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Let The Pictures Tell About It
By: Ibnu Khair
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| Thursday, 8-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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.:Istanbul:.
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inside the istanbul's airport
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istanbul customs gates
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from left: me, odi, shahnaz, shahrul and yazeed
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on top of the colour hotel
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view from my room
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follow the signboard
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Istanbul's metro
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heading to Sultan Ahmed
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sultan ahmet's station
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Aya Sofya
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the blue mosque
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a very beautiful architecture
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a pretty tourism police station
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narrow lanes
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azmi & wife
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entering the grand bazaar
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entrance to grand bazaar
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Istanbul
Istanbul is the only city in the world to straddle two continents - Europe and Asia. Known throughout history as Constantinople, it's been the centre of two of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. It's created an identity all of its own. Istanbul today is no dusty backwater rather a vast city of 10 million people. Despite no longer being the capital of Turkey, it's still its biggest and most important city.
Downtown Istanbul, otherwise known as the old city, is the historic centre. It's where all the sights, which we traditionally associate with Istanbul, can be found. The Grand Bazaar is part of the old town, and is in fact, the oldest indoor market in the world. A maze of alleyways and malls covering nearly 40 hectares, it even has its own mosque, banks and police station. While it is an oriental wonderland for tourists, the bazaar, away from the main shopping drag, is still very much a market when Istanbul's residents shop.
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