Topkapı Palace
The Topkapı Palace, or the Seraglio, is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.
Exquisite drain (video 00:14)
This channel for guiding rainwater into a little drain is in the Imperial Harem complex in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.
Dervish (video 03:20)
The Mesale café in the Arasta Bazaar in Istanbul. The band assembled first, tuned up and then started playing some sublime music. Then the Dervish came up and performed his whirling dance.
Tree cutting sequence
I heard a chainsaw in the street. I tried to ignore it but it was an intrusive noise and I wondered what was taking such a hammering. I looked out to see a man cutting down the large acacia tree in the yard of the house opposite.
Daily photo diary from Turkey, September 2014
These are the 17 photographs I uploaded to my daily photo diary on Blipfoto from my trip to Turkey in September 2014.
A ferry trip in Istanbul (video 01:54)
This is video of a trip across the Bosphorus from Karaköy in the north-west across the straits to Kadiköy in the south-east. Made mainly with an iPhone 4S, in April 2014.
Istanbul is online
Just as the Turkish government has allowed YouTube again in Turkey, I've uploaded the last of the photos selected from my trip to Istanbul in April. 205 images selected from 519 taken in total.
A peacock and a cat (video 00:46)
A peacock has a standoff with a young kitty. The cat is just fascinated by the peacock's feathers but the bird isn't having any of it.
Istanbul photo diary
These are the eleven photos I took for my daily photo journal while on a trip to Istanbul in April 2014.
A visit to Turkey
June 2013 - another visit to Turkey to see friends in Istanbul and then to spend some time on the lovely south coast soaking in the rays, swimming in the warm, blue sea and taking some photographs.
Photographs from a visit to Istanbul
A set of photographs I took during a brief visit to Istanbul, Turkey, at the end of March.
More objects from Turkey
The first is some little Afghan spice pots I got in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. The second is a handmade, rustic pestle and mortar I bought in the farmers market in Akyaka.
