They are usually sitting at the entrances of the large mosques, waiting for customers, the perfume seller. Also they are often to be found at the Beyazıt Square in one of the old quartiers of Istanbul.

Opposite to the portal of the university the 65 years old Ibrahim has his main place at the inner yard of the old Ottoman Beyazıt Mosque, which was built in the early 16th century. Ibrahim offers strongly sweet smelling perfumes and oils in small scent-bottles, which he keeps in a portable glassbox to male mosque visitors…

All the day long anglers are standing on Galata Bridge, which spans the Golden Horn, connecting Istanbul’s quarters Eminönü and Galata. One by one they try to catch fish to sell it to restaurants, snacks or to have a meal for their families at home.

“We must have patience!”, told me a young man, who is every day on Galata Bridge. Ferry boats are constantly driving under the bridge, so the anglers have to pull up fast their fishing rods, that they are not torn into the depth.

Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as “Blue Mosque” in Istanbul, Turkey, was built 1609-16 under the reign of Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I. by the architect Mehmed Aga.

From the magnificent railway station Haydarpaşa (Haydarpasha), located at the Bosphorus on the asian side of Istanbul, every day a few cheap trains starts to Anatolia. The railway station was built by the german company Philip Holzmann and completed in 1908. One hundred years ago the Ottomans wanted to build a rapid rail transport connection across Anatolia from Istanbul to Konya, over Adana, Aleppo to Baghdad …

Sunset at the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. View from the Galata Bridge to Suleymaniye Mosque and Fatih Mosque in Istanbul.