GALATA TOWER THE GALATA TOWER TURKISH GALATA KULESI IS LOCATED IN ISTANBUL IN TURKEY TO THE NORTH OF THE GOLDEN HORN. ONE OF THE CITY S MOST STRIKING LANDMARKS, IT IS A HUGE, CONE CAPPED CYLINDER THAT DOMINATES THE SKYLINE ON THE GALATA SIDE OF THE GOLDEN HORN DISTANCE MI / KM HAGIA SOPHIA THE CHURCH OF THE DIVINE WISDOM IN SULTANAHMET, ISTANBUL, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT BUILDINGS EVER CONSTRUCTED. DISTANCE 3.7MI / 6.0KM ISTIKLAL STREET IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AVENUES IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY, VISITED BY NEARLY 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN A SINGLE DAY OVER THE COURSE OF WEEKENDS. LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC BEYOGLU DISTRICT, IT IS AN ELEGANT PEDESTRIAN STREET, APPROXIMATELY THREE KILOMETERS LONG, DISTANCE MI / KM SULTANAHMET BLUE MOSQUE SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE IS A HISTORICAL MOSQUE IN ISTANBUL,THE LARGEST CITY IN TURKEY AND THE CAPITAL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE FROM 1453 TO 1923 .THE MOSQUE IS ONE OF SEVERAL MOSQUES KNOWN AS THE BLUE MOSQUE FOR THE BLUE TILES ADORNING THE WALLS OF INTERIOR DISTANCE MI / KM TAKSIM SQUARE SITUATED IN THE EUROPEAN PART OF ISTANBUL, TURKEY, IS A MAJOR SHOPPING, TOURIST AND LEISURE DISTRICT FAMED FOR ITS RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND HOTELS. IT IS CONSIDERED THE HEART OF MODERN ISTANBUL.DI STANCEMI/KMTOPKAPIPALACETOPKAPIPALACEISAPALACEINISTANBUL,TURKEY,WHICHWASTHEOFFICIALANDPRIMARYRESIDENCEINTHECITYOFTHE