Turkish architecture and skyscrapers

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http://www.tasyapi.com/images/projeler/mashattan/16.jpg

http://www.tasyapi.com/images/projeler/mashattan/7b.jpg

I know these are too ordinary (in Maslak region in Istanbul)

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http://www.kesit.com/belek/images/kremliny3.jpg

http://www.kesit.com/belek/images/kremliny6.jpg

[malec]

turkish skyscrapers? :D


http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7253/dubaitowersistanbulsy0.jpg

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http://gallery.istanbul.gov.tr/Portals/FotoIstanbul/images/c/cd7bc91c07724662b9c3a4b23a391695-9594.jpg (javascript:window.close())

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/altind/P1000774.jpg

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http://www.haberalemi.net/resimler/haberler/9230.jpg

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http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/kitaplar/turkey2005/content/turkey/images/480-1.gif

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/Maslak_skyline_at_sunset.jpg/800px-Maslak_skyline_at_sunset.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Maslak_skyline_at_sunset.jpg)
maslak district of Istanbul from a different aspect

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Levent_skyline_at_night.jpg
levent district of Istanbul from a different aspect, Levent district is actually the financial center of Istanbul and of Turkey.

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http://www.d-yapi.com.tr/d_tr/images/mecidiyekoy_transfer_003.jpg
mediciyeköy (a district of Istanbul) twins,

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http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/02.jpg


http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/05.jpg
http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/06.jpg
http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/07.jpg
http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/08.jpg

http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/10.jpg

http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/11.jpg
http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/13.jpg
http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/1/images/14.jpg
http://www.ozelbirligi.org/Alter/3/images/30.jpg
the area
and the masterplan

Architecturers: Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects

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from this in Istanbul
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/hebamd6husnuemre/tallestinturkey/BeybiGizPlaza136m.jpg
to these in Istanbul.....
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/stormicy/a2.jpg
http://www.yenisafak.com.tr/arsiv/2005/kasim/27/kule27.jpg

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http://www.cnnturk.com/images/haber/gokkafeshaber.jpg
taksim district of Istanbul, Süzer Plaza-Ritz Carlton
damned Istanbul, I love you..........

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http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/zhjakob/Projects/53c3c19a.jpg
a panaroma from sisli district, Istanbul

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http://www.camoglu.com.tr/camoglu/images/referanslar/112.jpg
http://www.camoglu.com.tr/camoglu/images/referanslar/114.jpg
one other panaroma from Istanbul

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http://www.tasyapi.com/images/projeler/22/1b.jpg

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http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7214/canyonn3ek.jpg

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http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5513/enginituimg001714na.jpg

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http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/images/Turkey/Dolmabahce/1280-DolmabahceMainGate.jpg
Dolmabahçe Palace, built in 1856 by Sultan Mecit, ISTANBUL

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http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/images/Turkey/Miscellaneous/1280-FountainBehindHS.jpg
This fountain was built in 1728 by Sultan Ahmet III. Before the foundation of Turkey Republic, Ottomans were using Arabic letters, i.e you see arabic letter characters on the walls of constructions.

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for more pictures of Turkey's today's and past architecture visit

http://images.google.com.tr/images?q=dolmabahce+palace&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=de&lr=&start=0&sa=N and surf on the photos

and http://images.google.com.tr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/images/Turkey/Dolmabahce/1280-DolmabahceMainGate.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/turkey.html&h=960&w=1280&sz=292&hl=de&start=3&tbnid=XYRXz52f6kt-nM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddolmabahce%2Bpalace%26ndsp%3D20%26svn um%3D10%26hl%3Dde%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Istanbul before Turks come there was also the capital city and civilization center of many many other civilizations. That is why the photos from especially Istanbul and Turkey is really uncountable to post here. Since years I have been living in Europe. I have been to lots of famous cities in Europe.
From the sightseeing perspective what I have seen is that Istanbul is uncomparable to any other city in Europe and Istanbul is unique. I hear your questions now! You are asking "why you did not know this situation". That is my be a marketing problem of Turkey or may be it is your problem in the sense that most of you feel strange to the name of Turkey or Istanbul, that is an image problem in your mind.

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http://www.ragipbuluc.com/images/gemi_gokdelen2.JPG
http://www.ragipbuluc.com/images/gemi_gokdelen_maket.jpg
yüksel business center, Ankara (capital city) Turkey

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http://www.planet-turquie-guide.com/ankara.jpg
a panaroma from Ankara

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http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/AKTS/Pic00037.jpg
Ankara's famous tower restaurant

[Jude1017]

Let's not forgot about her...

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Let's not forgot about her...

I understand what you mean that is why I post here some photos of Ayasofya (=Saint Sophia, or =Haghia Sophia)
http://www.istanbulportal.com/istanbulportal/ayasofya/haghiasophia2-2.jpg
http://www.istanbulportal.com/istanbulportal/ayasofya/haghiasophia6-2.jpg

http://www.istanbulportal.com/istanbulportal/ayasofya/haghiasophia7-2.jpg
http://www.aydingun.com/photo/H/Query/Ist-Kucuk/Ayasofya-Gece-145.jpg (http://www.aydingun.com/photo/H/Query/Ist-Buyuk/Ayasofya-Gece-600.jpg)
http://www.homestead.com/privatetoursinturkey/files/ayasofya.jpg
http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/AssetsTurkey/Istanbul/Sights/Sultanahmet/AyasofyaFmWest01.jpg
http://www.istanbulportal.com/istanbulportal/ayasofya/haghiasophia3-2.jpg
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/LPIPOD03/BN3386_04~The-Blue-Mosque-of-Sultan-Ahmed-I-and-Hagia-Sophia-or-Ayasofya-Istanbul-Istanbul-Turkey-Posters.jpgPicture of Blue mosque as opposed to Ayasofya

http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/desdemendoza/ayasofya%203interior.jpg
http://images.google.com.tr/url?q=http://www.euraps.org/images/ayasofya.jpg&sig=__CiyNybSQyJ_DE24_LjLqDdOXZuk=
Dedicated on December 26th, 537 by the emperor Justinian, the great church of Hagia Sophia was the religious center of the Byzantine Empire for nine hundred years. After the Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453, it served as an imperial mosque of the Ottoman Empire. After the foundation of the Turkish Republic, it was turned into a museum in 1935.
The present structure essentially dates from the reign of Justinian (527-565), built by his architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus (http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/turkey.html#Miletus), although Isidorus the Younger, nephew of Isidorus of Miletus, supervised significant restoration after an earthquake in Justinian's time.
Buttresses were erected much later by Emperor Andronicus Palaeologus in 1317 and minarets were added by Sultan Mehmet II (the Conqueror), Sultan Beyazit II, and Sultan Murat III. In particular, note the differences in the minarets.

And Sultan Ahmet the first had been influenced by this splendid architecture of Haghia Sophia and ordered to an Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan to built an answering Ottoman architecture and this order had been fulfilled with the completion of Blue Mosque in 1616 as opposed to it.

http://history.club.fatih.edu.tr/Sultan%20Ahmet%20Camii.jpgBlue Mosque

there are uncountable number of photos to show the faces of Istanbul. I did not forget about Haghia Sophia but I did not know what to post here.

visit this side http://images.google.com.tr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/images/Turkey/Dolmabahce/1280-DolmabahceMainGate.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/turkey.html&h=960&w=1280&sz=292&hl=de&start=3&tbnid=XYRXz52f6kt-nM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddolmabahce%2Bpalace%26ndsp%3D20%26svn um%3D10%26hl%3Dde%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

you see just short infos and pictures of the some giant monuments in Istanbul without any cost or offer.

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http://www.living-turkey.com/living_in_turkey/photos/istanbul/yerebatan_sarnici_2.jpg
http://www.istanbulhotelsarikonak.com/istanbulhotelpictures/yerebatan.jpg
http://www.yerebatan.com/images/indextr_04.jpg
http://world.lib.ru/img/b/b_a/istanbul/yerebatan.jpg
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs5/300W/i/2004/288/5/e/yerebatan_by_tgunal.jpg (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/11423808/)
http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/AssetsTurkey/Istanbul/Sights/Sultanahmet/yerebatan_door8717.jpg
http://www.math.umn.edu/~alayont/turkiye/marmara/yerebatan.jpg
http://www.istanbulhotelreservations.com/istanbul/mekanresim/museums/yerebatan_mid.jpg

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http://www.istanbulhotelsarikonak.com/istanbulhotelpictures/suleymaniye.jpg
Suleymaniye Camii( Mosque of Soliman) is an outstanding piece of architecture, built in the 16th century by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan, for Sultan Soliman the Magnificient. It is the largest mosque of Istanbul with four minarets.

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This is the Franciscan church of St. Anthony of Padua, one of the many fascinating buildings hidden on the side streets of Istiklal Caddesi (once known as the Grand Rue de Pera to the many foreigners who lived here). The present church dates only from 1913, although a church has occupied this spot since 1725.
http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/images/Turkey/Miscellaneous/150-CatholicChurch.jpg (http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/images/Turkey/Miscellaneous/1280-CatholicChurch.jpg)

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http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~garcias/travel/images/Turkey/Miscellaneous/1280-GreekChurch.jpg
Near Taksim Square, hidden behind a number of buildings, is this Greek Orthodox Church.

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http://www.guide-martine.com/images/dolmabahce-6.jpg

http://www.guide-martine.com/images/dolmabahce5.jpg


http://www.guide-martine.com/images/dolmabahcepalace.jpg

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http://www.guide-martine.com/images/cesmealman.jpg
Emperor Wilhem II Fountain (Alman Çeşmesi, the German Fountain) was offered by Kaiser Wilhem II to Sultan Abdülhamit (http://www.guide-martine.com/history7.asp#abdulaziz) to mark his second visit to the Ottoman capital in 1898 and to commemorate the alliance of German and Ottoman powers. Brought from Germany, the fountain was placed at the north side of the Hippodrome (http://www.guide-martine.com/istanbul_3.asp#hippodrome), where the Kathisma (the Imperial Loge) was situated, and it was inaugurated in January 1901. The fountain, made of marble, has an octogonal shape and the interior of its dome is covered with mosaics.

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In the Soğukçeşme street (Soğukçeşme sokağı) located between Haghia Sophia and Topkapı Palace, a group of nine charming wooden houses from the 19th century can be seen. They have been transformed into a hotel.
Many other beautiful Ottoman houses can be found everywhere in old İstanbul and on the heights and banks (yalı) of the Bosphorus.

http://www.guide-martine.com/images/ottomanhauses1.jpghttp://www.guide-martine.com/images/ottomanhauses4.jpghttp://www.guide-martine.com/images/ottomanhauses2.jpg

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http://www.istanbulhotelreservations.com/istanbul/mekanresim/museums/dolmabahce.jpg
http://www.istanbulhotelreservations.com/istanbul/mekanresim/museums/dolmabahce2.jpg

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http://ismailaltuntas.tripod.com/images/mersin.jpg

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http://www.greeceturkeyguide.com/hotels/izmir/izmirhilton/hilton.JPGhttp://static.flickr.com/34/98235767_10eefaa072_t.jpg (http://www2.flickr.com/photos/ozan_d/98235767/)http://static.flickr.com/33/98235766_6324d3a8b6_t.jpg (http://www2.flickr.com/photos/ozan_d/98235766/)

[Eugenius]

Istanbul seems enormous, with skyscrapers strewn about without a central business district. Is there a skyline, or is it more along the lines of individual skyscrapers rising out a low-rise background?

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Istanbul seems enormous, with skyscrapers strewn about without a central business district. Is there a skyline, or is it more along the lines of individual skyscrapers rising out a low-rise background?

you observed the situation in Istanbul right. Scyscrapers are strewn about without a central business district but the only two skylines (in Istanbul) as you meant are in Levent district and Maslak district of Istanbul. Look at first 8th and 9th pictures on the first page here. I think these are the only two skylines which you wanted to see.

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http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Irak-Bagdat_1.jpghttp://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Irak-Bagdat_3.jpg
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Irak-Bagdat_6.jpg
These are some examples of Ottoman architecture from Baghdat, Iraq

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http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_isgal-Kudus_2.jpg
an example from Jarusalem, Israil

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http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Macaristan-Budin_1.jpg
an example from Hungary

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http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Suidi-Medine_1.jpg
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Suidi-Medine_3.jpgA railway station

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http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Yunanistan-Selanik_1.jpg
This is the place where the founder of Turkey, Atatürk, was born, Selanique, Greece.
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Yunanistan-Selanik_2.jpgwhite tower in Greece
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Yunanistan-Selanik_3.jpg
a government office of Ottomans, Greece

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http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Misir-Kahire_1.jpg
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Misir-Kahire_2.jpg
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Misir-Kahire_3.jpg
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Misir-Kahire_4.jpg
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Misir-Kahire_5.jpg
http://www.discoverturkey.com/img-fin/cd6-osmanlieserleri/Out_Osmanli_Mimari_Misir-Kahire_6.jpg

[Zephyr]

No offence, but it's thoroughly frustrating trying to pick out one or two things and comment, with so many posts of different things flowing around and through this thread.

This is a thread that could have produced a dozen threads. Maybe if the newest skyscrapers of Turkey, especially the most interesting or innovative, were the central topic, then we could get a good dialogue going.

[Zephyr]

No offence, but it's thoroughly frustrating trying to pick out one or two things and comment, with so many posts of different things flowing around and through this thread.

This is a thread that could have produced a dozen threads. Maybe if the newest skyscrapers of Turkey, especially the most interesting or innovative, were the central topic, then we could get a good dialogue going. Currently, this is overwhelming.

[alonzo-ny]

So start them yourself and stop pontificating.

[Zephyr]

If I were pontificating, Mr. "Emperor," what would you call your comments? :cool:

[alonzo-ny]

Id call them comments, opinions, if i want to pontificate id even call them educated opinions.

I didnt intend to aggravate but i take offense when someone complains about something they could easily do themselves. And i say pontificating because you were giving an internet thread a critique. Try to lighten up a bit.

Also when someone say 'no offense' everyone knows they're about to cause some.

[Zephyr]

I am more puzzled by your last post than your first.

As I recall, this thread has not been active in nearly 10 months before I left my post. The thread starter posted a total of forty-one (41) times over 10 days, and got only three (3) posts in return. And two of those three posts, in efffect, only added more examples. So where was the discussion?

Then I left my comment. The intent of these words was a request to re-dedicate, pure and simple. And if you insist it was a critique, then I would grudgingly classify it under the category of constructive criticism.

What is puzzling to me is that the very act of suggesting or criticising a thread is equivalent in your world to pontificating. As we know, this is word that might as well be substituted with 'pompous' or 'patronising.' Try to read a few other WNY sites rather than this one, with that perspective, and you'll find it is a frequent occurrence on this board.

Be forewarned, that in future, I am prone to pose or question ideas, certain arguments, and a number of assumptions that I don’t think have merit, and I expect the same in return. I have no intention of engaging in personal attack or name calling. But I would project that I might inadvertently aggravate you again, since I do this sort of thing all the time, making suggestions on threads which may lead to your interpretation that this is critiquing the thread, which translates again into pontificating, and finally triggers aggravation. I apologise in advance, and hope that you will try to understand my many flaws, and try to look past them.