Istanbul through the town providing an unforgettable experience. Topkapi Palace was the most fun. Here is a collection of relics of the Prophet Muhammad.
While still in the airport environment Istanbul Ataturk airport, I still feel like in Indonesia. Exit the airport, then was in the country. How not, all the way buildings look very different ex-fashioned times, whether it is heritage of Byzantium, when Istanbul was called Constantinople, and the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic empire, which not only control of Asia, especially the Arabian peninsula to North Africa, but part of mainland Europe.
Ancient castles together with the domes of mosques. The sight that met along the way at the top Londra Asealti about 45 minutes from the airport to the city (new) Istanbul. We stayed in a small hotel, Hotel Square, Istiqlal Street, where the crowds passing by, including the base of the winter when the temperature reached 1 degree Celsius. But that’s not what makes the weather is less friendly, heavy rain and winds of winter are sharp, piercing any exposed skin.
Fortunately, when we visit various tourist attractions, the condition is not met. The rain actually fell on the afternoon and evening. Tourist attraction in Istanbul very much. Among them, Suleiman Mosque, Kariye Museum, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque (Blue Mosque), Kapali Carsi (Traditional markets have hundreds of years old), The Pera Place, and Topkapi Palace. Of course still very much that can be described one by one.
Each has its own privileges. Hagia Sophia as a church built in the Byzantine era, in the year 404, when Istanbul called Constantinople, but then at the time of the Islamic empire, the Ottoman Empire in 1453 turned into a mosque. Original form and the changes were still visible until now.
Hagia Sophia Blue Mosque adjacent to the (Blue Mosque) is very beautiful. Called the blue mosque, really only because of the design in a beautiful building was dominated by blue. I also had prayer here. I prayed behind the wall from where the men pray. Like many mosques in Turkey, where women are rarely found in prayer. “Women usually pray at home,” said Sultana, a student in Istanbul who accompanied us on this journey. Sultana, came from Solo, one of the 8 students in Turkey Indonesia. He speaks fluent Turkish.
From the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace we went to. This place is really all I wanted to visit in this city Istanbul. From Hagia Sophia, the palace was actually not too far away. However, we need a car driven by Sami, who became the local Turkish Embassy staff in Ankara. Sami took the car with a speeding, although the road narrow. In certain parts, the road was made of rocks neatly arranged like conblo in Indonesia. Sometimes up and the next time down the road. Frankly I am pictured with James Bond 007 series, which was one shot in Istanbul.
With easy, we entered the court environment, which became the center of the Ottoman Empire. The palace itself is very beautiful. On a hill that lies between the Bosphorus, Golden Horn, and Sea of Marmara, an area of 700,000 square meters. Although Sultan Mehmet II took office in Istanbul in 1453, Topkapi Palace was built in 1465-1470. And for 400 years occupied by the Ottoman Sultan 24. “We were lucky to come in the winter!”, Said sultanas when we strolled into the. In the summer, the line in this court several hundred meters.
We were lucky. Very much to say about this palace. The collection is all kinds, from ceramic relics various dynasties in China, court equipment, whether made of ceramic, brass, to the pure gold. In fact, the clothes of kings or sultans became a very valuable collection.
However, for me, nothing is more valuable than a collection around the Prophet Muhammad. Entering the room this collection also has a magical feel bring value. We were greeted by someone who read the verses of the holy Koran. Over 407 years, from 1517 until 1924, 24 people memorized the Qur’an (hafiz) reading the holy verses for 24 hours nonstop.
Which can be seen in this room, among other footprints of the Prophet Muhammad, cut the beard of the Prophet, Prophet Muhammad a letter addressed to Mukavkis from Egypt (this letter was written on palm leaves, was discovered in Egypt in 1850), seal of the Prophet, whips and Prophet Muhammad’s sword, cloak, and various equipment shrine in the early days. Also, various equipment the Companions of the Prophet, including 4 Companions of the Prophet’s sword, namely Abubakar, Umar, Usman, and Ali.
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