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Amorielli Vol. 0 · No. 09 · September 2024 Portfolio p. 26

Portfolio · Vol. 0 · No. 09 · September 2024

Istanbul in pictures

7 photographs from the cover story, Istanbul, printed large. Photographs by Husain007, Julian Lupyan, Ank Kumar, Joseolgon, Dosseman, Gargarapalvin, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

A passenger ferry crossing the Bosphorus strait with the domes and minarets of Istanbul's old city on the far shore. — The Bosphorus, the strait that divides Istanbul between Europe and Asia.

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The stone Galata Tower rising above the tiled rooftops of the Beyoğlu district. — The Galata Tower, above Karaköy and Beyoğlu on the European side.

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The domed exterior of Hagia Sophia with its four minarets seen against the sky. — Hagia Sophia, on the old peninsula in Sultanahmet.

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An ornate, gold-patterned ceiling extends over a series of arches and columns, with decorated walls visible below. — Readers are looking at the exterior of the Audience Chamber, Topkapı Palace, with its patterned ceiling, arches, and columns.

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A large central dome with a crescent finial is surrounded by multiple smaller domes and arched structures of a stone mosque under a cloudy sky. — The domes of the Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, are visible in this view of the building's upper structure.

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The illuminated upper section of a stone tower, lit in blue and orange, is visible at night between two dark buildings. — The reader is looking at the Galata Kulesi, Beyoğlu, İstanbul, a tower illuminated at night and framed by adjacent buildings.

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The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is illuminated at night, seen from across a large fountain with multiple coloured water jets in the foreground. Trees and streetlights are also visible. — The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkiye, is illuminated at night, with a fountain in the foreground.

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