nevizade street in taksim

Emirgan_Park

It is my favourite park in istanbul, great place for families, fresh air, flowers,trees, while your children are playing  in the park you can have some snacks on the wooden picnic tables under the shade of  trees.

You can take the bus marked ‘Istinye’ or ‘Sarıyer’ from Eminönü or Karaköy, after 35 minutes you will be there.

by suleyman karakus

Emirgan is famous for its seaside cafes and the large city park on the slopes behind it. The Verifier Yahsi (seaside mansion) on the shore and the pavilions (White, Pink, Yellow) inside the park that serve as cafes are examples of Ottoman architecture from different ages. The annual Tulip Festival is held in the park around April, which contains pools, groves and lanes suitable for hiking and jogging. It is a popular recreation area, particularly on holidays. Below the park is the small bay of Istinye, which for many years housed the shipyards. These have been removed recently, and the area has been restored as a recreational area and marina.

Pera

http://www.tarihicicekpasaji.com/index.html

Galata Tower

Galata Tower Web Site

The galata tower was built in1384it was the highpoint in the city walls of the Genoese colony called Galata

During the first centuries of Ottoman era the Galata tower was occupied by a detachment of Janissaries, the elite corps of the Turkish Army. In the sisteenth century the tower was used to house prisoners of war, who were usualy consigned as galley slaves in the ottoman arsenal at Kasimpasa on the golden horn………….

Suleymaniye_Mosque

The Suleymaniye is the second largest but by far the finest and most magnificiant of the imperial mosque complexes in the city.It is a fitting monument to its founder, Suleyman the magnificent, and a master work of greatest of Ottoman architects, thi incomparable Sinan.The mosque itself, the largest of Sinan’s work, is perhaps inferior in perfection of design to that master’s Selimiye at Edirne, but its incotestably the most important Ottoman building in Istanbul.

The construction of Suleymaniye began in 1550 and the mosque itself was completed in 1557, but it was some years later before all the buildings of the complex were finished.Where the lend slopes sharply down toward the Golden Horn, the courtyard is supported by an elaborate vaultedsubstructure; from the terrace here on has a suberb view of the city.Around this courtyard on three sides are arranged the other builings of the complex with as much symmetry as the nature of the site would permit.Nearly all of these pious foundatuons have been well restored and some of them are once again serving the people of Istanbul as they did in the days of Suleyman.

The mosque is preceded by a porticoed courtyard of exceptional grandeour, with columns of the richest porphyry, marble and grenite.The western portal of the court is flanked by a great pyloon containing two stories of chambers; these were the muvakithane, the house and workshop of the mosque astronomer.At the four croners of the courtyard rise the four great minarets.These four minarets are traditionally said to present the fact that Suleyman was the fourth sultan to reign in Istanbul; while the ten serefs or balconies denote that he was the tenth sultan of the Ottoman.

More info about Suleymaniye Mosque

Miniaturk

http://www.miniaturk.com.tr/eng/default.asp?git=3

Istanbul Modern Art Museum

Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Website

MUSEUM HOURS
Tuesday – Sunday: 10.00 a.m – 6.00 pm
Thursday: 10.00 p.m – 8.00 p.m
Monday: Closed
The museum is closed on January 1 and on the first day of religious holidays.
Admission:
Adults: 7 TL
Students, groups of over 20 and seniors (65 and older): 3 TL
Museum members, children under 12, visitors with disabilities: Free
Every Thursday: Free

LOCATION
The Museum is located on the pier behind the Nusretiye Mosque. Visitors can reach the museum by bus or streetcar using the Tophane exit. Private vehicles must pay parking fee to use the Museum’s parking lot.
ADDRESS:
Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. Liman İşletmeleri
Sahası Antrepo No: 4, 34433 Karaköy – İSTANBUL

Yedikule Fortress

YEDİKULE FORTRESS MUSEUM Towards the Marmara end of the land ramparts is the Yedikule Fortress- literally Seven Towers. Constructed in the middle of the Golden Gate by Sultan Mehmed, three new towers were added to the original Byzantine towers to form a five-sided structure. Never used for military purposes, it instead acted as an Ottoman Treasury until the reign of Sultan Murad III (1574-1595). It is most famous, though as a prison of both foreign and native captives. Sultan Osman II met his death here, as did many unfortunate foreign ambassadors. Restored in 1959, the castle is now open as a museum and hosts festivals and concerts.

http://galeri.istanbul.gov.tr/Default.aspx?tabid=129&harikaeserid=122