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Golden Horn - Istanbul

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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). (more…)

Maiden’s Tower

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
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. (more…)

Istanbul-Municipality during the period of the republic

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

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

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

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

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

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

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

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

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

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 Nightlife

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Istanbul Nightlife 

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Istanbul - Dolmabahce palace

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Dolmabahce clock towerDolmabahce Palace

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Istanbul - Bosphorus River: Cruise the Bosphorus

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

bosphorus cruiseBosphorus River 

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