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Damat Ibrahim Pasa Complex

Damat Ibrahim Pasa Complex
The complex was built on the instructions of Nevsehirli Damat Ibrahim Paşa (1718-1730) in 1720. It is located at the corner of Dede Efendi Street and Şehzadepaşa Street, and is composed of a library and Darul Hadith (Faculty of Specialty in Hadith Sciences). The grave of Damat Ibrahim Paşa and his sons are present in…
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Piyale Paşa Complex

Piyale Paşa Complex
The Piyale Paşa Complex - Piyale Paşa, who ordered its construction, was an Admiral of the Navy and also the son-in-law of Sultan Selim II (1524-1574) - was built by Architect Sinan in the Kasımpaşa district of Beyoglu county in 1573. The complex is composed of a mosque, a Sıbyan Mektebi (Ottoman elementary-primary school), a…
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Mahmut Paşa Complex

Mahmut Paşa Complex
The Mahmut Paşa Complex was built as the first vizier complex in Eminönü. In fact, it is this complex that gave the district its name since Eminönü means Mahmud Paşa, a grand vizier of Sultan Mehmet II, had it built by the architect Atik Sinan after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453. The construction of…
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Laleli Complex

Laleli Complex
The Laleli Complex is located at the intersection of Ordu and Fethi Bey Streets in the Laleli Neighborhood of the Eminönü district. It consists of a mosque (cami), madrasa (medrese), fountain (çeşme), sabil, soup-kitchen (imaret), a room for the timekeeper of the mosque (muvakkithane), and a han. The complex’s construction began with the mosque, whose…
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Sultan Selim Complex

Sultan Selim Complex
The Sultan Selim complex which was built by Suleiman the Magnificient in memory of his father, Yavuz Sultan Selim, during the years 1516-1522 in the Sultan Selim area of the Fatih district on a hill which overlooks the Haliç (Golden Horn). It consists of a mosque, a soup-kitchen (imaret), a Sıbyan mektebi (Ottoman elementary-primary school),…
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Kılıç Ali Paşa Complex

Kılıç Ali Paşa Complex
The Kılıç Ali Paşa complex, which Kılıç Ali Paşa (the grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy) had built by the architect Sinan in the Tophane Square in 1581, consists of a mosque, a tomb, a sabil, a madrasah (Muslim theological school), and a Turkish bath. The mosque, the main unit of the complex, is located…
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Fatih Complex

Fatih Complex
The Fatih Complex is the first complex built after the conquest of Istanbul by Sultan Mehmed II in 1453. It extends over a large area and is located on Fevzi Paşa Street. It is a very large complex, which includes a mosque, a madrasah (religious school), a daruşşifa (hospital), a Turkish bath, a bazaar, a…
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Eyup Sultan Complex

Eyup Sultan Complex
The Eyup Sultan Complex, located in the middle of the city, gave its own name to its district It is one of the most prominent complexes experiencing a stream of sightseers visiting Istanbul. The name of the complex comes from Eyüp el-Ensari, a host of the Prophet (pbuh), who participated in pincer movement of Istanbul…
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Startup İstanbul 2016

Startup İstanbul 2016
OBB Startup İstanbul is bringing the prominent investors and entrepreneurs of the world together in İstanbul. A thousand guests from among global entrepreneurs have been invited to the event. TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, drawing attention to the fact that many companies direct their operations in hundreds of countries from İstanbul, said, “İstanbul can act…
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Bayezit Complex

Bayezit Complex
The Bayezit Complex, built by Sultan Bayezid II (1451-1512), was constructed disorganizedly in the town in 1505, and it gives its name to the area in which it is situated. It consists of a mosque, a madrasah (religious school), a Turkish bath, a caravanserai, a hostel (tabhane), and a primary school (sıbyan mektebi). Although the…
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