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Now the Museum of Hagia Sophia.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Θ Türkiye-Bir Zamanlar / Once upon a time Türkiye Θ, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

I believe this is specifically the Yeni Valide Mosque (Valide-i Cedid Camii) in Üsküdar (Scutari). It was built around 1708-1710. (according to the Wikipedia article). Wikipedia also has a modern photograph. The LOC has two images of this mosque in their Abdul-Hamid Collection: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ahii/item/2003668398/ (You can see the wire-dome in the bottom right) http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ahii/item/2003663369/

Thanks! It does look as though it's the Yeni Valide Mosque (Valide-i Cedid Camii). We're glad you found the Abdul-Hamid photographs useful. I think we may have an additional view by Sebah & Joaillier in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004666774 We'll add information to the description when we next update it.

I was having a hard time finding the right name for this mosque because this mosque and the link you gave for the Sebah photograph both have such similar names, but they are different. The one for this page is in the Anatolian side of Istanbul in Üsküdar. The one you linked to is right by Topkapı palace and the Egyptian spice bazaar in the historic peninsula (Wiki info here). Unfortunately, they essentially have the same name and look fairly similar.

Hi, this photo is being discussed in one of the projects in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool!

Such a suprise to me. There had been so many ships and boats. Haliç was barely seen. Interesting!

On the left there is a capital hand writing: STAMBOUL, then commonly used for İstanbul. On the bottom left is a writing, first what seems to be initials H.H.(?) and 'Vue panoramique Constantinople (?)' Can anyone make out the last word?

I can't quite make out the middle part of white on white. But I think it definitely ends in "de Galata." This might refer to the View of Constantinople taken from the Galata Tower or a View of Constantinople including the lower parts of Galata in the foreground. I'm not sure. Although, if it's from Galata Tower, we should be able to see the Ottoman Bank (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3g10000/3g11000/3g11600/3g11646v.jpg). You can see a better panorama on the LOC Web site: http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/pan.6a35826/

The neighborhood is so delightfully cluttered that it's hard to pick out any individual buildings. Try to pick out the bank building in this photo for example: www.flickr.com/photos/zoutedrop/2886498879/in/photostream/ I'm pretty sure this was taken from Galata Tower. The mosque on the skyline at left is almost certainly the Hagia Sophia and the one to its right is probably the Blue Mosque, as it's in the right place and has the right number of minarets.