Istanbul and Turkey
Historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, it is the most populous city in Turkey.
Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus Strait which separates Europe and Asia.
Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus Strait which separates Europe and Asia.
Cappadocia, in Southern Turkey, deserves a page to itself
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The photo is the right way up. The stone pillar is upside down - no need for a face down here, just the pillar robbed from some prior temple or civic building.
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Basilica Cistern is the largest of several hundred a ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul. Historical texts claim that 7,000 slaves were involved in the construction of the cistern. Some of the pillars still bear the inscriptions of the buildings that they originally adorned.
It's good to be living in a time where there are no slaves 
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I hope that the hordes of tourists know that this building is the library and that silence is required.
No noise please from those toilets. Epheses
No noise please from those toilets. Epheses
Honesty is always a good policy.
Friends, Romans and countrymen...........
or should that be friends, Turks and countrymen
or should that be friends, Turks and countrymen
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