best historical city , ISTANBUL....

oguzkhan · Post by **oguzkhan** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:13 pm

Istanbul is one of the best cities...about 15 million people live here and every year about 10 million tourists visit istanbul..generally people come here to visit historical places ,to go around and to see internotional competition (such as formula1 , finals , tournoments...)
here is a video to show istanbul's some places..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL6od9Bp ... ed&search=

Seafarer · Post by **Seafarer** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:21 pm

It is a really nice city in spite of the heavy traffic and its cosmopolitan structure.
I visited St.Sophia last week,i was charmed by its architecture. It is a great feeling to sit in there and see how the elements of two different religions are in harmony.I regretted as i didn't have a camera with me!!!

oguzkhan · Post by **oguzkhan** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:49 pm

hmmm..i have never been to north cyprus turkish part so i couldnt see St.Sophia , if it is good place as you tell about it ,i will certainly go there...

Seafarer · Post by **Seafarer** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:28 am

sT.Sofia is in Istanbul

(Ayasofya)

oguzkhan · Post by **oguzkhan** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:39 pm

HAHAHA...i did not know its english name :)...of course afasofya is perfect...

Seafarer · Post by **Seafarer** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:18 pm

yes i think so :P

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:17 pm

It's mentioned in the Historian.

Seafarer · Post by **Seafarer** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:24 pm

Don't satisfy with the things that u read.Come and see

oguzkhan · Post by **oguzkhan** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:59 am

i saw some good fotos about istanbul and i wanted to share...

istanbul bosphourus night photo;

istanbul kız kulesi night photo ;

istanbul castle ;

blue mosque ;

ayasofya mosque ;

oguzkhan · Post by **oguzkhan** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:03 pm

continious ;

Oriani · Post by **Oriani** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:44 pm

Hi!!1 How are u all, guys??? I hope you're well. I just want to comment that I really love Istanbul city. It was of the places I want to visit in the future, speacially a Chrisitan Church which is located there; it's famous. the name is Sofia!! :P

oguzkhan · Post by **oguzkhan** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:09 pm

Oriani
u can look at st.sophia mosque first page...hagia sophia mosque was builded by byzans in 537 , but after istanbul conquer , ottoman empire had changed it to mosque and it had used as mosque about 450 years...now it is museum...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia

Admiral · Post by **Admiral** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:58 am

oguzkhan the photos are very nice! You know, one of the places I want to visit is turkey, antalya

Cypress · Post by **Cypress** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:09 pm

It looks very beautiful. But how expansive is living in Istanbul? Approximately how much will someone need to stay there, let’s say, for a week including a hotel (an affordable one, but not the cheapest), eating out, visiting museums and historical places, etc?
And what about the local people? Are they friendly to foreigners?

oguzkhan · Post by **oguzkhan** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:19 pm

living here is very very cheap , and if you can stay in a good 5 stars otel , maybe they are expensive...in fact local people are so friendly , but sometimes you can meet people that have bad aims as every countries....you can get more information in this site http://english.istanbul.com/?Vst=2 ...and hotels price list ;
http://www.turktravel.net/accommodation ... otelarama=

Oriani · Post by **Oriani** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:12 pm

oguzkhan wrote:Oriani
u can look at st.sophia mosque first page...hagia sophia mosque was builded by byzans in 537 , but after istanbul conquer , ottoman empire had changed it to mosque and it had used as mosque about 450 years...now it is museum...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia

Yes , my b/f told me, but I though it was still Xtian.. Oh... my dream fell down