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  • Young Turkish woman eating while a family of Turkish tourists have their photograph taken at the Eminonu quayside, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman serving food at the twice-weekly Turkish market on Maybachufer beside the Landwehrkanal, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crates of fruit at the twice-weekly Turkish market on Maybachufer beside the Landwehrkanal, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A busy felafel stall at the twice-weekly Turkish market on Maybachufer beside the Landwehrkanal, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Visitors at the twice-weekly Turkish market on Maybachufer beside the Landwehrkanal, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted stalls at the twice-weekly Turkish market on Maybachufer beside the Landwehrkanal, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted stalls and crates at the twice-weekly Turkish market on Maybachufer beside the Landwehrkanal, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shoppers at a fabric stall at the Turkish market, held twice weekly on Maybachufer, a street on the Landwehrkanal named after the lawyer and politician Albert von Maybach, Neukolln, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three young Turkish women seated on a bench near the Eminonu quayside, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Young Turkish couple walking near the Eminonu quayside, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Visitors at the twice-weekly Turkish market on Maybachufer beside the Landwehrkanal, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishing boats in the old harbour in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fluted minaret or Yivli Minare of the Alaaddin Mosque or Yivli Minare Mosque, originally built by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I in the 13th century, then rebuilt in 1373 by the Hamidids, in the old town of Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Since 1974 the mosque has housed the Antalya Ethnographic Museum. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishing boats in the old harbour in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishing boats in the old harbour in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of King Attalos II of Pergamon, or Attalus II Philadelphus, founder of Antalya in the 2nd century BC, on Republic Square in the old town of Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishing boats in the old harbour in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishing boats in the old harbour in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People on the sea wall in the old harbour in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hadrian's Gate, or Uckapılar, a triumphal arch built in honour of Emperor Hadrian, to commemorate his visit to the town in 130 AD, in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It formed one of the entry gates in the city walls, and consists of 2 colonnaded facades with 3 arches and a tower on each side. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of the city of Bursa with the Grand Mosque and a Turkish flag and mountains in the distance, Turkey. Bursa is situated in North West Anatolia and is the fourth largest city in Turkey. It became the first major capital city of the early Ottoman Empire following its capture from the Byzantines in 1326 and was the centre of the Turkish silk industry until the 17th century. The Grand Mosque or Ulu Cami is the largest mosque in Bursa and was built 1396-1400. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Harbour at sunset, in Fethiye, on the Turkish Riviera on the Aegean Sea, Mugla, Turkey. The town is sited around the ancient city of Telmessos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marmaris castle, rebuilt in 1522 by Suleyman the Magnificent, in the old town of Marmaris, overlooking the Aegean Sea at the Turkish Riviera, in Mugla, Turkey. The castle now houses Marmaris Museum, a history and archaeology museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amphorae of Marmaris, 16th century BC - 12th century AD, from all around the Mediterranean, traded here in Marmaris throughout antiquity, in the Marmaris Museum, in Marmaris castle, rebuilt in 1522 by Suleyman the Magnificent, in the old town of Marmaris, on the Turkish Riviera, in Mugla, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old town and harbour of Marmaris, and Marmaris castle, rebuilt in 1522 by Suleyman the Magnificent, on the Turkish Riviera, in Mugla, Turkey. The castle now houses Marmaris Museum, a history and archaeology museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marmaris castle, rebuilt in 1522 by Suleyman the Magnificent, and the old town and harbour of Marmaris, on the Turkish Riviera, in Mugla, Turkey. The castle now houses Marmaris Museum, a history and archaeology museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marmaris castle, rebuilt in 1522 by Suleyman the Magnificent, and the old town and harbour of Marmaris, on the Turkish Riviera, in Mugla, Turkey. The castle now houses Marmaris Museum, a history and archaeology museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunset over the Mediterranean Sea at Patara Beach, an 11 mile long stretch of sand in the Turkish Riviera, Antalya, Turkey. Part of a national park, it is a key biodiversity area, rich in birdlife and the breeding ground of the endangered loggerhead turtle. Nearby are the remains of the ancient Greek Lycian city of Patara. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunset over the Mediterranean Sea at Patara Beach, an 11 mile long stretch of sand in the Turkish Riviera, Antalya, Turkey. Part of a national park, it is a key biodiversity area, rich in birdlife and the breeding ground of the endangered loggerhead turtle. Nearby are the remains of the ancient Greek Lycian city of Patara. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunset over the Mediterranean Sea at Patara Beach, an 11 mile long stretch of sand in the Turkish Riviera, Antalya, Turkey. Part of a national park, it is a key biodiversity area, rich in birdlife and the breeding ground of the endangered loggerhead turtle. Nearby are the remains of the ancient Greek Lycian city of Patara. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunset over the Mediterranean Sea at Patara Beach, an 11 mile long stretch of sand in the Turkish Riviera, Antalya, Turkey. Part of a national park, it is a key biodiversity area, rich in birdlife and the breeding ground of the endangered loggerhead turtle. Nearby are the remains of the ancient Greek Lycian city of Patara. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, 1891-1938, in the centre of the city of Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, Ataturk led the Turkish national movement in the Turkish War of Independence, founded the Republic of Turkey and became its first president. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble plaque with Persian inscription on the building and reconstruction of an office for Sultan Qaitbay by Almir Maran Ibrahim Adham, 1226 Hj, and the name of the engraver Bogdady Ibrahim, with floral motifs, Turkish period, 19th century AD, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a wooden model of the Trojan Horse built by the Turkish government in Troy, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of the city of Bursa, Turkey. Bursa is situated in North West Anatolia and is the fourth largest city in Turkey. It became the first major capital city of the early Ottoman Empire following its capture from the Byzantines in 1326 and was the centre of the Turkish silk industry until the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of the city of Bursa, Turkey. Bursa is situated in North West Anatolia and is the fourth largest city in Turkey. It became the first major capital city of the early Ottoman Empire following its capture from the Byzantines in 1326 and was the centre of the Turkish silk industry until the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man selling flags with the image of Kemal Ataturk, first president of Turkey and founder of the Turkish Republic, on a crowded street at Eminonu, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boat passing and people eating and fishing on the jetty of Ortakoy, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Ortakoy (literally Middle Village in Turkish) is a neighbourhood, formerly a small village, within the Besiktas district of Istanbul, in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Battle between captain Marko Ivanovic and the Turkish pirate Hadji Ibrahim in his vessel Tartana, off Patras, Greece, when Ivanovic was intercepted on his trading route from Dobrota to Greece, painting, 1823, by Vincenzo Chilone, 1758-1839, in the Museum Maritimum, or Maritime Museum of Montenegro, housed in a baroque palace built for the Grgurina family in the early 18th century, in Kotor, on the Bay of Kotor on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of Saint Nikolaos, built in the first period of Turkish domination, 1458-1687, on the North slope of the Acropolis, in Athens, Greece. The church served a small monastic community and was of a cross design supported by 4 Ionic columns. The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel site raised above the city, developed by Pericles in the 5th century BC, with the addition of the Parthenon, Propylaia, Erechtheion and Temple of Athena Nike. The acropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of Saint Nikolaos, built in the first period of Turkish domination, 1458-1687, on the North slope of the Acropolis, in Athens, Greece. The church served a small monastic community and was of a cross design supported by 4 Ionic columns. The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel site raised above the city, developed by Pericles in the 5th century BC, with the addition of the Parthenon, Propylaia, Erechtheion and Temple of Athena Nike. The acropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of a Turkish Jew, from the collection of the Crespo Lopez family exhibited in the 16th century Palacio de los Olvidados or Palace of the Forgotten, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Palace is one of the few remaining old aristocratic houses in good condition, thought to belong to a Jew and now housing artefacts of Jewish culture and history. During the Spanish Inquisition, many Spanish Jews fled to Turkey, where Jews were welcomed. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden model of the Trojan Horse built by the Turkish government in Troy, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden model of the Trojan Horse built by the Turkish government in Troy, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a wooden model of the Trojan Horse built by the Turkish government in Troy, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of the city centre of Bursa, Turkey. Bursa is situated in North West Anatolia and is the fourth largest city in Turkey. It became the first major capital city of the early Ottoman Empire following its capture from the Byzantines in 1326 and was the centre of the Turkish silk industry until the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People on the jetty of Ortakoy and the Bosphorus Bridge at night, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Bogazici Koprusu), Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. This bridge is one of 2 suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait, connecting Europe and Asia. It is located between Ortakoy (on the European side) and Beylerbeyi (on the Asian side). It is a gravity anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. It is 1560m long with a deck width of 33.40m. The distance between the towers is 1074m and the total height of the towers is 165m. The Bosphorus Bridge had the 4th longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1973, and is at present the 21st longest. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Boat passing and The Bosphorus Bridge at night, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Bogazici Koprusu), Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. This bridge is one of 2 suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait, connecting Europe and Asia. It is located between Ortakoy (on the European side) and Beylerbeyi (on the Asian side). It is a gravity anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. It is 1560m long with a deck width of 33.40m. The distance between the towers is 1074m and the total height of the towers is 165m. The Bosphorus Bridge had the 4th longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1973, and is at present the 21st longest. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Hamam Koyu or Cleopatra's Bath, a nature reserve with the ruins of a Roman bath house said to have been built for Cleopatra, seen at sunrise, near Gocek, in Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flying Fox, a luxury yacht worth over $400 million, owned by Russian oligarch Dmitry Kamenshchik, built 2019 by German shipyard Lurssen, in the bay at Gocek, in Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey, in 2022. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eclipse, a luxury motor yacht worth over $1.2 billion, built in 2009 by German shipyard Blohm & Voss, believed to still belong to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, in the bay at Gocek, in Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey, in 2022. When built, this was the largest and most expensive superyacht in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Femme Turque, oil painting, 1925, by Jean Lurcat, 1892-1966, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearances required for reproduction (artist's copyright)
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  • The Bosphorus Bridge at night, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Bogazici Koprusu), Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. This bridge is one of 2 suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait, connecting Europe and Asia. It is located between Ortakoy (on the European side) and Beylerbeyi (on the Asian side). It is a gravity anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. It is 1560m long with a deck width of 33.40m. The distance between the towers is 1074m and the total height of the towers is 165m. The Bosphorus Bridge had the 4th longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1973, and is at present the 21st longest. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • The Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Bogazici Koprusu), Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. This bridge is one of 2 suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait, connecting Europe and Asia. It is located between Ortakoy (on the European side) and Beylerbeyi (on the Asian side). It is a gravity anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. It is 1560m long with a deck width of 33.40m. The distance between the towers is 1074m and the total height of the towers is 165m. The Bosphorus Bridge had the 4th longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1973, and is at present the 21st longest. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Boys fishing on the jetty of Ortakoy and the Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Bogazici Koprusu), Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. This bridge is one of 2 suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait, connecting Europe and Asia. It is located between Ortakoy (on the European side) and Beylerbeyi (on the Asian side). It is a gravity anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. It is 1560m long with a deck width of 33.40m. The distance between the towers is 1074m and the total height of the towers is 165m. The Bosphorus Bridge had the 4th longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1973, and is at present the 21st longest. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • People on the jetty of Ortakoy and the Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Bogazici Koprusu), Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. This bridge is one of 2 suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait, connecting Europe and Asia. It is located between Ortakoy (on the European side) and Beylerbeyi (on the Asian side). It is a gravity anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. It is 1560m long with a deck width of 33.40m. The distance between the towers is 1074m and the total height of the towers is 165m. The Bosphorus Bridge had the 4th longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1973, and is at present the 21st longest. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • The Bosphorus, oil painting on canvas, by Felix Ziem, 1821-1911, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Selim I, 1470-1520, sultan of the Ottoman empire, in the Galerie des Illustres, featuring 327 portraits of important figures from history, commissioned 1620-38 by Paul Ardier, in the Chateau de Beauregard, Renaissance chateau begun late 15th century and extended 16th century by Jean du Thier, in Loir-et-Cher, France. The painters are unidentified and mainly copied portraits from other collections. The decorative work and emblems on the woodwork and coffered ceiling are by Pierre Mosnier. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Bayezid I, 1360-1403, sultan of the Ottoman empire, in the Galerie des Illustres, featuring 327 portraits of important figures from history, commissioned 1620-38 by Paul Ardier, in the Chateau de Beauregard, Renaissance chateau begun late 15th century and extended 16th century by Jean du Thier, in Loir-et-Cher, France. The painters are unidentified and mainly copied portraits from other collections. The decorative work and emblems on the woodwork and coffered ceiling are by Pierre Mosnier. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Murad II, 1404-51, sultan of the Ottoman empire, in the Galerie des Illustres, featuring 327 portraits of important figures from history, commissioned 1620-38 by Paul Ardier, in the Chateau de Beauregard, Renaissance chateau begun late 15th century and extended 16th century by Jean du Thier, in Loir-et-Cher, France. The painters are unidentified and mainly copied portraits from other collections. The decorative work and emblems on the woodwork and coffered ceiling are by Pierre Mosnier. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stadium, Roman, 2nd century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The stadium is horseshoe in shape and its auditorium seats 12,000 spectators in 12 rows supported by a vaulted arcade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, 2nd century AD, at Termessos, an ancient Pisidian city in the Taurus mountains, in Antalya, Turkey. The theatre is Roman but built in Hellenistic style, seating 4-5,000, with large cavea divided by a diazoma. The site forms part of the Mount Gulluk-Termessos National Park. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stadium, Roman, 2nd century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The stadium is horseshoe in shape and its auditorium seats 12,000 spectators in 12 rows supported by a vaulted arcade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stadium, Roman, 2nd century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The stadium is horseshoe in shape and its auditorium seats 12,000 spectators in 12 rows supported by a vaulted arcade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Walls of the Roman baths, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The baths contain a frigidarium or cold water room, tepidarium or warm water room, and caldarium or hot water room, with raised floors over the heating system. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hellenistic Gate, with 2 towers originally built in Hellenistic times and later rebuilt, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The Gate is in the north of Septimius Severus Square, with 2 oval towers built in the 3rd century BC, supported by vaults. Behind the towers is a horseshoe shaped courtyard. The towers were used in defence and were extended in Roman times. In the distance is the agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades, 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of flowers and a winged sea creature at the Nymphaeum of Septimius Severus, 2nd century AD, a monumental fountain dedicated to the goddess Artemis and to the emperor, on the edge of the southern baths, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Behind is the agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades and shops, 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hellenistic Gate, with 2 towers originally built in Hellenistic times and later rebuilt, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The Gate is in the north of Septimius Severus Square, with 2 oval towers built in the 3rd century BC, supported by vaults. Behind the towers is a horseshoe shaped courtyard. The towers were used in defence and were extended in Roman times. In the distance is the agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades, 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades and shops, 4th century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone detail with scrolls and inscription, on the colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved inscription on a stone at the intersection of the 2 main colonnaded streets, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hellenistic Gate, with 2 towers originally built in Hellenistic times and later rebuilt, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The Gate is in the north of Septimius Severus Square, with 2 oval towers built in the 3rd century BC, supported by vaults. Behind the towers is a horseshoe shaped courtyard. The towers were used in defence and were extended in Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_011.jpg
  • Hellenistic Gate, with 2 towers originally built in Hellenistic times and later rebuilt, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The Gate is in the north of Septimius Severus Square, with 2 oval towers built in the 3rd century BC, supported by vaults. Behind the towers is a horseshoe shaped courtyard. The towers were used in defence and were extended in Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_019.jpg
  • Agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades, 4th century AD, and behind, the Hellenistic Gate, with 2 towers originally built in Hellenistic times and later rebuilt, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The Gate is in the north of Septimius Severus Square, with 2 oval towers built in the 3rd century BC, supported by vaults. Behind the towers is a horseshoe shaped courtyard. The towers were used in defence and were extended in Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basilica, 6th century AD, next to the Roman city gate, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The basilica is Byzantine and has 3 naves, a narthex and the apse and East walls are still standing. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades and shops, 4th century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shop along the colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_023.jpg
  • Theatre, Greco-Roman, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The theatre seats 15,000 with a cavea divided by a diazoma. The auditorium was built c. 120 AD and the skene building in the 2nd century AD, altered in the 3rd, with many friezes and statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hellenistic Gate, with 2 towers originally built in Hellenistic times and later rebuilt, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The Gate is in the north of Septimius Severus Square, with 2 oval towers built in the 3rd century BC, supported by vaults. Behind the towers is a horseshoe shaped courtyard. The towers were used in defence and were extended in Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of city walls, 3rd century BC, supported by an arcade, next to the Roman Gate in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nymphaeum of Septimius Severus, 2nd century AD, a monumental fountain dedicated to the goddess Artemis and to the emperor, on the edge of the southern baths, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Perga, seen from the acropolis, with intersection of the colonnaded streets, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street with open water channel, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gymnasium, Roman, built 1st century AD, on the slopes of the acropolis in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The gymnasium or palaestra was a square 2 storey limestone building used for physical exercise and consists of a large courtyard with changing rooms, fed with fresh water by an aqueduct. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_028.jpg
  • Relief of flaming torches on a stone on the colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shop along the colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_030.jpg
  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre (foreground), with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble relief on a shop surrounding the agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades and shops, 4th century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Propylon or monumental gate leading to the baths, Roman, 2nd century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The gate was decorated with reliefs of Selene, Dionysus and Eros. The propylon was built on a 2 stepped marble covered platform, with granite columns with square pedestals and Corinthian capitals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seating in the auditorium and colonnaded gallery, in the theatre, Greco-Roman, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The theatre seats 15,000 with a cavea divided by a diazoma. The auditorium was built c. 120 AD and the skene building in the 2nd century AD, altered in the 3rd, with many friezes and statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman Gate, built in the city walls, backed by a courtyard, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The inner and outer gates were built in the 2nd century AD during the reign of Septimius Severus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble relief on a shop surrounding the agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades and shops, 4th century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Behind is Hadrian's Gate, a monumental gate built during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. An inscription over the middle arch states that the Plancha Magna dedicated the gate to the city. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Agora, an open public square surrounded by colonnades and shops, 4th century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_038.jpg
  • Hellenistic Gate, with 2 towers originally built in Hellenistic times and later rebuilt, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The Gate is in the north of Septimius Severus Square, with 2 oval towers built in the 3rd century BC, supported by vaults. Behind the towers is a horseshoe shaped courtyard. The towers were used in defence and were extended in Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_039.jpg
  • Hadrian's Gate, a monumental gate built during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. An inscription over the middle arch states that the Plancia Magna dedicated the gate to the city. Behind is the Hellenistic Gate, with 2 towers originally built in Hellenistic times and later rebuilt. The gate is in the north of Septimius Severus Square, with 2 oval towers built in the 3rd century BC, supported by vaults. Behind the towers is a horseshoe shaped courtyard. The towers were used in defence and were extended in Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_040.jpg
  • Relief on the podium of the skene of the theatre, Greco-Roman, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. The theatre seats 15,000 with a cavea divided by a diazoma. The auditorium was built c. 120 AD and the skene building in the 2nd century AD, altered in the 3rd, with many friezes and statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_045.jpg
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