The experience of Istanbul ancient Turkey civilization

Midnight will be temporary, I sat alone in the Weiss coffee shop. Istanbul's famous Hagia Sophia Church and Blue Mosque lights flashing in the not far away. Put in front of me apricot desserts and coffee espresso the spiciness in another strange aroma and. Don't look back, I know those behind theTurkeyMen enjoy hookah smell. A waiter walked around the table, and from time to time hand at a small brazier clamp block coals for guest cigarette. Hookah some-thing bubbles neither fast nor slow in the coffee shop in the ups and downs, lazy, comfortable atmosphere trance took me back to 100 years ago in china.

However, here is the ancient Byzantine Dynasty of the ancient capital, today's Muslim secular metropolitan. Enthusiasm, charisma and gourmet food this is located in Asia and Europe at the junction between the metropolis full of other places can not be compared. No matter which part of the city, I can see in Marmara Sea and Strait of Bosporus through the constant size of vessels. In this piece of dry land, 14000000 residents are always busy, only quiet them down where only coffee shop. Even the street rolling traffic flow is also a kind of music rhythm, a deeply rooted in the mystery of the culture and spirit of vitality.

A couple of past the window, a woman was long gown, wrapped turban also, his whole head covering only the eyes. Behind them is a group of girls have a pleasant talk together. The pop singer's name was printed on them, T-shirt, head wore a conservative Muslim headscarf. An Orthodox priest walked. He was dressed in a black robe and a tall black hat is very solemn.

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Then came a by the maid's Arabia children, their bodies are brightly coloured waistcoat"DubaiWord. Behind them, is slowly huge ship passing channel. Strait of Bosporus through the Black Sea and vast territory of Russia, the Marmara Sea, Mediterranean and africa. Siberia cold and the Sahara desert heat wave in the channel be always on the move, also brought lasting vitality and the vigor for Istanbul.

In recent years, the global economy is an important bridge connecting into areas of Eurasia, South to the Middle East, especially the Arabia oil tycoon, is to control the economic lifeline of Turkey. In the famous Istanbul Hali area of every hue, the skyscraper is a rose. Strait of Bosporus Asian side is developing into an emerging metropolis.

Fingers into the Hagia Sophia post desire cave, blessings

Since the days of Osman, Istanbul in the relaxed political and religious environment is famous. Although the Islamic countries, but the acceptance of any other nationality and religion, Judaism, Christianity, Orthodox is not restricted. If you make only superficial changes, with Islamic garb, he can still enter the high-level political. "Tolerance" this I sightseeing in Istanbul can clearly feel.

In the old palace in front of the visitors, I saw a group of Arabia women, all over the body wrapped up, they apparently from the bay of the Muslim countries. Turkey women have few wear the robe, wearing a scarf up on the head. From a religious point of view, this scarf is to comply with the teachings of Islam, and the secular public speaking, scarf is a sign of a good girl. But in the University of Turkey, female students are not allowed to wear the hijab.
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As a from of old ChinaTravelingIstanbul travel guide, what interested me most was the "last night" -- Osman Empire Sultan were forbidden city palace. It with the Chinese emperor Emperor's harem has same place so much. "Last night" in Arabic is the harem. It withThe Imperial PalaceAs a wall distance and narrow stone road, there are characteristics of Turkey arch, bathroom and is full of big room mural. Here all the year round home Sultan women and children, there is still a lot from areas outside of Turkey from the young slave-girl grazing.

Western oil painting depicting the Osman Empire Halamuli, Sultan is around his exotic slave, I lost track of time

Historians believe that Osman imperial harem system is to inherit and carry forward the ancient Chinese Royal tradition. Osman and the imperial harem role than China's harem more call a spade a spade, that is Sultan, which reproduce the Osman Empire big industry have qualified successors, continue to incense. Large tracts of territory in the powerful Osman Empire had conquered the heel of eurasia. In a batch to the Empire of all prisoners, 2/3 there is a beautiful young girl. A large population of the Osman empire is not the lack of labor, not necessary as the then new continental manor as "the importation of slaves" plantation.

The great Sultan is in need of a beautiful woman, these "small mare" will become the Osman Sultan child-bearing tools. Therefore the prisoners from the Balkans and the Caucasus to the pagan blondes, to undergo a rigorous selection, was sent to harim, the slave identity began to empress dowager ultimate goal. The Osman Empire Huang pulse does not seem to pay attention to the noble and pure. Generation after generation of Sultan's mother had not had captured pagan slave, which is different from our Chinese pay attention to background and origin. This embarrassing situation caused by the Sultan family, women can only come from Hallam.

And shall not allow Muslim women as slaves in islam. Therefore, the blonde, plump and fair pagan woman had possessed by Sultan, and then become the mother of country opportunity. What is more, once a slave to Sultan to give birth to sons boarded the next generation of Sultan's throne, the former slave can be transformed, become above have the supreme authority of the Empress Dowager Sultan above. In sixteenth Century, nearly a hundred years, several Queen "Osman empire of Sultan having a great reputation in the history of" all come from Hallam's Balkan slave.