Rumelihisarı (also known as Rumelian Fortress and Roumeli Hissar Fortress) or Boğazkesen Fortress (literally 'strait-cutter fortress') is a medieval Ottoman...
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Rumelihisarı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sarıyer, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 10,073 (2022). It is on the European...
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ten days after their wedding, Sabiha and Faruk moved to the mansion of Rumelihisarı. In October of the same year, her father bought two houses for his daughters...
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flanked by similarly affluent neighbourhoods such as Arnavutköy and Rumelihisarı. 'Bebek' means 'baby' in Turkish. Some believe its use as a name comes...
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Mezarlığı) is a burial ground situated on Aşiyan between the Bebek and Rumelihisarı neighborhoods of the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. Many renowned...
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between 1875 and 1886 Eastern side Galata Tower at night Anadoluhisarı and Rumelihisarı List of tallest structures built before the 20th century "Galata Tower...
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built a sister structure to Anadoluhisarı across the Bosphorus called Rumelihisarı. The two fortresses worked in tandem in 1453 to throttle all maritime...
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Kocataş Maden Maslak Pınar Poligon PTT Evleri Reşitpaşa Rumelifeneri Rumelihisarı Rumelikavağı Sarıyer Tarabya Uskumruköy Yeni Yeniköy Zekeriyaköy Sarıyer...
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He also began the construction of the Boğazkesen (later called the Rumelihisarı), a fortress at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus Strait, in order...
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which originally stretched from Arnavutköy to the vicinity of Bebek and Rumelihisarı. In 1971, a section of this campus became part of Boğaziçi University...
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side of the strait, the Anadoluhisarı (Anatolian Castle, 1393) and the Rumelihisarı (European Castle, 1451), in preparation for not only the primary battle...
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ten days after their wedding, Faruk and Sabiha moved to the mansion of Rumelihisarı. In October of the same year, Mehmed VI bought two houses for his daughters...
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examples of Ottoman architecture in Istanbul are the Anadoluhisarı and Rumelihisarı fortresses, which assisted the Ottomans during their siege of the city...
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colorful yalıs which line the coastline. Aşiyan: Located between Bebek and Rumelihisarı. The Turkish poet Tevfik Fikret used to live in a house on the hillside...
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the Ancient Orient Great Palace Mosaic Museum Castles Anadoluhisarı Rumelihisarı Yedikule Fortress Culture and art museums Ara Güler Museum Doğançay Museum...
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mother and sister left Turkey. The three of them left the mansion in Rumelihisarı on 11 March, and took the Orient Express to join her father and grandfather...
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luxurious hotels. The local sports club is Ortaköy Spor Kulübü. Emirgan Rumelihisarı Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved...
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by a conical roof, like similar towers in the Yedikule Fortress and Rumelihisarı fortress in Istanbul. Until its demolition in 1917, a chemise stood at...
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preparations immediately. In the spring of 1452, work had begun on the Rumelihisarı castle, constructed on the western side of the Bosporus strait, opposite...
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the Borusan Contemporary art museum) is a historical monument at the Rumelihisarı neighbourhood of the Sarıyer district in Istanbul, Turkey. Built in 1911...
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Kocataş Maden Maslak Pınar Poligon PTT Evleri Reşitpaşa Rumelifeneri Rumelihisarı Rumelikavağı Sarıyer Tarabya Uskumruköy Yeni Yeniköy Zekeriyaköy Quarters...
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I on the Asian side; Mehmed erected an even stronger fortress called Rumelihisarı on the European side, and thus gained complete control of the strait...
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Kocataş Maden Maslak Pınar Poligon PTT Evleri Reşitpaşa Rumelifeneri Rumelihisarı Rumelikavağı Sarıyer Tarabya Uskumruköy Yeni Yeniköy Zekeriyaköy Quarters...
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with several smaller fragments. The twin forts of Anadoluhisarı and Rumelihisarı lie to the north of Istanbul, at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus...
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Kocataş Maden Maslak Pınar Poligon PTT Evleri Reşitpaşa Rumelifeneri Rumelihisarı Rumelikavağı Sarıyer Tarabya Uskumruköy Yeni Yeniköy Zekeriyaköy Quarters...
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known for her restoration work on the Topkapı Palace harem room and the Rumelihisarı in Istanbul. Eyüboğlu was born in 1919 in Aziziye, Sivas. She was the...
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Herbert Samuel Street Turkey Istanbul: Bağdat Avenue, Bebek, Etiler and Rumelihisarı Vietnam Hanoi: Hàng Bông Street Austria Vienna: Kohlmarkt, Tuchlauben...
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the Ancient Orient Great Palace Mosaic Museum Castles Anadoluhisarı Rumelihisarı Yedikule Fortress Culture and art museums Ara Güler Museum Doğançay Museum...
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Kocataş Maden Maslak Pınar Poligon PTT Evleri Reşitpaşa Rumelifeneri Rumelihisarı Rumelikavağı Sarıyer Tarabya Uskumruköy Yeni Yeniköy Zekeriyaköy Quarters...
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caetera. By the summer of 1452 Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II had completed the Rumelihisarı fortress on the western or European side of the Bosporus. Located several...
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