1. Of course a city should live, you can't turn it into a museum. But we should not wait for construction projects to learn the history of a town. We should dig on purpose, just to learn," Professor Mehmet Ozdogen argues. "Once the past is destroyed, it's irreversible." 6400BC AND 5800BC FIRST HUMAN PRESENCE

3. WHY CHOOSE ISTANBUL? ISTANBUL

4. “I saw the monuments, the great ancient remains. From every ruin I learned, from every building I absorbed something.” MOSQUE CATEGORIES: pre-conquest, converted churches, classical period, late classical, baroque, and late nineteenth-century

5. ISTANBUL Cagaloglu Hamami 34 Prof. Kasim Ismail Gurkan Cad.near Sultanahmet; 90-212/522-24; Cemberlitas Hamami 8 Vezirhan Cad.; 90-212/522-7974

6. ISTANBUL

8. Constructed in 1769 by architect Mehmet Tahir Aga for the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III, Zeynep Asime Sultan, Zeynep Sultan Mosque is situated close to Gulhane Park in Sultanahmet. There are several graves of interest in the complex, including that of Zeynep herself.Gulhane Park Sultanahmet

9. ISTANBUL/CONSTANTINOPLE

10. ISTANBUL

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