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Discover Istanbul This Summer at Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet, Steps Away from the City's Wonders (Four Seasons Hotels Inc)
Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
(Source. Four Seasons Hotels Inc). Housed in a century-old neoclassical former Turkish prison, Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet introduces Summer Getaway ... Set in the historical peninsula, the Hotel is neighbour to city's most significant souks such as Grand Bazaar and Spice Market ... Go underground at the Basilica Cistern. The Basilica Cistern is the largest of the ancient underground water cisterns found across Istanbul ... (noodl....
Enjoy a Luxurious Trip to Istanbul as Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus Creates the Perfect Summer Getaway (Four Seasons Hotels Inc)
Edit Public Technologies 25 Apr 2016
(Source. Four Seasons Hotels Inc). Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorusintroduces Summer Getaway, the Hotel's new accommodation package offering a leisurely Istanbul experience through warm Turkish hospitality combined with premium Four Seasons quality ... Visit Spice Bazaar and Covered Bazaar ... Go underground at the Basilica Cistern. The Basilica Cistern is the largest of the ancient underground water cisterns found across Istanbul....
The Plagues That Might Have Brought Down the Roman Empire
Edit The Atlantic 16 Mar 2016
Tourists visit the Basilica Cistern in Isanbul, built during Justinian's reign of the Roman Empire Murad Sezer / Reuters. What brought down the Roman Empire? By the end of his The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, even the great historian Edward Gibbon was sick of the question ... Still, something keeps historians fascinated by the fall of Rome ... Plague of Justinian. In the case of the latter plague, we know the offending pathogen ... ....
Top 10 Places You Must See in Istanbul
Edit Huffington Post 14 Mar 2016
Hagia Sophia is a former Christian patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey ... Basilica Cistern. I first heard about the Basilica Cistern while reading Inferno by Dan Brown ... This underground cistern consists of marble columns rising from the water level ... The highlight of the Basilica Cistern is the 2 Medusa heads that are used as plinths....
The Holy Soul of Istanbul
Edit Huffington Post 09 Mar 2016
The Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and the Basilica Cistern. A Triangle of Peace ... The Blue Mosque ... With a past of sufferings and constant change, this building was born as a patriarchal basilica and then turned into a mosque ... Basilica Cistern ... Yerebatan Sarnıcı, the Sunken Cistern. The biggest of the hundreds of ancient cisterns beneath the former Constantinople. It owes its name to the former basilica that once stood over it. the Stoa Basilica ... ....
10 best holiday destinations within five hours from the UAE
Edit The National 21 Jan 2016
Standing at a geographical crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa, the UAE has a world of travel opportunities on its doorstep ... Most of the UAE's airlines serve these locations, but we've picked a selection of the flight options available ... newslide ... Children and adults will be intrigued by the underground Basilica Cistern, and an afternoon spent trawling the 3,000 shops in the Grand Bazaar is an adventure in itself ... ....
Deadly Istanbul bombing took place near landmarks popular with tourists
Edit The Los Angeles Times 13 Jan 2016
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque, is in the historic and heavily touristed Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, close to the deadly bombing in Sultanahmet Square. Basilica Cistern Mustafa Ozer / AFP/Getty Images. Basilica Cistern (Mustafa Ozer / AFP/Getty Images). Basilica Cistern. The 6th century Byzantine Basilica Cistern in ......
Man from Syria allegedly behind Istanbul suicide blast
Edit The Japan News 13 Jan 2016
ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) — A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul’s historic heart on Tuesday, in an attack Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) ... U.N ... Tourist sites including the Hagia Sophia and nearby Basilica Cistern were closed on the governor’s orders, officials said ... Click to play ... + - ... ....
Istanbul suicide blast kills tourists
Edit Al Jazeera 12 Jan 2016
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday that the bomber was linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group ... The square sits next to the most popular tourist sites in the city, including the 6th-century Greek Orthodox church, the centuries-old Sultan Ahmet Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, and the Roman-era Basilica Cistern, an ancient underground water depot ... The latter killed more than 100 people ... ....
photo: AP / Emrah Gurel
Turkey says Istanbul suicide bomber linked to ISIL
Edit Al Jazeera 12 Jan 2016
"Turkey won't backtrack in its struggle against Daesh by even one step," Davutoglu said, referring to ISIL by its Arabic acronym ... The square sits next to the most popular tourist sites in the city, including the 6th century Greek Orthodox church, the centuries-old Sultan Ahmet mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, and the Roman-era Basilica Cistern, an ancient underground water depot ... The latter killed more than 100 people ... Source ... ....
Blast in Istanbul tourist district kills at least 10 people
Edit Toronto Sun 12 Jan 2016
ISTANBUL - An explosion in the heart of Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet tourist district killed at least ten people and wounded 15 on Tuesday and some local media reports said a suicide bomber may have been responsible ... It said ten people were killed and 15 wounded but gave no further details ... We shook a lot ... Tourist sites including the Hagia Sophia and the nearby Basilica Cistern were closed on the governor's orders, officials said....
Explosion In Istanbul Tourist District Kills At Least 10
Edit Huffington Post 12 Jan 2016
ISTANBUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) - An explosion in the heart of Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet tourist district killed at least ten people and wounded 15 on Tuesday and some local media reports said a suicide bomber may have been responsible ... It said ten people were killed and 15 wounded but gave no further details ... Tourist sites including the Hagia Sophia and the nearby Basilica Cistern were closed on the governor's orders, officials said....
Suicide bomber kills 10 in Istanbul
Edit Otago Daily Times 12 Jan 2016
Police officers secure area after an explosion near the Ottoman-era Sultanahmet mosque in Istanbul. Photo. Reuters ... A senior Turkish official said nine were German, while Peru's foreign ministry said a Peruvian man also died ... He vowed to hunt down and punish those linked to the bomber ... 'Unimaginable scene' ... Tourist sites including the Hagia Sophia and nearby Basilica Cistern were closed on the governor's orders, officials said ... Reuters. ....
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