of course a city should live, you can't turn it into a museum. but we should not wait for...

Of course a city should live, you can't turn it into a

museum. But we should not wait for construction projects to learn the history of a town. We should dig on purpose, just to learn," Professor Mehmet

Ozdogen argues. "Once the past is destroyed, it's

irreversible."

6400BC AND 5800BC FIRST HUMAN PRESENCE

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THESIS:CULTURAL PRESERVATION VS. DEGREDATION

WHY CHOOSE ISTANBUL?

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Mimar Sinan-Greatest Ottoman Architect

“I saw the monuments, the great ancient remains. From every ruin I learned, from every building I absorbed something.”

MOSQUE CATEGORIES: pre-conquest, converted churches, classical period,

late classical, baroque, and late nineteenth-century

Hundreds of Millions in Restoration from: the State, Private Donation, and ….U.S GOVERNMENT!

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"A lot of people are realising that with hammams they have these really old, beautiful wellness centres already in their country, and are thinking 'why don't we go to them?”- Nina Ergin, an Ottoman expert at Istanbul's Koc University.

Cagaloglu Hamami 34 Prof. Kasim Ismail Gurkan Cad.near Sultanahmet; 90-212/522-24;

Cemberlitas Hamami 8 Vezirhan Cad.; 90-212/522-7974

Roxellana Baths

$17 Million Lira

Restoration

Ayasofya Hurrem Sultan

Hamam $10 Million Restoration

ISTANBULGOOGLE MAP of DISTRIBUTION of PROMINENT

MOSQUES & HAMAMS

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Google Earth View

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Constructed in 1769 by architect Mehmet Tahir Aga for the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III, Zeynep Asime Sultan, Zeynep Sultan Mosque is situated close to Gulhane Park in Sultanahmet. There are several graves of interest in the complex, including that of Zeynep herself.

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Historic Map Overlaid in GoogleEarth

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Rectified Overlay of Historic Map of Constantinople

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Google Chart:Amount of Construction of Hamams

and Mosques throughout the Centuries

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GOOGLE Ngram: Use of the term “Turkish Bath” throughout the Centuries

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WORDLE

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Google Maps:Museums vs. Malls

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