Mark Voss

ISTANBUL

Selected photos from 2010 to the present. 

  • Tea on the Galata Bridge.
  • Quayside boats on the Golden Horn such as this one in Eminönü are popular spots for fish sandwiches, an Istanbul staple.
  • A bloodletter (via leeches) in the Flower Market.
  • Interior of the Sultan Mehmet Fatih Mosque (begun in the 15th century). Mehmet Fatih (the 'Conqueror'), or, Mehmet II, captured Constantinople in 1453 and made it the third and final capital of the Ottoman Empire.
  • A man performs ritual ablutions before prayer at a public fountain in the Grand Bazaar.
  • A little spilt tea in the Spice Market.
  • A mother cat nurses one of her kittens in an old cemetery in Kadiköy.
  • Grabbing a quick shine in the historic Sultanahmet district.
  • Children playing in the streets of Kumkapı, a working-class neighborhood on Istanbul's European side.
  • Strolling along the quay at Kumkapı.
  • Selling fire-roasted corn at sunset in Eminönü.
  • A cherry vendor in Acıbadem.
  • On the way to his sünnet (circumcision), a Turkish boy stops to photograph his family in the historic Sultanahmet district. Turkish boys are normally circumcised between childhood and adolescence, and the event is cause for great celebration as a ritual passage into manhood. Those circumcised are feted, feasted, and treated as {quote}Kings for a Day{quote}.
  • Tea and conversation in the shadow of Valens' Aqueduct (4th century).
  • Stoking coals that will go atop narghiles (water pipes). Çemberlitaş,
  • Enjoying ice cream in Sultanahmet.
  • Ad hoc tour guide. Küçük Ayasofya mosque.
  • Interior of the 16th century Blue Mosque.
  • Taking pot shots with BB guns along the water in Kumkapı.
  • The mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent (completed in 1558) framed by tulips on the Galata Bridge.
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