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Scene from the Janissaries' revolt against Grand Vizier Ibsir Pasha in 1655. The Sultan receives the Janissaries' claims; at the same the dead body of the Chief Eunuch of the Harem is surrendered to the insurgents through the palace window.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eunuchs, History, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

Festivities at the port of Istanbul, to celebrate the construction of a new ship.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Muslim funeral in Istanbul.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman cemeteries, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Leisure scene at the streets of Istanbul during the Bayram feast.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bayram, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Scene at a bath, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths, Healthcare, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Fountain at the remains of church near the sea walls of Topkapi palace in Istanbul. According to the author, the Greek Orthodox of Istanbul would come to the fountain on the feast of the Transfiguration. Several of them would bury themselves in the sand and then drink from the holy fountain, thus realizing a symbolic transfiguration.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Feast of the Transfiguration, Festivities / Celebrations, Fountains / Springs, Greeks, Holy springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Walls of Constantinople

View of the Sea of Marmara and Bosporus.

Tags: Bosporus, Istanbul, Maps, Marmara sea / Propontis, Thrace, Turkey

Topographic map of Istanbul.

Tags: Bosporus, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Signet from Istanbul: the flight of Aeneas from Troy.

Tags: Aeneas, Art and antiquities, Istanbul, Mythology, Stamps and signets, Thrace, Turkey

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the central nave looking towards the entrance.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the entrance looking towards the altar.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the northwest.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The sea of Marmara seen from the window of author's inn at Tekirdag (Raidestos).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Houses, Human types, Inns, Marmara sea / Propontis, Tekirdağ / Raidestos / anc. Bisanthe or Rhaedestus, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Burial mound at Develi, eastern Thrace.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Burial mounds, Develi, Funerary monuments, Natural environment, Thrace, Turkey

Silver coins of Macedonia and Thrace.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Greece, Kavala, Macedonia, Mount Ainos, Philippoi, Thrace

The junction of the Bosporus and Black Sea. On the hill, Yoros castle, also known as Genoese castle, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bithynia, Black Sea, Bosporus, Castles and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)

View of the port of İğneada, north of Istanbul, at the Black Sea.

Tags: Black Sea, İğneada, Maps, Ports, Thrace, Turkey

Ottoman document. On the bottom right, the seal of the Ottoman minister of the Exterior, and an interpretation of the seal's symbols by the author.

Tags: Imperial seals, Istanbul, Ottoman imperial signets and seals, Ottoman officials, Seals, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Whirling dervish of the Mevlevi order.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervish orders, Dervishes, Human types, Istanbul, Mevlevi order, Prayer, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

Map of Istanbul.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Istanbul, Maps, Ottoman palaces, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

Map of the Bosporus.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Map of the European part of Istanbul.

Tags: Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Score of Turkish traditional music.

Tags: Cultural activities, Istanbul, Music, Musical scores, Thrace, Turkey

View of Seraglio Point from the embassy of the Netherlands at Pera district.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Walls of Constantinople

Ottomans carry slaves (war prisoners) to Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman soldiers, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Torture, Turkey, Turks

View of the Dardanelles. In the foreground, the now-lost New Fortresses. In the background, Kilitbahir castle and Sultaniye castle, on the European and Asian coasts of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Fortresses of the Dardanelles, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Thrace, Turkey, Views

Portrait of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha, prime mover of the Second Siege of Vienna.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Grand Viziers, Horses, Istanbul, Kara Mustafa Paşa, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Portrait of Sultan Mehmed IV.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Istanbul, Mehmed IV the Hunter, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

Vie of Kilitbahir castle on the European coast of the Hellespont.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Houses, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of Istanbul from Üsküdar on the Asian coast of the Bosporus. In the background, on the left, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the mosque of Ahmed I. At the centre, the mosque of Suleiman I. On the right the Tower of Galata.

Map of the Golden Horn, the Bosporus and adjacent area.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Table showing depth fluctuations of the Bosporus waters according to the seasons, as measured from an observation point at Galata.

Tags: Bosporus, Istanbul, Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Thrace, Turkey

The junction of the Bosporus and the Black Sea.

Tags: Asia Minor, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Lighthouses, Natural environment, Symplegades / Clashing Rocks / Cyanean Rocks, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The quarter of Büyükdere on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nets, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

Leisure scene at one of the fields where the Sultan used to hunt. In the background, a storyteller entertaining the public.

Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Storytellers, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Valide Dam at Belgrade Forest, on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valide Dam (Valide Bendi)

View of Tarabya, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Tarabya / Therapeia, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

Kiosk by the sea at Sweet Waters of Asia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman kiosks, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Muslim cemetery at Eyüp, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Cemetery of Eyüp, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Muslim cemeteries, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

View of the miltary barracks and the park of Pera.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Bovids, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Park of Pera / Beyoğlu, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the shipyard of Kasımpaşa, Istanbul. In the background, the Tower of Galata.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kasımpaşa, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Thrace, Turkey, Views

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