a 20 km long, unspoiled white sand beach 12 km from Kalkan. There is another beautiful small sandy beach (Kaputas beach) 5 km from Kalkan. Unfortunately there are no sandy beaches in Kalkan. http://tatilcennetikalkan.blogcu.com

 

Aperlai

Aperlai is located on the Sicak peninsula, near the Sicak jetty. A Lycian city, Aperlai’s history is known from coins bearing its name that have been discovered and goes back to the 4th or 5th centuries B.C. Aperlai was the head of the Lycian Confederacy, of which Simena and Apollonia were also members.

 

The city walls begin at the seashore and are fortified with towers at intervals. These walls, with their rectangular and polygonal construction, are from Roman times. Other remains at Aperlai are all from the Byzantine and later periods. The western reaches of the wall are of rectangular construction. There are three gates in this wall, two of which have a plain and the third a blind archway. The southern reaches of the walls are of polygonal construction and in a bad state of repair. This side is reinforced with two towers and it is here that the main gate was located. Outside the walls are typical Lycian sarcophagi from Roman times.

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27/2/2008 - Antalya Turkey video !

Antalya Turkey video !

 

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