Beyazit Tower
Deniz Kaya's illustrated article on the stone firemen's watch tower in Istanbul, built in 1828. From Mersina.
Byzantium 1200
A non-profit project creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine monuments of Constantinople (now Istanbul) as they stood in 1200 AD.
Computer Model of the Hagia Sophia
Project by Princeton University in 1996. Technical details of producing the model, some photographs.
Fener and Balat Row Houses
A typological study by Serhat Cetinturk of the facades of houses in this historic district of Istanbul, using maps, drawings and photographs from the archive of the Planning Department of Mimar Sinan University.
Hagia Sophia
Great Buildings Online provide photographs, 3D model, choice quotations and bibliography of the Byzantine masterpiece designed by Isidoros and Anthemios at Istanbul, Turkey, 532-7.
Mansions on the Water - Yalis of Istanbul
An illustrated article by Chris Hellier in Mersina on the grand houses on the Bosphorus shore, built by the former Ottoman elite.
On the Great Church
Description by Procopius in 537 of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Taken from the Lethabv/Swainson translation of De Aedificiis.
The Suleymaniye Mosque: Beyond Inspiration
Illustrated article by Alia F. Hasan from Suite101 comparing and contrasting this magnificent mosque with its inspiration the Hagia Sophia.
Topkapi Palace
Explore Turkey provides an illustrated history and tour of the splendid palace from which the Ottoman Empire was ruled for centuries.