Uncle Ismael in Istanbul

3rd February.

We arrived at Bus Station in Istanbul

And it was dawn.

We heard azan and head to the mosque.

After the solat,

An old man named Ismael invited us for a drink.

But we still don't have any money in turkish lira.

Although we were very bad in turkish and he didn't speak a word in english nor arabic,

we know he was very kind and friendly.

He buy us soup or here it is called çorba.

We still have another problem.

All the money exchanger opens at 9a.m

So Amir decided to exchange some USD illegally with a guy.

So we had some money to survive this morning.

We took a Metro from Öttögar to Aksaray

But before that an Iranıan guy helped us learn how to buy a Jeton (tıcket)

After that

we took a Tram from Aksaray to Çamberlıtas to go to Cordial Hostel.

After checking in,
we took a little tour around Istanbul.
Firstly,
we went to Topkapi Palace which was constructed during the reign of Sultan Mehmed 2, The Conquerer.
It was used as a management center for the Ottoman Empire and as a primary residence for the Ottoman Sultans.
It was huge palace. (palace has always been huge)
There were a lot of things there,
From the stuff of the earlier prophet, The swords of prophet, swords of the Sahabat, and the caliph to all the royal stuff of the Ottoman empire.
Too many things to write.
You should have just visit it yourself.

"before entering the Harem section"

We were starving that afternoon,

So the second turkish dish that we ate was half chicken doner-kind of kebab,

Then, we went visiting the famous Blue Mosque.
It was located at the Sultan Ahmet square which the building was constructed during his reign.

The mosque has a great six minarets and great cascades of domes.

It was truly a magnificent structure.

The Blue Mosque

Later that night,

We were planning to go for a walk around the city,

but everyones started to faint.

And so,

we call it a day.