Capital of three empires
Subtitle: Istanbul
By: archaeologist İlhan Akşit
Publisher: Akşit Kültür Ve Turizm Yayincilik
Published: 2006
Place of publication: İstanbul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Istanbul (Turkey) -- History; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Pictorial works; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Genres: Pictorial works
Other titles: Istanbul :
Notes: Issued in illustrated slip case

"Translations: Stuart Kline". - T.p. verso

"Editing: Sylvia Zeybekoğlu". - T.p. verso

Printed and bound by Ohan Matbaacılık Ltd. Şti

Includes a list of Roman emperors, Byzantine emperors and Ottoman sultans [p. 311]
Table of contents: title: The Glory of the Byzantine empire; title: A history of Istanbul; title: The city walls; title: Byzantine palaces; title: Roads, squares and monuments; title: The Galata Tower; title: Leander's Tower; title: The hippodrome; title: Byzantine cisterns; title: Churches and monasteries; title: Hagia Sophia; title: Hagia Eirene; title: Chora monastery (Kariye Museum); title: The splendor of the Ottoman Empire; title: Magnificence of the Ottomans; title: Classical-era mosques; title: Neo-classical era mosques; title: Faith Complex; title: Şehrade Mosque; title: Süleymaniye Mosque; title: Rüstem Pasha Mosque; title: Yeni Mosque; title: Sultan Ahmed Mosque; title: Tombs of the sultans; title: Aqueducts, fountains and baths; title: Castles, towers and fortresses; title: Yedikule Hisarı; title: Rumeli Hisarı; title: Ottoman palaces; title: Topkapı Palace; title: Dolmabahçe Palace; title: Beylerbeyi Palace; title: Yıldız Palace; title: Pavilions and summer palaces; title: The museums of Istanbul; title: Istanbul Archaeological Museums; title: Museum of Turkish and Islamic arts; title: Inns and bazaars; title: Waterside mansions by the Bosphorus; title: Roman-Byzantine emperors and Ottoman sultans