This is the Büyük Mecidiye Camii (commonly known as the Ortaköy Mosque) which sits on the waterfront close to the Bosphorus Bridge (Boğaziçi Köprüsü). This neo-Baroque mosque was completed in 1856, built on the orders of reformist Sultan Abdülmecid, who contributed calligraphy to the mosque’s interior.
Here are details of the exterior and the interior (at the base of the dome).
This is a view from Çamlıca Tepesi (Çamlıca Hill), in Üsküdar on the Asian side. Here we can see across the Bosphorus into the European side. This is the highest point in Istanbul, somewhere around 267 meters (references vary), which is almost 900 feet. And here is a partial view of the Asian side as seen from the other side of the hill: 
This is a four-piece group: accordion, ud, guitar, and saxophone.
This is the Golden Horn (Haliç) as seen from the Pierre Loti cafe in Eyüp. (There is a cable car going up to the cafe, but it is more fun to climb up through the mezarlik). From here you can see some of the structures on Sultanahmet (the historic peninsula). In the distance on the left is the Aya Sofya; to the right is the Süylemaniye Camii. The dark blob above the bridge at the skyline is a butterfly, which had photobombed the picture. It looks to be a Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).
I was fortunate the other night to come across a tulum player on Istiklal Caddesi. The tulum is a bagpipe from the southern coast of the Black Sea (Karadeniz). Unlike the Scottish bagpipe, it does not have a drone. (It also does not have this kind of drone.)
This is Macar Bay, at the north end of the Bosphorus, as seen from the path leading up to Yoros Castle (Yoros Kalesi). The video in the previous post was recorded at Macar Bay. Once you reach the castle, you can see where the Bosphorus (Boğaz) meets the Black Sea (Karadeniz) which, from there, looks like this:
This is at Macar Bay, in Anadolu Kavağı, on the Asian side, close to where the Bosphorus meets the Black Sea. (This is still considered Istanbul). The day was rather windy (are you sure you want to click on that link?). See the next post for a shot of the bay.
A few moments with the Bosphorus, just north of the Dolmabahçe Mosque. The soundtrack is full of something I haven’t found in Istanbul: silence.
