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<\/a>Angela Outside The Topkapi Palace<\/p><\/div>\n
The palace buildings have been decorated with tiled walls and elaborate highly-detailed ceilings, as can bee seen in the following image.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Wall And Ceiling Detail, Topkapi Palace<\/p><\/div>\n
Here is another example of the gold-leaf that adorns some of the walls.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Ablution, With Gold Leaf, Topkapi Palace<\/p><\/div>\n
The palace had several rooms that served as libraries during imperial times. Here is another example of the geometrical design of the tiles on the outer walls of one of the libraries.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Tiled Walls Outside A Library<\/p><\/div>\n
One of the rooms of the palace is designated a Circumcision Room, that was used for Ottoman Princes. Outside this room is a pool. Here is view from the far side of the pool towards this room.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Pool Outside The Circumcision Room<\/p><\/div>\n
There were several children visiting the palace during the day. Here are a couple of sisters playing Peekaboo along one of the palace walls.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Peekaboo, Topkapi Palace<\/p><\/div>\n
The interior of the library rooms are just as decorated as the outside. Here is an example of tiled walls and magnificent stained-glass windows<\/p>\n
<\/a>Couch Inside One Of The Libraries<\/p><\/div>\n
On the outside, the windows of this library have grates with an interesting hexagon pattern. In this image, I focused on the reflections of the people in the window glass.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Grating Outside Library Window, Topkapi Palace<\/p><\/div>\n
Here is an example of the mosaic tiled ceilings in one of the palace rooms.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Tiled Ceiling, Topkapi Palace<\/p><\/div>\n
Istanbul was full of visitors, mainly from Middle Eastern countries, and also local Turks. Of course, with smartphones, people love taking selfies. Istanbul, and the rest of Turkey, had a crazy amount of selfie sticks!<\/p>\n