Tepat jam 6 am telefon berbunyi. Ahhh wake up call. Terus bangun n solat subuh. Than breakfast, tepat jam 8 am dah berada di lobi. Oh hari nii kami nak melawat Sulamaniyae Mosque, Istilal Avenue, Taksim Square n Grand Bazaar. Cuaca pg nii sungguh sejuk di tambah dgn hujan renyai2. Jam 8.10 am kami bergerak menuju destinasi pertama Sulaimaniyea Mosque, disebabkan jalan sempit kami terpaksa menapak agak jauh melalui lorong perumahan dlm cuaca yg cukup sejuk. Akhirnya kami sampai..,
View salah satu menara di ruang legar di depan pintu masjid
View ruang legarnya .. besar dan bersih
View ruang solat utama. Perasan tak secara kasarnya hampir sama je....dgn masjid lain tp sebenarnya tak sama dr segi seninya.
Info Süleymaniye Mosque
" The Süleymaniye Mosque
is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the
largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul. The Süleymaniye Mosque, built on the order of Sultan Süleyman,
"was fortunate to be able to draw on the talents of the architectural
genius of Mimar
Sinan" (481 Traditions and Encounters: Brief Global History). The
construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1558. This "vast religious complex called the Süleymaniye...blended
Islamic and Byzantine architectural elements. It combines tall, slender
minarets with large domed buildings supported by half domes in the style of the
Byzantine church Hagia Sophia (which the Ottomans converted into the
mosque of Aya Sofya)" (481 Traditions and Encounters: Brief Global
History). The Süleymaniye, similar in magnificence to the preceding
structures, asserts Suleyman's historical importance. The structure is
nevertheless smaller in size than its older archetype,
the Hagia Sophia. "
View kubah utama Masjid Sulaiman
View Part sisi Masjid
Then kami berpatah balik mengikut jalan datang ke bas utk menuju destinasi kedua iaitu 'Istilal Avenue'. Di sini suasananya mcm kaw Bukit Bintang KL. Byk kedai yg menjual brg-brg branded. Di sebab dah penghujung musim sejuk maka byk barang keperluan musim sejuk dijual dgn murah. I pun mengambil kesempatan membeli 'long suit winter kot' ...betul ke sebutan niii?. Hanya 75 TL shj. murahkan....kat KL tak dpt harga niiii. Kami diberikan masa hampir 2 jam. Kat sini juga I membeli sedikit ole ole kuih / manisan Turki. Jangan lupa kekawan, di sini kena ambil gambar Trem ditgh-tgh antara dua bangunan sebagai bukti dah sampai Istanbul.
View Trem di tengah-tengah 'Istilal Avenue'
Info
"Beyoğlu is a district located on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey, separated
from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople)
by the Golden
Horn. It was known as Pera (meaning "Across" in Greek)
during the Middle Ages, and this name remained in common use until
the early 20th century and the establishment of the Turkish Republic. According to the prevailing theory, the Turkish name of Pera, Beyoğlu,
is a modification by folk etymology of the Venetian ambassadorial title of Bailo, whose palazzo was the
most grandiose structure in this quarter. The informal Turkish-language title Bey Oğlu
(literally Son of a Lord) was originally used by the Ottoman
Turks to describe Lodovico Gritti, Istanbul-born son of Andrea
Gritti, who was the Venetian Bailo in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II
and later elected Doge of Venice in 1523. The
original palace building was replaced by the existing one in 1781, which later
became the "Italian Embassy" following Italy's unification in 1861, and the "Italian
Consulate" in 1923, when Ankara became the capital of the Republic of Turkey. The district encompasses other neighborhoods located north of the
Golden Horn, including Galata (the medieval Genoese
citadel from which Beyoğlu itself originated, which today is known as Karaköy), Tophane, Cihangir,
Şişhane, Tepebaşı, Tarlabaşı, Dolapdere and Kasımpaşa, and is connected to the old city
center across the Golden Horn through the Galata
Bridge and Unkapanı Bridge."
View ......layan je lahhh
View Gerai menjual roti.......
View bergaya dgn baju baru.....ok tak mamat nii
Than kami menaiki bas utk mkn tgh di restoren tempatan. Menu mkn hampir sama tp kali TL minta kebab ayam panggang. Oklah sikit..,ada selera sikit nak mkn. Selepas tu kami bergerak pula ke Grand Bazaar. Saat yg ditunggu oleh peserta rombongan. Org Malaysia suka shoping, Kekedang yg dibeli tu ada kat Malaysia ataupun bila tengok label belakang made in China. Di sini semua ada, yg tak de mak dan abah saje. TIPS kena bargain sekitar sampai dia tak nak jual kat kita tp bersedia kena marah dlm bahasa turki. TIPS. T-shirt kanak kanak sekitar 8-9 TL. Key Chain 1-3 TL. Freeze Magnet 3.4 TL. yg biasa org Malaysia beli. kalau U all berani beli kat luar bazaar lagi murah. Kami diberikan masa hampir 2 jam disini.
View Pintu masuk ke Grand Bazaar
View kedai sebelah luar bangunan. Di sini harganya jauh lebih rendah.
Info Grand Bazaar
"The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. The Grand Bazaar is located inside the walled city of Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighbourhood (Turkish: Mahalle) bearing the same name. It stretches roughly from west to east between the mosques of Beyazit and of Nuruosmaniye. The Bazaar can easily be reached from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci by trams ( Line "T1", tram stop "Beyazıt-Kapalıçarşı").The construction of the future Grand Bazaar's core started during the winter of 1455/56, shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. Sultan Mehmet II had an edifice erected devoted to the trading of textiles. In its name, Cevâhir Bedestan (English: Gems Bedesten; but also in Ottoman Turkish: Bezzâzistan-i- cedîd, meaning in English: New Bedesten) the word "Bedesten" is an alteration of the Persian. It was also near the first Sultan's palace, the Old Palace (Turkish: Eski Sarayi), which was also in construction in those same years, and not far from the Artopoléia (Greek: Άρτοπωλεία) quarter, a location already occupied in Byzantine times by the bakers. At the beginning of the seventeenth century the Grand Bazaar already had achieved its final shape. The enormous extent of the Ottoman Empire in three continents, and the total control of road communication between Asia and Europe, rendered the Bazaar and the surrounding Hans or caravanserais, the hub of the Mediterranean trade. According to several European travelers, at that time, and until the first half of the 19th century, the Market was unrivaled among the markets in Europe with regards to the abundance, variety and quality of the goods on sale. At that time we know from European travelers that the Grand Bazaar had a square plan, with two perpendicular main roads crossing in the middle and a third road running along the outer perimeter. In the Bazaar there were 67 roads (each bearing the name of the sellers of a particular good), several squares used for the daily prayers, 5 mosques, 7 fountains, 18 gates which were opened each day in the morning and closed in the evening (from these comes the modern name of the Market, "Closed Market"
According to a 1890 survey, in the Bazaar were active 4,399 shops, 2
Bedesten, 2195 rooms, 1 Hamam, one mosque, 10 Medrese, 19
fountains (among them two Şadırvan
and one Sebil), one Mausoleum and 24 Han.
In the 30.7 hectares of the complex, protected by 18 gates, there are 3,000
shops along 61 streets, the 2 Bedesten, 13 Han (plus several more outside). The last major catastrophe happened in 1894, and was due to the
strong earthquake which rocked Istanbul in that year.
The Minister of Public Works, Mahmud Celaleddin Pașa, supervised the repair of
the damaged Bazaar until 1898, and on this occasion the complex was reduced in
area. To the west, the Bit Pazarı was left outside the new perimeter and became
an open-sky road, named Çadircilar Caddesi (English: Tentmaker Road),
while the old gate and the Kütkculer Kapi were demolished. Among all the
Hans which belonged to the Market, many were left outside, and only nine
remained enclosed in the structure."
Tepat jam 5.30 ptg kami bergerak ke hotel. TG inggatkan kami besok jam 9.00 pg gerak keluar hotel ke Bosphorus Cruise, Drpd 24 org hanya 4 org tak nak pergi. Ini Optional Tour harganya 60 USD, TL tak boleh paksa semua org pergi sapa yang nak saja. Tp bagi I, eloklah pergi kerana tak mungkin kita dapat peluang kedua kali ke Turki. Kalau gipun free bolehlah difikirkan. Sampai Iqbal Deluxe Hotel terus bersihkan diri dan ZZzzzzzzzzz.
Hari Ke-Enam (17 mac 2012)
Ringgg Ringgg Ringgg ahhh.. bunyi telefon utk 'wake up call'. Dah pukul 6.00 pagi. Jam 9.00 pg kami berkumpul di lobby utk Tour Free n Easy. TL kami telah berbincang dgn TG dan beliau sudi menemani kami hari ini dan bas disediakan.. Sepatutnya kami bergerak sendiri. Jam 10.00 pg kami sampai di jeti utk naik bot.. Bosphorus Cruise.
View Bot yang akan membawa kami merentasi Selat Bosphorus. Besar dan selesa.
View Bot bergerak meninggalkan jeti
View Di Jet Berlepas. Sorry agak gelap gambar kerana hari nak hujan
View salah satu jambatan merentasi Selat Marmara dan dibawahnya diadakan pelbagai restoren.
View Salah satu masjid yg berada di tebing Selat Bosphorus
Info
"The Bosphorus or Bosporus, also known as the Istanbul
Strait, is a strait that forms
part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. The Bosphorus, the Sea
of Marmara, and the Dardanelles strait to the southwest together form the Turkish
Straits. The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, the Bosphorus
connects the Black
Sea with the Sea of Marmara (which is connected by the
Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea, and thereby to the Mediterranean
Sea.) The Bosphorus' limits are defined as the connecting line between the
lighthouses Rumeli Feneri and Anadolu
Feneri in the north and between the Ahırkapı Feneri and the Kadıköy İnciburnu Feneri in the south.
This part of the
strait is a dangerous point for maritime traffic: a 45-degree course alteration
is required, and the current can reach 7–8 knots. To the south, at Yenikoy, the
necessary course alteration is 80 degrees. All the dangers and obstacles characteristic
of narrow waterways are present and acute in this critical sea lane. At the
above mentioned turns (Kandilli and Yenikoy) where significant course
alterations have to be made, the rear and forward sights are totally blocked
prior to and during the course alteration. Ships approaching from the opposite
direction cannot be seen round these bends. The risks posed by geography are
increased dramatically by the heavy ferry traffic across the strait, linking
the European and Asian sides of the city.The deepest location is
between Kandilli and Bebek
with 110 m (360 ft). The most shallow locations are off Kadıköy
İnciburnu on the northward route with 18 m (59 ft) and off Aşiyan
Point on the southward route with 13 m (43 ft). The shores of the strait are heavily populated, straddled as it is
by the city of Istanbul
(with a metropolitan area in excess of 12 million inhabitants) which extends
inland from both coasts. The name comes from Greek
Bosporos which the ancient Greeks analysed as bous + poros 'means of passing a river, ford, ferry', thus
meaning 'ox-ford',
which is a reference to Io
(mythology) from Greek mythology who was transformed into a cow and
condemned to wander the earth until she crossed the Bosphorus where she met Prometheus.
Although it has been known for a while that the Black Sea and the Sea of
Marmara flow into each other in an example of a density flow, findings of a
study by the University of Leeds in August 2010 reveal that there is in fact an
underwater channel of high-density water flowing across the floor of the
Bosphorus (caused by the difference in density of the two seas), which would be
the sixth largest river on Earth if it were to be on land. "
View ketika berselisih dgn bot lain
View antara Hotel Termahal yg ada di Selat
View Di bawah panji Turki di hadapan bot tingkat atas
View bahagian bawah bot yang ada heater utk memanaskan badan dan juga ada cafe utk kopi.
View.........Berapa agaknya apartment tu???
View .....Di pertengahan jalan
View lagi ..........
View hotel lagi.......luxurious, famous, style n rich.....
View lagi......Kapal besar pun boleh melalui selat nii
View kapal lagi
View belakang bot dan nampak jambatan lagi.....
View dgn burung camar sedang terbang..Cantikan
View lagi....
View aktiviti memancing ikan dlm berkumpulan.
View Kubu Kota Konstantinople yg masih utuh lagi
View di jeti ketibaan. Nampak tak salji memutih yg turun tu....
View yg nii jelas nampak salji tu..
View burung merpati di Jeti Ketibaan. Tak sejuk ke burung nii....
View....suka gambar niiii
View meninggalkan Jeti bergerak ke kawasan kampung.
View banyak kedai cenderamata di kawasan nii
View tempat tunggu bas
View bahagian bawah bot yang ada heater utk memanaskan badan dan juga ada cafe utk kopi.
View.........Berapa agaknya apartment tu???
View .....Di pertengahan jalan
View lagi ..........
View hotel lagi.......luxurious, famous, style n rich.....
View lagi......Kapal besar pun boleh melalui selat nii
View kapal lagi
View belakang bot dan nampak jambatan lagi.....
View dgn burung camar sedang terbang..Cantikan
View lagi....
View aktiviti memancing ikan dlm berkumpulan.
View Kubu Kota Konstantinople yg masih utuh lagi
Selepas 45 minit kami sampai ke destinasi penghujung (Sokatahayat). Kuasa yg maha Agung Salji turun dengan lebatnya. Kami semua kesejukkan. Salji turun tak lama dalam 20 minit sahaja.
View pintu gerbang menyambut kami masuk ke kawasan kampung
View di tepi Jeti Ketibaan
View..jangan tanya apa dia
View di jeti ketibaan. Nampak tak salji memutih yg turun tu....
View yg nii jelas nampak salji tu..
View burung merpati di Jeti Ketibaan. Tak sejuk ke burung nii....
View....suka gambar niiii
View meninggalkan Jeti bergerak ke kawasan kampung.
View banyak kedai cenderamata di kawasan nii
View tempat tunggu bas
Kemudian dgn bas kami ke sebuah Pusat Membeli Belah Lima Bintang. Kami mencari restoren utk makan tengah hari. Kebanyakkan kami tidak membeli apa pun di sini...Mahal beb...
View Shopping Complex yg kami pergi
View Part bawah shopping complex tu. Ruang terbuka... Sejuk oii...
View makanan tengah hari. Nasi 24 TL (48 RM) n Air Mineral 5 TL (10 RM). Ok jelah... Nak buat camne...tempat orang.
Kemudian kami bergerak ke Spice Market tapi balik ke hotel sendiri dgn TREM. Hanya 8 org sahaja yg nak balik terus hotel. TG mengajar TL cara nak balik ke hotel dengan menggunakan TREM. Tiket hanya 3 TL tak kira berapa stesen nak turun.
View Spice Market di sisinya penuh dgn kedai menjual kacang.
View Part sisi masjid dekat Spice Market
View Kubah masjid di Spice Market
View Tangga ke pintu utama Masjid
View Part sisi masjid dekat Spice Market
View Tangga ke pintu utama Masjid
Kami menghabiskan masa 3 jam di sini. Kami berkumpul di tangga Masjid dekat dgn Spice Market sebelum manaiki Trem balik ke hotel. TL inggatkan kami besok 'check out' hotel jam 10.30 pagi ke Airport. Nak Balik ke Malaysia.....Wah! cepatnya masa berlalu. Sampai ke bilik buka tingkap dan termenung. Cuaca agak baik petang nii... maklumlah dah hujan pada pagi. Dr tingkap hotel dapat tengok 'sunset' menerangi selat Marmara. Syukur anugerah Yang Esa dapat tengok sunset di Bumi Turki sebelum balik ke Malaysia. Zzzzz Zzzzzz
Wahhh masih merasa salji di hujung winter ek.
ReplyDeleteCantik pemandangan tu..nampak nyaman jer..
Dah teror ambik gambar sekarang ekk..