The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
Edirne
Edirne: Selimiye Mosque
The famous Selimiye Mosque, Sinan's masterpiece, was undergoing rennovations.
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| Selimiye Mosque
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| Selimiye Mosque: Interior detail
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| Mosque Bazaar
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Edirne: Sultan Beyazit II Mosque complex
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| Ottoman Bridge
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| Sultan Beyazit II Mosque complex
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| Mosque Courtyard
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| Sultan Beyazit II Mosque
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| Sultan Beyazit II Mosque
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Edirne: Üç Şerefeli Mosque
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| Üç Şerefeli Mosque
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| Üç Şerefeli Mosque Minaret
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| Üç Şerefeli Mosque Minaret
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| Üç Şerefeli Mosque interior
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| Üç Şerefeli Mosque interior
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Around Edirne
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| Eski Camii (Old Mosque) 1414
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| Old Mosque interior
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| Old Mosque interior
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| Edirne Ataturk Statue
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| Byzantine-era "Macedonian Tower"
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| Edirne Museum
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Istanbul
Hagia Sophia
The newly restored Blue Mosque
Views from Karakoy
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| TCG Anadolu, against the Topkapi Palace
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| View to Hagia Sophia & Blue Mosque
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Göbeklitepe
Circles of carved stone monoliths from around 9000 BC. Which is amazingly, astounding, old.
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| Göbeklitepe
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| Enclosure F: Two monoliths from 9000 BC
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| Enclosure F: Carved spider ++
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| 3D carved lion
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Karahantepe
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| Exposed, weathered, monolith
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Mount Nemrut
Rows of Gods erected on a mountain peak in 1st c BC, then later decapitated
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| Re-imagined intact row of enthroned gods
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| View up to Tumulus with terraces
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| Eastern terrace
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| The Thrones
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| King Antiochus himself
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| Giant altar
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| Graham at the scene of the crime
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| Modern statue replica
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| Western terrace
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| Gods & Tourists
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| Bridge over Euphrates, 4 miles S of Gerger
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View along Euphrates
"Crossing from Mesopotamia to Anatolia"
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Şanliurfa
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| View to Urfa Castle
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| Urfa Castle, with Ancient Columns
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| Mevlid-I Halil Mosque complex
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| Mevlid-I Halil Mosque complex
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| Entrance for "Cave of Abraham"
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| View into Cave of Abraham
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| Balıklıgöl Sacred Fish Pond
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| Balıklıgöl
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| Balıklıgöl
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| Kizilkoyun Necropolis, 3rd-4th c AD
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| Rolling stone door
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