Take a look back at Turkey’s largest city and its economic and cultural center through 20 fascinating vintage photographs:
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| Galata. (National Geographic) |
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| Galata. (Hulton) |
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| Galata Bridge. (Marka) |
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| Kebab hawker surrounded by cats. (Roger Viollet) |
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| Entry of the Eyüp Sultan Mosque. (Roger Viollet) |
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| Galata Bridge. (Roger Viollet) |
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| Narrow street. (Hulton) |
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| Brothel. (Hulton) |
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| Children waiting their turn at a circumcision ceremony at Tyup Sultan Mosque. (Imka) |
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| Saying goodbye on the Galata quay. (Ara Güler) |
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| Turkish Army guard unit parade. (Bettmann) |
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| Men washing their feet outside a mosque. (David Lees) |
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| A typewriter at work. (David Lees) |
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| Café de Kartal. (Ara Güler) |
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| Shopkeeper in the Inner Bedesten in the Covered Bazaar. (Ara Güler) |
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| Galata Bridge. (Keystone) |
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| A coffee bar in Beyoglu. (Ara Güler) |
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| Nightfall in the district of Zeyrek. (Ara Güler) |
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| Typewriter service street. (Bruch) |
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| Cityscape. (UHA) |
"Galata Bridge(Keystone)" photo cannot be a 50's photo. In this picture men were wearing fez which was banned in 1925.
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