I came, I saw and I returned..

[bahadir]

I could scarcely had my job done within my one day visit to Istanbul by plane, soI was only able totake the photos of two edificesin a hurry: (

As I wrote beforefor musket's picture,I quite like the ecleclic style 19th century buildings! Here are twofrom Sirkeci district.

#1 Sirkeci Train Station:

[bahadir]

#2 from a different angle..

[bahadir]

#3 Sirkeci Post Office

[bahadir]

#4 On the rightside of the Post office isthe museum :

[bahadir]

Ah! the corridor leading to domestic flights! I wonder if Ben Johnsonwas able torun this distance in less than 1 minute :G

[musket]

Yes indeed, great shots well captured....................musket

[bill43210]

very nice shots, I particularly like the inside shot, very nice indeed

[bahadir]

musket wrote:

Yes indeed, great shots well captured....................musket

I'm glad you enjoyed them, musket!

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very nice shots, I particularly like the inside shot, very nice indeed

Thank you for your appreciation, Bill! I feel lucky to haveshot that last picture: )

[Torgny]

bahadir,

Massive, massive. The pictures breathe of massiveness. The hundreds and hundreds of tons of stone (rock?) formed like this and photographed like this. Great

Torgny

The victory seldom seems at hand when you expect it

[The Barbarian]

I noticed with interest the tilework and the arabic lettering on the post office. And I wondered, since the Latin Alphabet became used, it must be a chore for scholars to go back and read old original documents.

Is the Arabic system taught as well as the Latin one?

I particularly like your photo of the train station, BTW.Intriquing that two clocks are on each face of the building, as though necessary to keep a strict symmetry.