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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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Yedi Kuleh Kapusu

The next gate is  Yedi Kuleh Kapusu (Gate of the Seven Towers), the first public gate; a Byzantine Eagle carved on the inside is still visible. The tower to the right of this gate bears a Turkish inscription, and the date 1168 of the Hegira. The two medallions, of which traces are still visible, seem to have once been ornamented with carvings.

Yedi Kuleh (The Seven Towers) is the Byzantine citadel, variously styled Cyclobion or Strongylon, from its circular form, Pentapyrgion, from its five towers, and subsequently Heptapyrgion, on the increase of the number of towers to seven. The present towers were built on the site of the old ones by Sultan Muhammad II., and were used as a treasury. The wooden roofs were subsequently removed, owing to the frequent outbreaks of fire. Of the seven towers four are now left standing, the other three having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1758.

Treacherous intrigues of Sultan

The citadel served as a place of detention for state prisoners, many of whom were quietly strangled within its walls ; amongst others, Sultan Osman II., who, at the age of eighteen, fell a victim to the treacherous intrigues of Sultan Mustapha and the discontent of the mutinous Janissaries. In the Seven Towers it was also customary for the Turks, while hostilities lasted, to imprison the ambassadors of foreign countries with which the Porte was at war. The last ambassador thus detained was the French ambassador in 1798, who was kept imprisoned for three years. Since that date the pressure brought to bear upon the Porte by the French general Sebastiani, and the British ambassador Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, caused the Turks to give up this custom. Several Latin and French mural inscriptions on the left of the entrance to the dungeon have recently been effaced by some Turks.

This tower, which is at the E.S.E. corner of the citadel, contains a solid marble staircase leading to the top, and commands a splendid view of the Marmora shores, of Stambul and the outlying suburbs as far as San Stefano, and of the coast and mountains of Asia Minor and the Islands. The carving over the partly walled – up gate opposite the entrance leading to the Golden Gate represents the Labarum, the standard of the Byzantine Emperors. A flight of steps in a dark passage on the left of this gate leads to the dungeons to which obnoxious sultans were once consigned.

Only one of the two dungeons has two windows, and these too high and too small to have been any consolation to the unfortunate inmate, whose captivity, however, was in most cases terminated at an early stage by the bowstring. Visitors to this part of the citadel should provide themselves with a lantern, which is to be obtained from the doorkeeper. Several crosses are still to be seen carved over the gate opposite the Golden Gate. One of the graves under the laurel and pomegranate trees in the garden is that of Ahmed Kiupruli Pasha, who was hanged on his return from the taking of Candia after a twenty-four years’ siege. The Seven Towers and the adjoining land are now in charge of the Imperial Museum of Antiquities. Admission tc the citadel piastres (5d.) per person.

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PRINCIPAL SIGHTS IN CONSTANTINOPLE

The most remarkable things to be seen are: Mosques—St. Sophia, Ahmedieh, Suleimanieh and Chora Mosques, which are the four principal ones, and of which St. Sophia and Chora are of Byzantine architecture, and the other two Turkish. Other mosques to be seen are—SS. Sergius and Bacchus (St. Sophia the less), Mehmed Pasha’s mosque, Rustem Pasha’s mosque, and the Valid eh mosque, the last three having beautiful tiles.

Tombs—The tomb of Sultan Selim II., of Sultan Mahmud II., of Suleiman the Great, the tomb of Shah-Zadeh, and of Sultan Muhammad II., the Conqueror. Museums —The Imperial Museum of Antiquities, the Church of St. Irene, the Treasury (in the Old Seraglio), the Museum of Ancient Costumes (in the Hippodrome), and Yildiz Palaces and Gardens (see p. 159) Obelisks and Columns. The Obelisk of Theodosius, the Serpent Column, and the Colossus in the Hippodrome, the Porphyry or Burnt Column, Marcian’s Column, the Column of Theodosius II., and the Column of Arcadius. Cisterns—The Philoxenos,

and the Basilica. Walls—The Seven Towers and the Walls of Constantinople. Bazaars—The Grand Bazaar and the Egyptian Bazaar. Processions—The Selamlik, the Procession of the Holy Camel, the Sultan’s procession to the Hirka-i-Sherif Mosque in the old Seraglio every 15th of Ramazan. Excursions—The Golden Horn, the Bosporus, the Forest of Belgrade, the Sweet Waters of Europe, the Sweet Waters of Asia, the Princes’ Islands, and Brusa.

The Bazaars: Shopping.—The bazaars are situated at Stambul private istanbul tour, between the second and third hills, i.e. between the Burnt Column and the Stambul fire tower. They cover an area of several acres, and consist of long, narrow, vaulted streets, roofed by small domes admitting the light through small windows and bull’s-eyes.

Byzantine era

With the exception of the central part called the “ Bezesten,” which dates from the Byzantine era, the bazaars were built by Sultan Bayazid II. about 1500 A.D. They are reached through more than one hundred entrances, and are occupied only in the daytime. The total number of the shops, which are not State property, but are owned by individuals, is about 4000.

Tourists and visitors shopping in the bazaars, or at any of the native shops, should not pay the price asked, as, except at some of the large shops where the prices are fixed, tradesmen are in the habit of asking high prices of strangers. A golden rule is to offer one-third of the prices asked at curiosity shops, and give a little more only when one is sure his firs offer will not be accepted. The prices asked vary according to the amount of notice a customer may bestow on any article shown him. A refusal on the dealer’s part to take the price offered him means nothing, and if a customer leave the shop, he will invariably find the tradesman at his heels, and ready to close with his offer, before he has gone many yards farther on.

Hans.—-These, numbering some 180, are, for the most part, large square buildings enclosing a courtyard, originally erected by different sultans and private individuals, for the accommodation of Turkish and other merchants and travellers. Only men are allowed to dwell in them. A great many European merchants or their agents now have their offices and warehouses in these Hans. The massive iron-plated doors are always closed at sunset and are not opened till sunrise. The two largest Turkish Hans are the Buyuk Yeni Han and Yalideh Han, near the Bazaar and War Office. They suffered considerable damage during the earthquakes of July 1894.

The Selamlik or Sultan’s Procession to the Mosque takes place every Friday about noon. Visitors are allowed to go near the Mosque where the Sultan is to go and see him driving in state, as well as the various troops which come for the parade. It is unnecessary to wait and see him again when he comes out of the Mosque as the time he stays there is uncertain. Tourists can view the whole procession from their carriage, or enter into the courtyard of the Mosque in which the ceremony is going to take place, and thus see hiih and the Palace courtiers as well as the various generals from near.

Dervishes. — Whirling or Dancing Dervishes. The best Mevlevi, or Dancing Dervishes, are to be seen at their convent, 539 Grande Kue, near the Pera terminus of the Underground ltailway. Performance on Fridays, at 8.30 (Turkish time) throughout the year. Entrance 2\ piastres per head (5d.). Visitors are expected to take off their hats. Sticks, umbrellas, and kodaks must be left at the door in charge of the doorkeeper. Sketching or taking notes is not allowed.

This order of Dervishes was founded in 1245 A.D. by Mevlana Jellal-ed-din Muhammad, a descendant of the prophet’s father-in-law, Abu-bekr, 4

Every member has to perform a severe novitiate, lasting 1001 days, before being finally admitted into the order. Their gyrating dance is intended to personify the planetary system revolving round the sun, and is supposed by many to be a survival of Hindu mysteries.

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PRINCIPAL SIGHTS IN CONSTANTINOPLE

The most remarkable things to be seen are: Mosques—St. Sophia, Ahmedieh, Suleimanieh and Chora Mosques, which are the four principal ones, and of which St. Sophia and Chora are of Byzantine architecture, and the other two Turkish. Other mosques to be seen are—SS. Sergius and Bacchus (St. Sophia the less), Mehmed Pasha’s mosque, Rustem Pasha’s mosque, and the Valid eh mosque, the last three having beautiful tiles.

Tombs—The tomb of Sultan Selim II., of Sultan Mahmud II., of Suleiman the Great, the tomb of Shah-Zadeh, and of Sultan Muhammad II., the Conqueror. Museums —The Imperial Museum of Antiquities, the Church of St. Irene, the Treasury (in the Old Seraglio), the Museum of Ancient Costumes (in the Hippodrome), and Yildiz Palaces and Gardens (see p. 159) Obelisks and Columns. The Obelisk of Theodosius, the Serpent Column, and the Colossus in the Hippodrome, the Porphyry or Burnt Column, Marcian’s Column, the Column of Theodosius II., and the Column of Arcadius. Cisterns—The Philoxenos,

and the Basilica. Walls—The Seven Towers and the Walls of Constantinople. Bazaars—The Grand Bazaar and the Egyptian Bazaar. Processions—The Selamlik, the Procession of the Holy Camel, the Sultan’s procession to the Hirka-i-Sherif Mosque in the old Seraglio every 15th of Ramazan. Excursions—The Golden Horn, the Bosporus, the Forest of Belgrade, the Sweet Waters of Europe, the Sweet Waters of Asia, the Princes’ Islands, and Brusa.

The Bazaars: Shopping.—The bazaars are situated at Stambul private istanbul tour, between the second and third hills, i.e. between the Burnt Column and the Stambul fire tower. They cover an area of several acres, and consist of long, narrow, vaulted streets, roofed by small domes admitting the light through small windows and bull’s-eyes.

Byzantine era

With the exception of the central part called the “ Bezesten,” which dates from the Byzantine era, the bazaars were built by Sultan Bayazid II. about 1500 A.D. They are reached through more than one hundred entrances, and are occupied only in the daytime. The total number of the shops, which are not State property, but are owned by individuals, is about 4000.

Tourists and visitors shopping in the bazaars, or at any of the native shops, should not pay the price asked, as, except at some of the large shops where the prices are fixed, tradesmen are in the habit of asking high prices of strangers. A golden rule is to offer one-third of the prices asked at curiosity shops, and give a little more only when one is sure his firs offer will not be accepted. The prices asked vary according to the amount of notice a customer may bestow on any article shown him. A refusal on the dealer’s part to take the price offered him means nothing, and if a customer leave the shop, he will invariably find the tradesman at his heels, and ready to close with his offer, before he has gone many yards farther on.

Hans.—-These, numbering some 180, are, for the most part, large square buildings enclosing a courtyard, originally erected by different sultans and private individuals, for the accommodation of Turkish and other merchants and travellers. Only men are allowed to dwell in them. A great many European merchants or their agents now have their offices and warehouses in these Hans. The massive iron-plated doors are always closed at sunset and are not opened till sunrise. The two largest Turkish Hans are the Buyuk Yeni Han and Yalideh Han, near the Bazaar and War Office. They suffered considerable damage during the earthquakes of July 1894.

The Selamlik or Sultan’s Procession to the Mosque takes place every Friday about noon. Visitors are allowed to go near the Mosque where the Sultan is to go and see him driving in state, as well as the various troops which come for the parade. It is unnecessary to wait and see him again when he comes out of the Mosque as the time he stays there is uncertain. Tourists can view the whole procession from their carriage, or enter into the courtyard of the Mosque in which the ceremony is going to take place, and thus see hiih and the Palace courtiers as well as the various generals from near.

Dervishes. — Whirling or Dancing Dervishes. The best Mevlevi, or Dancing Dervishes, are to be seen at their convent, 539 Grande Kue, near the Pera terminus of the Underground ltailway. Performance on Fridays, at 8.30 (Turkish time) throughout the year. Entrance 2\ piastres per head (5d.). Visitors are expected to take off their hats. Sticks, umbrellas, and kodaks must be left at the door in charge of the doorkeeper. Sketching or taking notes is not allowed.

This order of Dervishes was founded in 1245 A.D. by Mevlana Jellal-ed-din Muhammad, a descendant of the prophet’s father-in-law, Abu-bekr, 4

Every member has to perform a severe novitiate, lasting 1001 days, before being finally admitted into the order. Their gyrating dance is intended to personify the planetary system revolving round the sun, and is supposed by many to be a survival of Hindu mysteries.