Gate to the Bosphorus, Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Decorative ceilings in Bathing Pavilion, Beylerbeyi Palace, Beylerbeyi, Istanbul, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Turkey, Eurasia

House of Bulgarian Communist Party, Buzludzha site battle Bulgarian forces and Ottoman Empire, established 1974 architect Stoilov, Stara Zagora Region, Bulgaria, Europe

House of Bulgarian Communist Party, Buzludzha site battle Bulgarian forces and Ottoman Empire, established 1974 architect Stoilov, Stara Zagora Region, Bulgaria, Europe

Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Gate of Salutation, Topkapi Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

The Main Gate, Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Beylerbeyi Palace, Beylerbeyi, Istanbul, Anatolia, Asia Minor, Turkey, Eurasia

Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Decorative ceilings in Bathing Pavilion, Beylerbeyi Palace, Beylerbeyi, Istanbul, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Turkey, Eurasia

Gate to the Bosphorus, Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

The Main Gate, Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Courtyard of the Black Eunuchs, The Harem, Topkapi Palace,UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Ceiling inside The Harem, Topkapi Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Topkapi Palace Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Buyuk Han, ancient Ottoman caravansary, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Europe

Ceiling inside The Harem, Topkapi Palace,UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Suleymaniye Camii Mosque inner square with two minarets in the early morning, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Equestrian statue of Georges Kastrioti (1405-1468) known as Skanderbeg, one of the great figures of the Albanian resistance against the Ottomans, Skanderbeg Square (Sheshi Skeenderbej), Tirana Centre, Albania, Europe

Mosaic Image of Christ Pantocrator, Interior, Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, 537 AD, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

The park of Suleymaniye Mosque, UNESCO World Heritage Site, on a sunny day with a clear blue sky, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Ishak Pasha Palace, Dogubayazit, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Basilica Cistern with an orange illumination, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Portrait painting of Sultan Osman Bey (Osman I) (Osman Gazi), leader of the Ottoman Empire, Military Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Kutahya and Iznik ceramic 17th century tiles at Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi), UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia

Tourist at Harem quarters and cloisters at Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi), UNESCO World Heritage Site, of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia

Concubines apartments at Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi), UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia

Muslim couple and tourists at the Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi), UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the Ottoman Empire, in Istanbul, Turkey, Europe