Sultan's Tokapi Palace - Istanbul

The Hand of Fatima

Evil Eye beads
Protection against Evil

The Robe of the Prophet
An Especial blessing to see it

Tokapi Emerald Dagger

Relics of the Prophets
The Turban of Ali
The arm of St.John
A Whisker from the Beard of the Prophet
Earth from Medina

86 Caret Diamond

Archeological Museum Gates - closed!

When you park your generator truck on a slope  - make sure it is level

Palace Entrance

Monogram of the Sultan

Hollow!

Bathing Pool of the Women

Tile decoration

Stained glass

Tiles

Chief Black Eunuch

Assistant Eunuch

Entrance to the Harem

Cobbles for the Sultan to ride on

Sultan's Bedroom

Looking up - a bit blurred

Mother of Pearl inlay

Nice cupboard

Cakes!

Kemal Attaturk Father of the Nation

Kemal Mustapha "Attaturk"

Selcuk and Ephesus

Catamaran

Remains of the Aquaduct at Selcuk

Pension Sitting Room

Sheila in the bedroom

Sheila wearing a Kazakstan helmet - hat

Not me

Independence Day Parade

Do your ritual Ablution here

Cheese toasties and a Pressed orange - delicious

Dates

Attaturk - founder of the nation 

Oranges growing in the street

Put the flag out

Aquaduct

Sawn down but re-sprouted tree

St.Johns Church [the author of Revelations]

Can you see the tortoise - bottom right

Underground Storage pot

Crocus - I think

Selcuk Castle - Closed for restoration

Woof

nearby Mosque

On the roof terrace of the pension

Nice hot water

Sunset from the roof terrace

Breakfast - believe it or not !

My desert is calling!!!!!

Ancient handmade drainpipes

Cat

Ephesus

This is the theatre where St.Paul was thrown out - "Great is the Diana of the Ephesians"

Pour lead into this groove to hold the column block together

Follow me!

Busy

This is a game - board

Backgammon

Long mosaic 

Library of Ephesus 

Terrace houses - under cover

Sorting the Mosaic jigsaw

No idea

House fresco

Nice House

The Library of Ephesus

Menora graphiti

The Ampitheatre

Roman soldiers leaving

Artisans

Dog

Bull

Goat

Sarcophagi

Huge Flag

Not me

Rude - but lucky [there is a good bit missing tho]

Resting Warrior

Eros

Sundial

Unfinished statue

Farm Cart

Pitch forks

Plough

Scales

Blurred Ouds

Barber's

Get your lucky Evil Eye charms here

Copies of ancient necklaces

Toomstone

Hello

Gladiators

Diana of Ephesus

Fertility Goddess

Mother of all

Should have had a shave before having his statue done

Muscles!

Big head of Caesar 

New

Stork's nest

Magic Carpets - airtickets are cheaper!

Restaurant testimonies

Hotel phone numbers

Old

The street of the Satellite dishes

Puppets

Wooden rabbits

Get your Olive Oil here

Toy train

I had to pay for this photo

Crests of the Town associations

Independence Day

On the way to the beach

Galley

Horned prow

Swan prow

The holes for the oars

Underwater ram

Lucky heart shaped knot

Mast head

Attaturk monument

Hubble Bubble

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