Istanbul - Aladdin's Cave (2011) Photo Gallery by The Ellisons at pbase.com

Istanbul - Aladdin's Cave (2011)

This gallery contains some of the pictures we took during our first visit to Istanbul.
The city instantly stole our hearts, and as soon as we returned home we planned our second visit, pictures of which can be found here: https://pbase.com/ellisonphotography/istanbul2 .

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Blue Mosque	View south towards Marmara Sea from Peykhane Sokağı	Catnapping	the German Fountain	Resting on the steps of the New Mosque
Mesmerising lamps at the Grand Bazaar	Cemetery at tomb of Sultan Mahmut II	Soğukçeşme Sokağı	Arasta Bazaar	Hasircilar Caddesi
Baghdad Pavillion	View of Galata across the Golden Horn	Turkish Delight	Kitten on a roof at Cebeci Han	Iftar Gazebo
Spices	Mecidiye Pavilion	Iznik tiles at the New Mosque courtyard	Need a carpet to fly home	Blue Mosque
Hagia Sophia	Marble water fountain at Grand Bazaar	Cemetery at tomb of Sultan Mahmut II	Deri (leather) section of Grand Bazaar	Imperial Gate
Blue Mosque	Water fountain near Hagia Sophia	Bring me a Rosy Lee	Bab-I Humayun Caddesi	Little Hagia Sofia mosque
Uzunçarşı Caddesi ("Longmarket Street")	Ablutions Fountain at New Mosque	Golden Horn and Galata	Carrying the carpets	Atik Ali Pasha Mosque & Column of Constantine
More mesmerising lights...	Ceiling of the Circumcision Room	Hagia Sophia	Soğukçeşme Sokağı	Colourful shop window at Küçük Ayasofya Caddesi
I've got the blues	Turşu (pickled vegetables) stand	Sweeeeeeeeets!!!!!!	Çuhacı Hanı Sokağı	Tavukhane Sokağı
Need a light?	Cebeci Han	Imperial Gate	Cemetery at tomb of Sultan Mahmut II	Finally making a sale
The Sultanahmet feline squad (part of...)	Wherever I lay my head	Obelisk of Theodosius	Terziler Sokağı	Soğukçeşme Sokağı
Colourful shop window at Küçük Ayasofya Caddesi	Imperial Court II	Hagia Sophia	Fervent fabrics	Loose tobacco on sale
Arasta Bazaar	Hagia Sophia	I'll wait 'til we get to Starbucks, thank you	Put your dancing shoes on...	The Gate of Salutation
Baghdad Pavillion	Building near Imperial Stables	Cebeci Han	So much to choose from...	fresh baking at Arasta Bazaar
Bab-I Humayun Caddesi	Old buildings along Çarşı Caddesi ("Market Street")	Iznik tiles at the New Mosque courtyard	Boots too beautiful for walking...	Hagia Sophia
Tomb at Sultan Mahmut II cemetery	Colourful shop window at Küçük Ayasofya Caddesi	New Mosque (Yeni Camii)	Pottery in any colour imaginable	Dilapidated building along Peykhane Sokağı
Dazzling colours	Blue Mosque	Hagia Sophia	Inside the Audience Chamber	Rosy Lee parafernalia
Blue Mosque	Shoe Polisher	Colours colours colours	Baghdad Pavillion	Marble water fountain at Grand Bazaar
Old fireplace on display	New Mosque courtyard	Gift shop at Caferiye Sokağı	The Gate of Salutation	Would love to wear these colourful outfits in everyday life!
Pass the pipe	New Mosque courtyard	Buyuk Valide Han entrance	Blue Mosque	Byzantine church of Hagia Eirene (6th century AD)
More catnapping	Turkish toothpicks	Topkapi Palace attraction	What surprise gift will he buy his wife today??	Boyaci Ahmet Sokağı
Hagia Sophia	Local shopper	No pictures please	Tombstones behind Blue Mosque	Gift shop near Sultanahmet Park
Dilapidated buildings at Topkapi Palace	Stained glass at the Circumcision Room	Entrepreneurial spirits on Istanbul's streets	detail of Fountain of Ahmet III	Zeynep Sultan Mosque
Arasta Bazaar	Grand Bazaar	Fountain of Ahmet III	Blue Mosque	Cat family at our apartment
Baghdad Pavillion	Dial-a-prayer?	Grand Bazaar	One of the many beautiful stray dogs	Blue Mosque
Zincirli Han	Galata from Topkapi	Baghdad Pavillion	Soğukçeşme Sokağı	Grand Bazaar
Topkapi Palace	Cute little feline	Glass perfume bottles	Fountain of Ahmet III	Grand Bazaar
Topkapi Palace	Flickering lights at the Grand Bazaar	Baghdad Pavillion	Topkapi Palace	Shhhh.... kebab
Spice Bazaar	New Mosque	Grand Bazaar	Guard cat	Hagia Sophia
Fountain outside the Audience Chamber	Cebeci Han	Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace	Zincirli Han
Blue Mosque & Hagia Sophia	Another Han at the Grand Bazaar	Uzunçarşı Caddesi ("Longmarket Street")	New Mosque	Caviar at the Spice Bazaar
Topkapi Palace	New Mosque	Grand Bazaar	Window at the Baghdad Pavillion	Sidestreet in the Grand Bazaar area
Man at lunch	Catnap in the sun	Topkapi Palace	Deri (leather) section of Grand Bazaar	Spice Bazaar
Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace	Grand Bazaar entrance	Spice Bazaar and Rustem Pasha Mosque.jpg	Grand Bazaar colours
Grand Bazaar	Topkapi Palace	Was it left, or right, or...?	Topkapi Palace	Fairy lights inside the Grand Bazaar

comment

REYHAN		21-Apr-2013 05:59
Fantastic gallery!V

Andy Rowlands		26-Mar-2012 22:40
Colourful and varied exploration of this city. V

Guest		09-Feb-2012 19:14
Wonderful. Best J

bill friedlander		09-Dec-2011 21:49
Wow! Fantastic gallery. Great compositions and color, wonderful choice of subjects. V

TuTmin		09-Dec-2011 15:19
beautiful gallery.

nomada		07-Dec-2011 21:05
So derruí series from Istanbul!V

munir		04-Dec-2011 20:48
Beautiful images. Thanks for sharing

Pieter Bos		03-Dec-2011 18:58
Beautiful gallery! ~V

borisalex		03-Dec-2011 11:19
Wow..one of the best Galleries about this magnificient city, I have seen lately! V.

rozyczko		02-Dec-2011 20:59
I agree with Raymond! Great portrait of a fabulous city!! Well done! VOTE!

Judi Hastings		02-Dec-2011 01:17
What a fantastic gallery, you have captured the city well!

Raymond		30-Nov-2011 15:21
WOW ... now THAT'S Istanbul as I like to see it ... fantastic images, great photography.

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