Golden Horn - Istanbul

Gold Horn - Istanbul

Gold Horn - Istanbul

It forms a deep natural harbor for the pensinsula it encloses together with the Sea of Marmara. The Byzantine Empire had its naval headquarters there, and walls were built along the shoreline to protect the city of Constantinople from naval attacks. At the entrance to the Horn, there was a large chain pulled across from Constantinople to the old Tower of Galata (which was known as the Megàlos Pyrgos, Great Tower, in Greek among the Byzantines) on the northern side, preventing unwanted ships from entering. This tower was largely destroyed by the Latin Crusaders during the Fourth Crusade (1204), but the Geneose built a new tower nearby, the famous Galata Tower (1348) which they called Christea Turris (Tower of Christ). Read the rest of this entry »

Maiden’s Tower

maiden's tower

maiden's tower

Maiden’s Tower is the attribute of Istanbul due to its different area at the circle point of the two continents Europe and Asia, 2500 years old history and legends that accept been accountable to abounding belief and balladry through out the history.

In 2000, afterwards the apology able to its characteristics and acceptable architectonics captivated by the Hamoglu Holding Company, Maiden’s Tower opened the doors to the accessible for the aboriginal time. Now Maiden’s Tower is affable you in a absorbing atmosphere area it serves as a cafeteria during the day time and serves as a accomplished dining restaurant in the evenings. Read the rest of this entry »

Antalya - Glass Pyramid

Glass Pyramid Sabanci Fair and Assembly Centre

Glass pyramid Sabanci Fair and assembly Centre which has become the attribute of Antalya was opened in 1 October 1997 and the aboriginal action that it hosted was XI apple Forestry Congress.

The bottle pyramid is a anatomy that sits about an breadth of 4500 beat aboveboard and has two floors namely alleged as basement and arena floor. The top is covered with black thermo even amplitude roof. At the Bottle pyramid Sabanci Fair and assembly Centre; there are Toros salon of 2500 persons, Meltem salon of 440 bodies and Duden salon of 330 persons. The Toros salon which has been abiding for appointment and congress, fair and specialization fairs can be organized with 1500 angle capacity. All the salons are able with accompaniment of the art complete and ablaze systems. Read the rest of this entry »

Antalya - Culture Centre

The aperture of Antalya ability centre whose architecture was started in year 1992 was done in year 1996. It has two capital saloons called Perge and Aspendos saloons in 9000 beat aboveboard bankrupt area.

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Istanbul-Municipality during the period of the republic

After the war of Independence that started in 1919 and with the enactment of the National Assembly in 1920 in Ankara, the foundations of a new accompaniment were laid. Ankara became the basic of Turkey and with law 417 anachronous 1924, the city’s name afflicted to Ankara Şehremaneti. With this adjustment the basic city’s administering was afar from the added municipalities.

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Istanbul-The Situation until The Period of Tanzimat

Before the Tanzimat there was no abstracted academy that activated the casework of the City in the Ottoman cities. The assembly of the government, qadis (Muslim Judges), assembly of artisan organizations and arresting humans acclimated to be amenable for the works of the Municipality.

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The municipality Organisation before Ottoman

The assignment of the City was to adapt a hisbe organisation. The duties and the authorities of the hisbe were altered from the city organisations of today. Hisbe literelly agency accomplishing something alone to accept the accord of God. It is authentic as a amusing account academy whose assignment is to command advantage and abstain evil. The humans who were appointed were alleged admiral (Muhtesib). The duties of these admiral were to appoint rules of acceptable manner; analysis accepted health; Inspect Roads, barrio and scales; ascendancy trade; fix prices for the account of the accessible and to anticipate black-marketing and yield every anticipation for the absorption of the public. Even in the city of today alone some of these duties of the accomplished can be fulfilled.

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Istanbul - Historical Period

Our country’s city-limits government authoritative anatomy too its present anatomy afterwards casual through a amount of stages in history. During the aeon of the Ottoman Empire, abounding borough casework were provided by agency of wakfs. The enactment of borough administering as we accept it today follows the canicule of Tanzimat (Reform).

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Istanbul - The Development of the municipality

As we appraise the development of the city over tine, we will try to explain in accepted agreement after traveling into details. Even admitting the above affair is the city during the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey, we will aswell acknowledgment the City organisation in beforehand periods in adjustment to accord an abstraction of what it was like.

Istanbul - Imrahor Monument

The architecture amid in Yedikule is one of the oldest barrio of Byzantine in Istanbul. It was congenital in 5th century. Monastery and abbey was accepted as Studios due to its founder. Monastery was an important religious centermost during Byzantine period.

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