Once upon a time in ... Turkey, 10 Istanbul - Suleymaniye Mosque

Assalamualaikum 
Hi again ....

jom jom joommm
nak cepat abeskan citer ni


today is the last day ...
   sediiiih

macam x puas lagi duk kat cni
10 days ... x puas???
ish ish issh ... 

so, after breakfast
we pack barang
naseb baik beg beranak 1 jer
tu pun. tahan diri dari sopping sopping ni
we checked early gak, tapi tinggalkan beg kat otel 
kang petang datang balik.

oh yes ... nak citer about the otel
ok, dalam forum ni, dia kate otek ok ..
memmg ok,  buuut
nak ke otel ni ...

i'm standing right in the middle. pic atas is facing towards the otel. naik bukit ok. the otel is atas sikit dari mamat yg tgh jalan tuuu 

this pic is going towards Sultan Ahmed Square.  lepas corner tu, naik bukit lagiii. Seb baik duk cni for two days jer. pagi and malam jer dok menapak nek turun bukit.

nampak x macam tiang batu kat blakang ai tu ... its called The Million.  
The MILLION was a mile marker monument erected in the early 4th century AD in Constantinople, now known as Istanbul. It was the starting place for measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Byzantine Empire. 

kat ctu ader pokok ni. cantek sangat penuh bunga pink.  lepas ai amek gambo .. ramai lak yg join amek gambo

pagi pagi, this is wat the kebab looks like. before di bakar

waiting for the tram

Sultan Ahmed tram station

pagi ni, we teruskan misi mencari Suleymaniye Camii
so, we took the tram to Grand Bazaar.
the masjid is supposed to be belah blakang blakang sket
not far katernye
jenuh jugakla menapak.
cam x banyak signage lak towards masjid ni
of cos la .. mesti ader naek bukit kan
finally sampai jugak...

The Suleiman Mosque was built on the order of sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and constructed by the great Ottoman architect Sinan. The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1557.
The Suleiman Mosque was ravaged by a fire in 1660 and was restored on the command of sultan Mehmed IV by architect Fossatı. The restoration, however, changed the mosque into a more baroque style.
The mosque was restored to its original glory during the 19th century but during World War I the courtyard was used as a weapons depot and when some of the ammunition ignited, the mosque suffered another fire. Not until 1956 was it restored again.

masjid ni kan atas bukit, so from courtyard dia, u can see this view.  Cantik sanggat.
loove this pic

kat Sulaymaniye Camii ni kurang sket tourist
so, boleh lepak lepak duduk kat cni
dalam kawasan masjid ni ader tpt perkuburan sekali

ni ..., jaga kat kawasan perkuburan tu.  Comel x?

dah puas duk kat ctu 
menapak balik tu Grand Bazaar

mr paPa ... sempat lagi tu nk sopping!  beli apa lagi ni pa? cukup cukup la tu ...

it was close to 12noon. 
so, we walked slooooowly towards the Sultan Ahmed Square
stopped at the cafe for lunch.
an the lunch was grrreat!!
siap bagi turkish tea, compliments from the owner

daging roasted with rice underneath it and some sort of capati like thing.  the daging was marvelous!!  sedaap saangat. Add caption

haaa ... kengkawan dia 

ni cili jeruk dia.  pedas ala ala manja gitew

lunch here was yg paling mahal.
we spent TL50++ here
x kisahla ... last day
nak perabihkan balen diut lira

ok, stop cni duluu .... (◕‿◕)