Istanbul Revisited
- Collection of photos from my past three visits to Istanbul this year:
Sultanahmet Camii
Listening to the Khutbah
The masses
Praying Sunnah
Mimbar
Ayasofya
Keeping warm
View of Sultanahmet Camii from the Ayasofya
2nd floor of Ayasofya, Byzantine mural
Dervish
Entering the Harem
Fish Market
How many kitties do you see?
Relaxing
Arasta Bazaar
Outside of the Küçük Ayasofya Camii
Küçük Ayasofya
Greek writing in the Küçük Ayasofya, which was a church before being converted to a mosque.
Fleur-de-lis
Malcolm X
Süleymaniye Camii
translation: “homies” or “dudes” Genghis, Ogün, Emir, Emre, Eren, and Mehmet
Also homies or dudes
Basilica Cistern
Medusa
In the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Thutmosis’ Obelisk and Sultanahmet Camii
rumisapprentice 
NIIICE shots akh! Amazing! What’s up with the images in the musallah? Aye, if you meet any textile people or clothing vendors who are looking to sell their goods in the US, please give them my contact info!
Salaams!
Nasr
05/28/2012 at 8:52 am
W’salaam Nasr! If I hear from anyone, I’ll let them know about Mr. Nasr Nance. The pics you’re referring to are from the Hagia Sophia, which used to be an Orthodox cathedral when Istanbul was named Constantinople under the control of the Byzantines. Then Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II, and the Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque and the images were covered up. Then when the Turkish Republic was created in 1935, it was converted into a museum and the images were uncovered.
05/28/2012 at 12:03 pm