View of the Ottoman Neo-Baroque style Mosque on the Bosphorus, as seen from the Ortaköy pier square. Ortaköy has had an important place in the daily life of the city during both the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. In the 16th century, the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent encouraged the Turks to move to Ortaköy and live there, which marked the beginning of the Turkish presence in the neighbourhood. One of the oldest buildings in Ortaköy is the Turkish Bath built by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan in 1556. Ortaköy, Turkey, 2009

Only in Istanbul would the construction of the "New" Mosque have been finished in 1663 (it was inaugurated in 1665). The mosque is visible from the Galata Bridge were this couple is standing, and is only dwarfed by the Süleymaniye Mosque on the horizon. Istanbul, 2009.