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Istanbul, Blue Mosque
View of the domes trough the gate entering from the Hippodrome
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Blue Mosque, view from the courtyard
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Blue Mosque, courtyard
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Haghia Sophia in the background
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Istanbul, Haghia Sophia
The "Church of holy wisdom"
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Visitors in front of the Deesis Mosaic
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Haghia Sophia dome ceiling
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Byzantine mozaic in Haghia Sophia
Christ with emperor Constantine and his wife
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Suleymaniye Mosque
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Prayers in the mosque
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Istanbul, Bazilica Cistern
The cistern dates from the reign of Justinian in the 6th century. At...
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Marble Medusa head
One of the two classical column bases found in the Basilica Cistern
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Main shore gate of the Dolmabahçe Palace
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Gards in the garden
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul
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Dolmabahçe Palace garden
The Imperial Gate and the main entrance with a flower bed and a lion...
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Istanbul, view to the Bosphorus
Dolmabahçe Palace
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Blue Mosque from Aziyade Hotel
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View from Aziyade Hotel
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Crowd at Eminomu
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Eminomu with the Galata bridge
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Eminomu and the New Mask
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The Galata Tower
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View from the city walls
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The city walls near the Bosphorus
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The old city wall and the today's city
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Behind old city walls
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Palace of the Porphyrogenitus
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House at the wall
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Istanbul from the wall
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Bosphorus Bridge
Cruising under the Bosphorus Bridge
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Fishing on the Galata Bridge
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View of Karakoy
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Fish market
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School girls
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"French" restaurant area, Istanbul
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Sumela Monastery
Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Virgin Mary
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Sumela Monastery from above
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Frescoes in the main chapel.
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Frescoes in the main chapel.
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Sumela Monastery frescoes
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Ani
Ani, once the Armenian capital located at the Turkish-Armenian border...
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Ani
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Ani
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Ani
Saint Gregory Church
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Ani
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Ani
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Ani
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Ani
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Mt. Ararat
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Village at Mt. Ararat
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Village
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Local woman
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Dogubayazit, Ishak Pasa Palace
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Ishak Pasa Palace
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Ishak Pasa Palace
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Ishak Pasa Palace
Ornaments
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Ishak Pasa Palace
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Ishak Pasa Palace
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Ishak Pasa Palace
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Ishak Pasa Palace
The first courtyard
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Muradiye Water Falls
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Van Castle
It was built within the capital of the Urartian State, Tushba, 9th century
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Van Castle
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Van Castle
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View from Van Castle
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View from Van Castle
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Cavustepe view
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Wider view
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Cavustepe, the Urartian fort
Eastern Turkey
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The guard
The man who became an expert reading Urartu alphabet
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Urartu alphabet
Cavustepe
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On the road
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On the road
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Landscape on the road
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Hosap Castle from the road
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Hosap Castle
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Hosap Castle
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View from the Hosap Castle
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Hosap Castle view to the forts
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Van Cat
White cat with blue/yellow eyes
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Carpet factory showroom
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Showroom
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Akdamar Island
The boat waiting for taking us to the island and a solder securing an...
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On the way to Akdamar Island
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Akdamar Island, Church of the Holy Cross
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Reliefs
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Reliefs
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Detail from the church
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Lake Van view from the ferry boat
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Lake Van view from the island
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Malabadi Bridge
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Diyarbakir
City walls
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Diyarbakir city walls
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View from the city walls
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People at the Grand Mosque
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The locals
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Gathering place at the Grand Mosque
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Hasankeyf
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Hasankeyf
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Tiger river with an ancient bridge
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Hasankeyf
Hasankeyf is the oldest continuously inhabited town in Turkey
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Hasankeyf street
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Caverns in Hasankeyf
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Hasankeyf street
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Caverns in Hasankeyf
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Satelite dish in ancient Hasankeyf
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View to the Tiger river
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Local "rug store"
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Souvenir from Hasankeyf
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Mesopotamian Plains
Syria in the distance
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Dayrulzafaran Monastery
Ancient Syrian Orthodox Monastery
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Dayrulzafaran Monastery
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Inside the monastery
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Deyrulzafaran Monastery
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On the road around Adiyaman
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Euphrates River
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New constraction in the city
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Afternoon gathering
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Anatolia
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Mt Nemrut
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Going up with some help
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Mt Nemrut
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Sunset on the road back from Mt.Nemrut
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Ataturk Dam
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Ataturk Dam
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Euphrates
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Euphrates
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Iranian women visiting the sacred place
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Sacred Carp pool, Balikli Gol
The legend says that Abraham, the Islamic profet was destroying pegan gods in...
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Harran
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Waterheaters on every roof
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Shoe cleaner in Antakya
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Tarsus street
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Tarsus street
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Leaving Europe to Canakkale
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Canakkale harbour
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Troy, Wooden Horse
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Troy, the layers
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Red Basilica, Pergamum
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Pergamum, Temple of Trajan
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Pergamum
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Miletus
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Miletus
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Miletus
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Miletus
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Picking cotton around the Meander Valley
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Ephesus
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Ephesus, Selçuk
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The Library
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Ephesus, Temple of Hadrian
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Kusadasi
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Bodrum
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Nicaea, Basilica
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Nicaea
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Nicaea
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My "Turkish Pasha" and me
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In Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
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My husband in the Antakya Mosaic Museum
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Us and the Pasha Tour group at lunch
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North Africa/Middle East
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