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6400BC and 5800BC FIRST HUMAN PRESENCE. ISTANBUL. Of course a city should live, you can't turn it into a museum. But we should not wait for construction projects to learn the history of a town. We should dig on purpose, just to learn," Professor Mehmet Ozdogen argues .
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6400BC and 5800BC FIRST HUMAN PRESENCE ISTANBUL Of course a city should live, you can't turn it into a museum. But we should not wait for construction projects to learn the history of a town. We should dig on purpose, just to learn," Professor Mehmet Ozdogen argues. "Once the past is destroyed, it's irreversible."
ISTANBUL THESIS: Cultural Preservation vs. Degredation
ISTANBUL • WHY CHOOSE ISTANBUL?
MOSQUE CATEGORIES: pre-conquest, converted churches, classical period, late classical, baroque, and late nineteenth-century ISTANBUL MimarSinan-Greatest Ottoman Architect “I saw the monuments, the great ancient remains. From every ruin I learned, from every building I absorbed something.” Hundreds of Millions in Restoration from: the State, Private Donation, and ….U.S GOVERNMENT!
CagalogluHamami 34 Prof. Kasim Ismail GurkanCad.nearSultanahmet; 90-212/522-24; CemberlitasHamami 8 VezirhanCad.; 90-212/522-7974 AyasofyaHurrem Sultan Hamam $10 Million Restoration Roxellana Baths $17 Million Lira Restoration ISTANBUL "A lot of people are realising that with hammams they have these really old, beautiful wellness centres already in their country, and are thinking 'why don't we go to them?” - Nina Ergin, an Ottoman expert at Istanbul's Koc University.
GOOGLE MAP of DISTRIBUTION of PROMINENT MOSQUES & HAMAMS ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL Google Earth View
ISTANBUL Constructed in 1769 by architect Mehmet Tahir Aga for the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III, ZeynepAsime Sultan, Zeynep Sultan Mosque is situated close to Gulhane Park in Sultanahmet. There are several graves of interest in the complex, including that of Zeynep herself. Interactive Map
ISTANBUL/CONSTANTINOPLE Historic Map Overlaid in GoogleEarth
ISTANBUL Rectified Overlay of Historic Map of Constantinople
ISTANBUL Google Chart: Amount of Construction of Hamams and Mosques throughout the Centuries
ISTANBUL GOOGLE Ngram: Use of the term “Turkish Bath” throughout the Centuries
ISTANBUL WORDLE
ISTANBUL Google Maps: Museums vs. Malls
Museums vs. Malls ISTANBUL