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February, 18th 2018.

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The Topkapı Palace, or the Seraglio, is a large museum in Istanbul, Turkey. In the 15th century, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.

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Stopped at Sarıalan Camp, Uludağ

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In Turkish, Uludağ means "Sublime Mountain". In ancient times the range of which it is a part, extending along the southern edge of Bithynia, was known as Olympos in Greek and Olympus in Latin, the western extremity being known as the Mysian Olympus and the eastern as the Bithynian Olympus, and the city of Bursa was known as Prusa ad Olympum from its position near the mountain. Throughout the Middle Ages, it contained hermitages and monasteries: "The rise of this monastic centre in the 8th c. and its prestige up to the 11th are linked to the resistance of numerous monks to the policy of the iconoclast emperors and then to a latent opposition to the urban, Constantinopolitan monasticism of the Studites." One of the greatest monks of the Christian East, the wonder-working Byzantine monk Saint Joannicius the Great, lived as a hermit on this mountain.

Source: Wikipedia

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Uludağ, the ancient Mysian Olympus and Bithynian Olympus, is a mountain in Bursa Province, Turkey, with an elevation of 2,543 m. It is a popular center for winter sports such as skiing, and a national park of rich flora and fauna. 

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Ayasofya🏛

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Morning view in Istanbul🌅

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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A popular tourist site, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque continues to function as a mosque today; men still kneel in prayer on the mosque's lush red carpet after the call to prayer. The Blue Mosque, as it is popularly known, was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets and eight secondary domes. It sits next to the Hagia Sophia, another popular tourist site.

Source: Wikipedia

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Boat tour in Istanbul🛥

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27/1/18; Landed safely.

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Lil’ girl in the middle of pigeons👧🏻

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Masjid al-Haram (or Al-Masjid al-Haram) is the most famous and the holiest mosque for Muslims which is located in Mecca in Arabia. It is regarded as the Qibla of Muslims.

Masjid al-Haram includes a number of holy places and things including Ka'ba, Hajar al-Aswad, Multazam, Mustajar, Hatim and Hijr of Isma'il which are highly respected by Muslims. In addition to general religious rules about mosques, in Islamic fiqh, there are exclusive religious rules about Majid al-Haram. It is obligatory for Mustati' (financially capabale) Muslims to make a pilgrimage to Mecca and perform Hajj at least once in their lifetime. Some of its rituals are performed in Masjid al-Haram.

Ka'ba is the Qibla of Muslims and is the most important place for worship among Muslims. According to religious narrations and the Holy Quran, Prophet Ibrahim (a) and his son, Isma'il built Ka'ba by the order of God. The Qibla of Muslims was changed in the second year after Bi'tha from Bayt al-Maqdis to Ka'ba.

-Source: WikiShia

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The Abraj Al-Bait (Translated as "The Towers of the House") is a government-owned megatall complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The central hotel tower, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, A Fairmont Hotel, has the world's largest clock face and is the third tallest building and fifth tallest freestanding structure in the world. The building complex is metres away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Great Mosque of Mecca. The developer and contractor of the complex is the Saudi Binladin Group, the Kingdom's largest construction company.