FROM THE UNIVERSITY TO FINDIKZADE
Meeting Point : Meet the guide by Bayazit Tram Station
Day : Thursday mornings at 9 am.
Program : Istanbul University is probably one of the oldest universities
of Europe established by Constantine The Great. We begin the stroll
from the Roman Forum Taurus. Your guide will show interesting parts
of Bayazit District. We will be touched with the stories of the unlucky
Sultan Mustafa 3. What do you know about Byzantine Monks of the Myrelaion
Monastery? Where was the square of executions in Byzantine Constantinople?
Haseki is area with amazing mosques, historical hospitals, Romaic
churches, Roman remnants, and many other historical buildings. Let
your guide show this amazing historical part of Istanbul.
CURHCHES AND MOSQUES OF KOCAMUSTAFAPASA AND SAMATYA
Meeting Point : Meet the guide in Kocamustafapaþa by the
Bus Station of No 35.
Day : Thursday afternoons at 2 pm.
Program : This is a walk to areas where the traditional Istanbul
Fish Festival is organised. Up to recent times, Samatya was mostly
inhabited by Armenians, who own there the church of Surp Kevork
(St. George), also called Sulu Monastery – which dates back
before the Ottoman conquest. Romaic have churches as Hristos Analipsis
and Haghios Menas. There are Latin Church as well. Turks have impressive
mosques as Ramazan Efendi Camii which is Sinan’s work of
art and Kocamustafapaþa Camii which is former Byzantine Church
of St Andrew. The walk covers many other historical places.
