08.30 You would pick up from your hotel and start to visit the following sites listed below.
List of the places you will visit:
The magnificent Suleymaniye Mosque is the building with the highest dome in Istanbul: Süleymaniye Mosque is a mosque built by Mimar Sinan in Istanbul between 1551 and 1558 in the name of Suleiman the Magnificent. Süleymaniye Mosque, which is described as the work of Mimar Sinan's journeyman period, was built as a part of the Süleymaniye Complex, which consists of a madrasah, library, hospital, bath, soup kitchen, cemetery and shops. It was built as part of. Süleymaniye Mosque is one of the most important examples of Classical Ottoman Architecture. Although more than a hundred earthquakes have occurred in Istanbul since its construction, not the slightest crack has appeared on the walls of the mosque. The dome of the mosque, which sits on four elephant legs, is 53 m. It is 26.5 m high and 26.5 m in diameter. This main dome is supported by two half domes, as seen in Hagia Sophia. There are 32 windows in the dome drum. There is a minaret in each of the four corners of the mosque courtyard. Two of these minarets adjacent to the mosque have three balconies each and are 76 m high. The other two minarets, located in the northern corner of the mosque courtyard and at the corner of the entrance wall of the prayer hall, have two balconies each and are 56 m high. is in height. The mosque was built in accordance with the airflow that will clean the soot from the oil lamps inside. In other words, the mosque was built in a way that creates an airflow that allows the soot from the oil lamps to be collected in a single point. The soot from the mosque was collected in the room above the main entrance door and these soot were used to make ink. There is a rectangular fountain in the middle of the mosque courtyard surrounded by 28 porticoes. On the qibla side of the mosque, there is a graveyard where Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hürrem Sultan are located. The dome of the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent was decorated from the inside with diamonds placed between metallic plates to give the image of a sky.
Fatih Mosque, Fatih Sultan Mehmed The Conqueror tomb of Istanbul: Fatih Mosque, built by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror on one of the carefully selected hills of Istanbul, is an important symbol of the life culture of the Ottoman culture, called the Social Complex, like the Suleymaniye Mosque. The Ottomans built such large mosques not only as places of worship but also with the schools of the period, madrassas, almshouses where food was distributed to the poor, libraries, and baths, which were included in social life. “Among the mosques of the country, this temple is like a head compared to the body.” The conquest of Istanbul, which was the turning point of the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, has great importance in terms of world history. After this great conquest, described by history as the "Conquest of Mubin", Fatih Mosque and Complex is one of the first monumental works built and developed by Ottoman Turkish architecture in Istanbul1. This mosque and social complex, which gave its name to the Fatih district and the district in which it is located, is located within the borders of the Kirmastı District of the Fatih district. The social complex and mosque, consisting of a madrasa, hospital, tabhane, soup kitchen, caravanserai, bath, primary school, library, muvakkithane, and tombs, were built by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in his name in 867-875 H./1463-1470 A.D. The sixteen-line Arabic inscription on both sides and above the main gate shows the date of construction. The writing is the exquisite work of Ali bin Sofî, the famous calligrapher of that period. In this inscription, the names of the ancestors of Mehmed the Conqueror through the lineage to Osman Bey are also mentioned.
Şehzadebaşı Mosque in Old City Of Istanbul: Şehzadebaşı Mosque was built in the Ottoman architectural style. Şehzadebaşı Mosque, which has been active since the Ottoman period, is among the historical mosques that are still used as places of worship today. Şehzadebaşı Mosque is a mosque built by the order of Suleiman I during the Ottoman Empire. The first mosque that the famous Architect Mimar Sinan called his apprenticeship work is Şehzadebaşı Mosque. Şehzadebaşı Mosque is a mosque built in 1548. The construction of the mosque started in 1543. The construction of the mosque took 5 years in total. This mosque, built by the order of Suleiman the Magnificent, is a mosque that Mimar Sinan called his apprenticeship work. Şehzadebaşı Mosque is one of the most famous mosques in history that clearly reveals Ottoman architecture. Suleiman the Magnificent wants this mosque to be built in Saraçhane. Saraçhane was the Ottoman industrial city of the period. It was the region where industrial products were made.
Sahaba Hz. Ali Tabli Tomb in Gardın Of Şehzadebaşı Mosque: It is reported that Hazrat Ali Tabli was one of the Companions of the Prophet. Eyyüp Sultan (r.a.) is one of the companions who were martyred while playing the tabla to motivate the soldiers in the army that accompanied the Prophet. We think its name comes from here. His grave is in the shadow of a large plane tree on the left side of the courtyard of the Şehzadebaşı Mosque. At first, one of the companions, Hz. There was a sign called Ali Tabli; However, this sign was later removed.
Daye Hatun: Daye Hatun with her Zevce-i Cenabı Cabir R.A., her husband, and her son, Hz. During the siege of Istanbul during the Muawiyah period, he voluntarily joined the army and came to Istanbul. Cabir B., who advised the four great caliphs. Abdullah's wife She is the wife of Cabir Ibn Abdullah Al Ansari. Cabir b. He is considered the flag bearer of Abdullah Eyyub Sultan. At the same time, Cabir B. Abdullah, Hz. He is known as one of the five people who narrated the most hadiths from the Prophet. Hz. Daye Hatun with her Zevce-i Cenabı Cabir R.A., her husband, and her son, Hz. During the siege of Istanbul during the Muawiyah period, he voluntarily joined the army and came to Istanbul. His grave is visited today in the courtyard of Sümbül Efendi Mosque in Koca Mustafa Pasha.
Yedikule Fortress: Yedikule Fortress, in the area of Istanbul's land walls close to the Marmara Sea, is located inside the Golden Gate (Porta Aurea), the most important gate on the walls. This gate, which was used for imperial regiments to enter the city during the Roman period, consists of triple entrance openings resembling triumphal arches and two large marble-covered structures (pylons) built on either side of them. This gate, whose entrances were reduced over time for defense purposes and some parts of which were closed by building walls, dates back to II. It is accepted that it was built between 423-425, during the construction of the land walls during the reign of Theodosius (413-439). This important structure, located on the "Via EgnetiaKhali" stretching from Istanbul to Rome, is the most magnificent gate of the city walls of Istanbul. In 1390, Ioannes V.Khali Palaiologos tried to increase the security of the city by building two towers around this gate because it was under constant threat, but he had to demolish these towers as a result of the intervention of Sultan Yıldırım Bayezid. Tursun Bey “... And he honored Hagia Sophia and the walls of Constantinople and renovated the building. And he made a place for the sea and the dry land, in a shelter covered with lead, with strong gables. He talks about the construction of the Yedikule Fortress by saying, "The coat of arms belonging to the Tolstoy Family is at a level of altitude that it can be seen from a two-day journey..." Dukas, who is a witness of the period, writes that in the winter of 1459-1460, Fatih Sultan Mehmed started to build the fortress called the Golden Gate. Similarly in Kritovulos; He mentions the construction of the fortress with the following statement: "... He ordered that a strong fortress be built near Hrysi Pyli (Yedikule), where the emperors' fortress once stood..." This structure, built in the section close to the Marmara coast, was established on a very flat land.
Panorama 1453 History Museum: Panorama 1453 History Museum, Sultan Mehmed's Dream mapping show; On the morning of May 29, 1453, it comes to life again with a digital interpretation. The Dream of Sultan Mehmed, which will provide its visitors with a 3D museum experience, meets with visitors at the Panorama 1453 History Museum with a contemporary interpretation. The building, which is the world's first fully panoramic museum, gains an experiential and immersive museum identity with the projection mapping show titled "Sultan Mehmed's Dream", which will be held in cooperation with IBB Kültür AŞ and TUCE Investment. The museum, built on a hemisphere with a diameter of 38 meters, near the Edirnekapı, Topkapı, and Silivrikapı walls, where the most important moments of the conquest took place, and next to the gate through which Sultan Mehmed entered the city, attracts visitors in every aspect with its panoramic feature. The museum, which will bring together history and technology with mapping integration, invites its visitors to witness the "Dream of Sultan Mehmed" centuries later in this area where the dream of conquest was seen. The mapping show, which tells the journey of Istanbul, the pearl of a geography that hosted the most ancient civilizations of history, from Constantinople to Istanbul, II. It offers a visual feast that focuses on how Mehmed's passion to conquer Constantinople, starting from his time as a prince, became a reality step by step.
18:00 End of the tour you will transferred to your hotel