Though not in Istanbul it may be instructive to view the gallery of pictures of the biggest mosque in the country, built in the end of the 20th century, the Merkez (central) Mosque in Adana. Or visit the best work by the best architect, Sinan, the Selimiye in Edirne.
Note also that under many pictures you can click on View map, which will show you where the building is situated.
In 2008 I saw for the first time - at two mosques so far - that there were plastic bags rolling out of dispensers, in which one is requested to put one's shoes. Over the last couple of years there has been an increase in re-usable bags being handed out, this is progress in action. Or is it? I have found an article explaining this, I myself had just read that in China plastic bags are to be forbidden because of their obvious cost to the environment. The bags in the mosques are to be used just once ....
The Süleymaniye mosque
The Sultan Ahmet or Blue Mosque
Sultan Beyazit mosque in Istanbul
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet mosque
The Rüstem Paşa Mosque, a Sinan mosque with lots of Iznik
The Şehzade Mosque, an early Sinan work in Istanbul
Sokollu Mehmet Mosque - another SInan
Little Haghia Sophia
The Eyüp Mosque in Istanbul
Gazi Ahmet Paşa Mosque, another Sinan mosque
Cerrah Paşa Mosque
The Davut Paşa Mosque
The Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Mosque
The Ramazan Efendi Mosque, the last mosque built by Sinan
The Koca Mustafa Paşa complex
Haçı Beşir Ağa mosque
The Kiliç Ali Paşa mosque, by Sinan
The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque - Sinan across the Bosporus
The Yeni Valide Camii in Üsküdar
The Rumi Mehmet Paşa Camii in Üsküdar
The Şemsi Ahmet Paşa mosque, Sinan treasure at the waterfront
HaghiaSophia is mentioned as museum, mentioning it as mosque would make people complain it was a church, which it was!
Guest
12-Jun-2010 16:20
Thank you for your extensive work on this,
i see there is no map of the haghia sophia.
although this is a museum now, please add this, to make your portfolio even better!
thanx
wim
Guest
06-Jan-2010 21:26
Ortaköy'de doğup büyümüş biri olarak o muhteşem manzaraya geri plandaki köprüyü bile yakıştıramaz iken, siz siluetteki o gudubet kuleleri yansıtarak İstanbul'uma yönelik tecavüzlerden birini teşhir etmişsiniz .
İnternet kullanmaya başladığımdan beri aldığım en güzel dosya bu oldu.Sonsuz teşekkürler,
takdirler ve başarı dileklerimi iletirim.
Orhan ÖLMEZ
Bütün resimler tek tek yorumları hakediyor ama ben toplu yapayım en iyisi. Ortaköy camisi benim çok hoşuma gitti. İnsanlar hep arkasına boğaz köprüsünü alarak fotograf cekerler ama siz çok farklı yaklaşmıssınız olaya tebrikler..