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The Architect · Yusuf · Istanbul

Büyük Valide Han Rooftop

Eminönü · Viewpoint · Free

This is my view, not the tower's. A working ruin where you climb to a roof most guides never mention.

A crumbling 17th-century caravanserai near the Grand Bazaar whose rooftop gives the photographers' secret view over the old city.

— Yusuf, The Architect
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