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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