Housed in the immaculately restored Zülfaris Synagogue (in existence since 1671, but dating in its present form to the early 19th century), a collection of well-presented objects, documents, photographs and storyboards (in English) tells...
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Adam Mickiewicz Museum, is a museum dedicated to the life of Adam Mickiewicz, renowned Polish poet. It is located in the district of Beyoğlu, on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey.
It is located in a house where Adam Mickiewicz li...
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Istanbul is one of the world's oldest, most beautiful metropolises. Indeed, the Princes' Islands are among the foremost elements of the city confirming the truth of this statement.
Today, as in the past, the Princes' Islands are the mos...
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The Military Museum (Askeri Muzesi) at Harbiye, 1 km (just over a half mile) north of Taksim Square, chronicles mostly the Ottoman period when the Sultan's troops threatened to conquer eastern Europe, the entire Middle East, and North Af...
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The Asiyan Museum is a three storey house previously owned by Tevfik Fikret (1867-1915), a famous Turkish poet who lived there between 1906–1915. On the initiative of Lütfi Kırdar, both the mayor and governer of Istanbul during that peri...
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It is one of the world’s great buildings. Dating from the sixth century, originally a basilica constructed for the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian. A masterwork of Roman engineering, the huge 30 m diameter dome covers what was for over 1...
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