One of the characteristics of Istanbul was that it was founded only in 1909 (1325) after many other great ills of the first provincial organization. The reasons for this are explained in various works as follows: Istanbul remained the chief city of the Ottoman state for...
History of Istanbul 1. Prehistoric period (3000 BC-667 BC) Excavations in the Yarımburgaz Cave on the edge of Kucukcekmece Lake were the first traces of human cultures. It is believed that Polished Stone Age and Bronze Age people lived around the lake during this period. As the first...
While connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara, it actually connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea with the Bosphorus. These two strains separate Asia and Europe. The Dardanelles Strait is formed by the submergence of a vast and deep valley opened...
Anatolian Fortress BOSPHORUS Anadolu Fortress Museum Anatolian Fortress; It was built in 1394 by Sultan Yıldırım Beyazıt, who wanted to conquer Istanbul and aimed to take control of the Ottomans and the Bosphorus, and to prevent aid to Byzantium from the Black Sea. He covered the area...
Seventh Ottoman Sultan Sultan II. Mehmet wants to come from the top of a job that his great-grandfather Yıldırım Bayezid wants to do but can not succeed in defeating Timur in 1402 Ankara War. To conquer Istanbul ...
Bosphorus It is the name of the natural channel connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. The Istanbul Strait divides the city of Istanbul into two parts, the European side and the Anatolian side, and is transported by means of bridges or by sea. The...
Bosphorus The Bosphorus, which connects the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea, is also known as the "Black Sea Bosphorus". The two shores of the Bosphorus are called Bosphorus. This important waterway separates Asia from Europe with the Dardanelles and connects the Black Sea and the...
ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES AND SETHED GARDENS Sea Mansions The marinas were built in pairs, one belonging to Valide Sultan (Harem), the other Mabeyn; The pavilions are a view of the garden vaults. The mansions, one of the most interesting examples of the design of the new palace, are...
BEYLERBEYI PALACE The Beylerbeyi Palace was considered as a state guesthouse to be hosted by the Ottoman sultans' summer resort and foreign state president or rulers and built upon the request of Sultan Suleyman Abdulaziz (1861-1876). The construction of the palace began on August 6, 1863...
Bosphorus Bridge The Bosphorus and the two sides of this Bosphorus are called the Bosphorus, from the two straits connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean via the Marmara Sea. Since ancient times, tribes and armies who wanted to move from Asia to Europe or from Europe...
