Turkey links Europe and Asia, and its largest city, Istanbul, stands on both continents at once, divided by the Bosphorus strait. Our Turkey puzzles explore Istanbul's mosques, towers and colourful bazaars.
Turkish Mosaic Lamps, Istanbul
Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
Maiden’s Tower at Sunset, Istanbul
Galata Tower, Istanbul
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Blue Mosque Courtyard, Istanbul
For more than 1,500 years Istanbul was the capital of great empires, first as Constantinople under the Byzantines and later under the Ottomans. Hagia Sophia, completed in AD 537, had the largest dome in the world for centuries. Facing it, the Blue Mosque, finished in 1616, is famous for its six minarets and blue tiles, and the Süleymaniye Mosque was designed by the great architect Mimar Sinan.
The stone Galata Tower, built in 1348, looks over the Golden Horn, and the little Maiden's Tower sits on an islet in the Bosphorus. In the bazaars, glowing mosaic lamps make a colourful puzzle of their own.
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