Blue Mosque
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is located on a hill above the Sea of Marmara, and it has six large minarets that can be seen from the ships in the Mediterranean. The mosque was named by this name because its inner walls were covered with 20,000 pieces of blue tiles from Iznik. The palace was built in the early seventeenth century with an Ottoman design at the request of Sultan Ahmed I.
Galata Tower
Galata Tower is one of the most famous tourist places to be visited in Istanbul, and it was built for the purpose of expansion of the Genoa colony in Constantinople, and this nine-storey tower has a view that includes the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus. The Galata Tower was used as a fire observatory in 1717, but in 1794 it was destroyed by a fire and it was subsequently restored.
Aya Sofia
The Hagia Sophia Church is considered one of the most important architectural achievements in the world, and it was built in 537 AD by Justinian, and it was considered one of the greatest churches in the world until the Ottomans around a mosque and added minarets and fountains to it in 1453 when the conquest of Constantinople, and in 1935 it was converted into a museum .
Topkapi Palace
Tobaki Palace was built in the fifteenth century by the Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire after its occuAl Bahahn of the city, and it is considered one of the prominent landmarks of Istanbul because it contains luxury rooms and important art groups in addition to the quiet squares. In 1924 the palace was turned into a national museum available to all tourists.
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General information about Istanbul
Istanbul is one of the cities of Turkey, it is located on latitude 41.01 and longitude 28.95, and its height from the sea reaches 39 meters, and it is considered one of the largest Turkish cities due to the high number of its population, it reaches 11.174.257 people.
Istanbul is located between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and is considered the cultural, economic and historical center of the country. Large numbers of migrants flock to it in search of economic opportunities and to improve life, which leads to an increase in the population size at a faster rate than the national average by 3.45%.