It has a wooden staircase of steps. Those prepared to make the arduous climb are reward with a marvellous panorama of the city and its nearer suburbs.
YILDIZ PARK
The channel of water separating two continents that we call the Bosphorus has throughout history had a covering of greenery. But as the city of Istanbul has grown, these age-old forests have been encroached upon, diminishing in size and with drawing to the North.
Until the th century for example Beyoglu was known in western literature as the vineyards of pera now, as those who live here know it is one of the most crowded residential and business areas of the city. Some areas of the city still maintain their old patoral names as for example the commercial center near the port called Fındıklı.
In Turkish the name means "place with hazel nuts"
There are still places where the Bosphorus retains its ancient greenery One of the closest, to the city is Yıldız Park.
Two short roads one along the shore and from above join it to the city, and major hotels like the Hilton and the Carlton are only a ten minute taxi ride away.
Yıldız Palace
As the Byzantine capital, it is well known that the city subject to repaed invasions was restricted largely to the are within the walls. It fell to the Ottomans, primarily in the last three hundred years, to take proper advantage of the natural beauties of the Bosphorus.
the SELİMİYE MOSQUE at EDİRNE
Selim II for whom this, masterpiece was built succeeded his father Süleyman the magnificent in . He was destined to reign for only eight years, during which time he acquired a reputation for drunkenness and debauchery which won him the titlt of selim the Sot.
On the other hand, it was during his reign that cyprus was conquered ( 1570 ) and Tunusia ( 1574 ) and at the same time preparations were begun for a revenge for the defeat of Lepanto.
Selimiye Mosque Edirne
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