The first stop on our eastern Mediterranean cruise on the Holland America Oosterdam. We arrived on a Muslim holiday and the crowds were overwhelming.
Demokrasi ve Özgürlükler Island
Hagia Sophia
Suleymaniye Mosque
Nusretiye Mosque
Karakoy Police Station
Galata Tower
Yeni Cami Mosque
Wudu pruification ritual
women behind the divider
men nearer god in front of the divider
Blue Mosque
Ibraham, Sato’s Cafe
one of several thousand rug merchants
near Hagia Sofia
Fountain Sultan Ahmed III
the line for Hagia Sofia
Hagia Sophia
Love is where you find it
Topkapi Palace
Çamlıca Mosque
Blue Mosque
Çamlıca Mosque
Bosphorus Bridge
Blue Mosque
Pride
Grand Mecidiye Mosque
Ortaköy Mosque
