Where the East begins, scenes of Turkey

Architectural wonders

On a crossroad between the East and the West, on the homeland of ancient Anatolian cultures, between the Greek and Roman world, the Arab world, Africa, Central Asia and Persians, Turkey boasts a very refined architecture drawing from many eras and people, different religion, Islam and Christianity mainly, various materials, bricks, marble, glazed ceramic, sandstone, stone…. On every roof, every fountain, every kiosk, there are many nuances of blue reminding us of the sea and its importance in Turkey but also numerous shades of brown, accounting for the continental side of Turkey, its mineral nature, its old age and history, the patina on stones.

Ahmed III's fountain roof and Hagia Sofia's

Ottoman era graves lined up in a Mosque courtyard

Roofs from the gardens of Süleymaniye Camii

Imperial kitchen ceiling, Topkapı Sarayı

ON THE BOSPHORUS

and the sea of Marmara

The Bosphorus, is no ordinary body of water. It’s a place like no other, a simple strait at first that was raised to a crucial importance by societies living on its shore since thousand of years. A corridor for goods, amphorae in the past, oil and mass produced good today, but also for fishers, tourist boats and commuters as well. A natural defense during history and an endless source of thoughts and beauty still today, connected to another sea, the sea of Marmara leading to the Mediteranean.

In the streets

The magic of the Prince Islands