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          <title>Monastery of Stoudios (Imrahor Camii) </title>  
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 Built around 456&#45;463, this is one of the oldest churches in the city and was converted into a mosque in 1486.
  
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          <title>Yat Latilla</title>  
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 Enjoy the city from the water with Yat Latilla&amp;rsquo;s luxurious yacht tours, which are available during all seasons. Dinner is provided for.
  
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          <title>Berrak Istanbul </title>  
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 With three boats from 32, 22, and 18 meters in length respectively, a 200 person capacity is available for closed groups that wish to make their celebrations special by having it right on the water. Preferred by corporate and VIP events, professional sound systems as well as daytime and nighttime tours during all seasons are available as well as   
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          <title>Anadolu Hisarı (Anatolian Castle)</title>  
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 Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I built Anadoluhisarı between 1393&#45;1394 on the narrowest point of the Bosphorus strait, on the Asian (Anatolian) side of the Bosphorus. He aimed to create a safe way to cross the Bosphorus for his armies at the time of war. Sultan Mehmed II added a thick (2m) wall and three additional watch towers to protect the fortre  
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          <title>Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii) </title>  
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 Mihrimah Sultan Camii (also known as the İskele Mosque) was built by the famous artchitect Mimar Sinan. He dedicated two of his masterpieces to his secret love for the daughter of the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificient. Both Mosques are named after Mihrimah Sultan.
  
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          <title>Kız Kulesi (Maiden&apos;s Tower)</title>  
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 Built on a small islet located at the Southern entrance of Bosphorus 200m to the coast of &amp;Uuml;sk&amp;uuml;dar, Kız Kulesi was used as a surveillance tower during the siege of Costantinople in 1453. After the conquest of the city, the tower received its name and underwent renovations in 1999 and 2012. The tower&amp;rsquo;s reputation has be  
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          <title>Pantokrator Monastery</title>  
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 Known today as the Zeyrek Mosque, the contemporary structure is actually made up of two churches and a chapel. The first sections were built between 1118 and 1137, and it remains the second largest religious structure built by the Byzantines in Istanbul. The mosque portion is now delegated to a southern section. Little bits and pieces of this bui  
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          <title>Church of St. Mary of the Spring</title>  
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 Located in Zeytinburnu and ringed by the greenery of nearby cemeteries, the church, which is also known as Balıklı Rum Kilisesi, is said to have been originally built during the late 6th Century near a holy well which inspired its construction. The present structure was built in 1835 and heavily damaged during the Istanbul riots in September of  
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          <title>Church of St. Mary of the Mongols</title>  
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 The Church of St. Mary of the Mongols is a rose&#45;red building that is slightly deformed in appearance founded by Princess Maria Palaiologina, the illegitimate daughter of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, in 1282. Maria married Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, in 1265. After fifteen years of marriage, Maria became a widow a  
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          <title>Uryanizade Cami</title>  
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 Located right by the water, this small mosque was originally built as a mescit (a small prayer room) in 1860. It was converted to a mosque several decades later, and it&amp;rsquo;s famous for its wooden minaret.
  
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