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Your September competition – Turkish Delights!
18th September 2015
Your chance to win this month’s great first prize… a copy of Gill Paul’s amazing new historical novel, No Place For A Lady, set during the “godforsaken war” in the Turkish lands; complete with a beautiful woven bookmark, plus an Istanbul notebook, plus a copy of city-pick’s Istanbul anthology, plus (to enjoy as you read) a box of pistachio and almond Turkish Delight!
Second prize is a second copy of No Place For A Lady.
To enter all you have to do is tell us the one place you would most like to visit in Istanbul – that great and historic city on the Bosphorus that is the gateway between Europe and Asia.
To enter, just write the name of your one place in the Comments Box below.
The competition closes at midnight UK time on Tuesday 29th September, and the winners will be the first and second names out of the hat on Wednesday 30th…
The very best of luck!
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Congratulations to Emily Hutchinson whose name was first out of the hat this morning, and wins our first prize. And to Ruth Anne Sahin who was second out and wins the runner up prize. Well done to both of them!
Grand Bazaar
Galata Tower
Basilica Cistern
Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace
THE BLUE MOSQUE
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
Istanbul is so full of color and culture it would be hard to choose just one place. what I would really love to do is sit outside a cafe with a turkish coffee, eat sweet biscuits and just watch people .. soak up the atmosphere and relish the delights
The Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Place would be amazing
The Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace
It’s so difficult to choose only 1 place but I think that the Blue Mosque – the photo’s I’ve seen are gorgrous and I’d love to soak up the atmosphere.
Topkapi Palace, it looks amazing!! 🙂
Topkapi Palace
I’d like to visit The Green Mosque. I treasure a beautiful post card I bought in the Chester Beatty Museum, Dublin. It’s simply titled, ‘Arabic script from The Green Mosque, Turkey’.
would have to be Hagia Sofia for me
THe blue mosque
Blue Mosque
I have never been & i do not know much about the place. However i have many a cookbook for the cuisine of that area so would love to visit the Grand Bazaar where i could try probably the best of treats like Hummus & Falafel ever! 🙂
I’ve always wanted to visit the Süleymaniye Mosque 🙂
The Basilica Cistern
the blue mosque
My friend Tuina’s house
Grand Bazaar
Topkapi Palace
I would love to go to the Istanbul Jazz Festival!
The Basilica Cistern
The Maritime Museum
Grand Bazaar definitely
The Basilica Cistern.
GPO Tower
The Galata Tower
This sounds mad, but the toilets! I’ve been to all the major sites quite recently, and they were amazing, but I was stunned by the toilets near the fountains in the park in front of the Hagia Sofia. They are amazing! Infra red cleaning systems sanitise the walls and floors after every user. When I got back to the UK I was ashamed at the facilities we offer our visitors.
Topkapi Palace x
Being a boat dweller, I’d like to visit the harbour.
The Spice Market
I bet it smells wonderful.
Would love to explore the cavelike darkness of the Basilica Cistern, an ancient water storage structure lying under the streets of Istanbul.
The blue mosque
Sahaflar Carsisi (the book market)
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace
I would love to see The Blue Mosque and the view from The Galata Tower
Definitely the hagia sophia, I can’t imagine how big it is on real life but it’s just something I’d absolutely love to see coz it’s an architectural wonder and full of history
The Maritime Museum would be great
Aya Sofya
Blue Mosque – Sultan Ahmet – with it’s domes, spires and unique view into history and architecture
Grand Bazaar
I would love to see the Blue Mosque.
Blue Mosque, I went many years ago and its photos cannot capture its breathtaking magnificence.
Topkapi Palace especially to see the Spoonmakers Diamond
the grand bazaar
Library of Celsus
Topkapi Palace
Grand Bazaar.x
I’ve been to Istanbul and my favorite places were complete opposites. I love the chaos of the Grand Bazaar and the complete peace and tranquility of the Blue Mosque.
I would love to visit the Grand Bazaar and breathe in the smell of spices such as cinnamon and cloves which are heaped up in pyramids with olives of all varieties. Then I would savour the delicate taste of Turkish Delight and the freshly roasted nuts. Mm!I can smell it already along with the aroma of Turkish coffee and maybe a pancake or two.
I’d love to see the Blue Mosque – Sultan Ahmet – with it’s domes, spires and lights, and it would be very moving to see a performance by the whirling dervishes in that beautiful space.
I’d love to see the library of Celsus at Ephesus!
The Hagia Sofia – I have wanted to see this beautiful and wondrous space for so long!
Topkapi Place
Topkapi Palace
The top of the Galata tower as it gives you a huge view of the city, the Golden Horn, the Asian side and the Bosphorus in one magnificent swoop!
Grand Bazaar
Topkapi Palace
If I could visit anything it would be the Sultan Ahmet Camil – The Blue Mosque. The pictures are breathtaking and I imagine that the view would defy description.
The Maritime Museum