Sabiha Gokcen Airport ( Sabiha Gökçen Havaalanı in Turkish) is secondly built airport of Istanbul. It was built because the Ataturk International Airport (on the European side) was not large enough to meet the increasing passenger demands (both domestic and international). Its name “Sabiha Gökçen” comes from the first female combat pilot of the world. [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Visiting a Mosque in Istanbul
September 11th, 2009 
admin Istanbul has many historical mosques. Some of them are magnificent and some are tiny ones. I think they all deserve to be visited. It is clear if you have a short time to spend in Istanbul, you are going to prefer to visit the well known mosques.
I would like to say a few words about [...]
The Galata Tower
September 2nd, 2009 admin Hello friends,
Today, I am going to tell about The Galata Tower.
Galata Tower (Galata Kulesi in Turkish) is a stone tower in Galata district of Istanbul. The nine-story tower is 66,90 meters tall and was the tallest structure of the city when built. The tower was built by Genoese in Byzantine Empire time. The tower was [...]
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