The following photos either have a story to go with them or did not fit into the other photo categories I have posted about Istanbul. Inside the Blue ...

We can find wall art in just about any city in the world. Istanbul is no different. Here are some I saw there....

Though I know to carry a scarf and to be prepared to remove my shoes in places of worship across the world, I find it interesting that in many mosques...

The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The phot...

When I first arrived in Istanbul and was in a tram going along a large street I observed bridal shop after bridal shop. Yes, I saw 20 or 30 all on one...

Istanbul is a bustling city with mosques, palaces, markets, monuments, parks, and lots of people. It is a city of differences – the old and the ...

Walking through the cobblestoned streets of Istanbul was an event. In so many places there were trucks and carts and shops. In the mornings and in the...

There is so many shopping opportunities in Istanbul that it is a wonder anyone knows which shop to enter and what items to purchase. Copies of famous ...

There are numerous reasons why Islamic woman cover their heads and there are numerous types of head coverings. Some are quite simple, often black with...

I met many people on the streets of Istanbul both individuals and people in pairs or groups. For me it was not easy to distinguish natives of Istanbul...