Uma ufuna ukuhlukana nokuphumula kolwandle okwesikhashana futhi ujwayelane ne-megalopolis enomsindo, kodwa ngasikhathi sinye idolobha elinomlando weminyaka eyinkulungwane, ngombala walo okhethekile kanye ne-balair yasendulo yaseMpumalanga, khona-ke qiniseka ukugqamisa okungenani usuku olulodwa ukusuka ku-Alanya ohambweni lwe-Istanbul. Njengoba ibanga phakathi kwalawa madolobha licishe libe ngamakhilomitha angama-800, bese emshinini ukushayela lapho, emuva ngosuku olulodwa ngeke lusebenze nganoma iyiphi indlela.
Kuyadingeka ukundiza ngendiza kusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza esiseduze sase-Antalya. Ukuvakasha okunjalo kungathengwa kuwo wonke amafemu wendawo abavakashi, futhi kubaqondisi behhotela labo. Kodwa-ke, kufanelekile ukucubungula ukuthi uma useTurkey phakathi kwesizini solwandle, bese ubona amasonto okungenani adinga elilodwa noma amabili, uma kungenjalo uzomane ube mahhala. Uhambo oluphethwe, njengomthetho, kabili ngesonto, futhi amathikithi asatshalaliswa ngokushesha, ngoba inani labantu abazimisele kakhulu futhi likhulu kakhulu.
Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha uzohlala uhambisana nomhlahlandlela okhuluma isiRussia, futhi ngosuku ungabona khona konke okuhehayo kwamasiko e-Istanbul, ukufeza izindaba zakhe, isidlo sakusihlwa kanye nesidlo sakusihlwa, kanye nokwenza i-cruse on the Bosphorus. Ikakhulu ngemali ayikwazi ukunakekela, ngoba intengo yohambo ifakiwe hhayi kuphela indiza, izindleko zokudlulisa, kodwa futhi nezindleko zesidlo sasemini ngesidlo sakusihlwa kanye nezindleko zokuhamba nge-bosphorus.
Ngqo esikhumulweni sezindiza edolobheni lase-Istanbul, bazofezeka ngumhlahlandlela okhuluma isiRussia, ozokulethela okokuqala esigcawini seSultanamm, okuvela kuye uzodonsa "iparele lezakhiwo ezinhle kakhulu eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka . Lapho-ke ungavakashela iMnyuziyamu ka-Ayia Sofia, okuyinkathi lapho u-Istanbul ayesehlanza khona, kwakuyisonto lamaKristu amakhulu kakhulu futhi egqoke igama likaHagia Sophia.
Yebo, esigodlweni esikhulu soMbuso Wase-Ottoman, uzofunda ngempilo yeSultanov, phakathi kwawo uSuleIman kuqala uthathwa njengazo zonke izikhathi. Uzovakashela ne-Eastern Bazaar, lapho, uma ufisa, ungathenga izinongo ezinamakha emhlabeni kanye namaswidi esimnandi saseTurkey, ikofi elimangalisayo netiye, uma uthatha imali eningi, bese uthatha izindwangu. Ukuphela kohambo olunjalo yi-waterfront ye-bosphorus ngokuhlolwa kokuheha okuhle, okutholakala ogwini lwayo.
Ngakho-ke, yini efakiwe kuhlelo lokuhlola lwe-Istanbul? Esezinhlelweni zohambo olunjalo, uzoqala ukuholela esigcawini seSultanahmet, lapho uzobona izingcezu zezikhungo ze-Byzantine, futhi ngaphezu kwazo, umthombo wazo omuhle, okuyisipho se-Wilhelm yaseJalimane Sesibili. Ezikhathini zasendulo, kwakukhona amabhuzu amabhuzu ama-gladiator kanye nomjaho ezinqoleni. Lapho-ke usengabona i-obelisk yaseGibhithe, eyalethwa kusuka ku-Luxor emuva ngo-390, kanye nekholomu yenyoka ukusuka engcupheni yamaGreek Dolphic of Apollo, futhi ngaphezu kwale Obelisk Konstantin, okuyi-Emperisk Konstantin, okuyi-Emperisk eyakhelwe kuyo umkhulu wakhe Vasily Okokuqala.
I-Blue Mosque ngokuqinisekile iyisampula evelele yokwakhiwa kwamaSulumane, leli yisakhiwo esiyingqayizivele ngokuphelele esinama-minarets ayisithupha. Lapho uSultan Ahmed engowokuqala acabanga nje ngokwakhiwa kwaleli mosque, khona-ke imicabango emine yama-minarets kufanele ibe amane. Kodwa-ke, umakhi wezizathu ezithile ezingaqondakali wakha ama-minarets amabili ngaphezulu. Ngokuyisisekelo emihlobiso ye-blue mosque, uma ubheka, ama-tulips anqoba. Ngakho-ke kuphela ukuhlobisa amathayili we-ceramic adalwe, mhlawumbe uhhafu wamakhulu wokuhlukahluka kwezithombe ezahlukahlukene zale mbali. Futhi ngesikhathi sokuvakasha, ungabona uMihrab - niche, owenziwe ngengcezu eqinile yemabula, ngoba imikhuleko ne-minbar yindawo lapho uMallah evame ukufunda khona izintshumayelo. Kuyaphawuleka kahle lapha. Impela, iketanga phezu komnyango, ngaphansi kwalo ngokwakhe, lishiye isikhathi ngasinye likhulelwe ukufakazela ukungacacisi kwalo uma kuqhathaniswa no-Allah.
Isonto lesonto lase-Ayia Sophia libhekwa njengophawu lwezinkathi zegolide zoMbuso WaseByzantine kuze kube manje isonto lesonto laseSt Peter lavela eRoma, kwakuyithempeli elihlaba umxhwele kakhulu ezweni lonke lamaKristu. Ukuphakama kwaso kudlula amamitha angama-55, futhi ububanzi be-dome ekubhuleni yilapho kwenziwa khona amamitha angama-30. Ukwakhiwa kwalo kwaqala ngo-532 ngokuhleleka kwe-Emperor Justinian I. Ukwakhiwa kwesonto lesonto, umbusi wayala ukuba asebenzise izinto ezinhle kakhulu lapho-ke imabula ebhekwa kanjalo kanye nethempeli, ngenxa yalokho, ithempeli laphenduka kanjalo Ezinhle kangangokuba abantu babenecala lokuthi ezakhiweni zakhe zabamba iqhaza ezulwini ngokwazo. Leli phoyisa lisinde ngempumelelo ekuzamaleni komhlaba okungu-989 kanye nokuthathwa kweKonstantinople ngamaTurkey ngo-1453, kanye neqiniso lokuthi waphenduka i-mosque ngesandiso sama-minarets amaningana. Ngokoqobo ngo-2019, iziphathimandla zaseTurkey zayala ukuthi zivule imnyuziyamu yamahhala eCathedral.
Kuze kube maphakathi nekhulu le-XIX, i-Topkapi Palace yabhekwa njengento ebaluleke kakhulu eMbusweni we-Ottoman. Itholakala eKapa Seralon, okungukuthi, endaweni lapho iBosphorus iwela khona olwandle lweMarmara. Ngemuva kokuthi uMbuso Wase-Ottoman wawela, isakhiwo sezakhiwo nepaki esigodlo saphendulwa emnyuziyamu, futhi ekuchazeni kwaso kunemibukiso ecishe ibe ngu-65,000. Kepha enye yezinkolo eziphambili yinkemba nengubo yomprofethi uMohammad.
Okulandelayo uzoba se-Bagy Bazaar ukuze uzizwe ukunambitheka kwendawo kanye nokuxoxisana ngentengo yemikhiqizo evamile evamile. I-Baland yaseGibhithe yakhiwa cishe iminyaka engama-70, futhi inkulu kakhulu kangangokuba okokufaka okuyisithupha kwenziwa ngaphakathi kuyo. Ngokuyisisekelo, amaswidi athengiswa, akukho sinolulo, ikhofi, izinongo kanye nezikhumbuzo - ama-hookah amahle ebhodi, izinto ezihle kakhulu, izinto zasekhaya, amabhokisi ezitoreji, nezindwangu ezinemibala . Uma ufisa, ungachitha eBazaar okungenani ngosuku.
Kusekupheleni kohambo olukulindele ukuhamba ngesikebhe eBosphorus. Endleleni uzoba nesitobha esisodwa kuphela - ama-Oracle Mosque, kahle, kanye nokunye okubonakalayo uzobukwa ngqo kusuka emphemeni. Kodwa-ke, uzohambisana nohambo lonke, indaba ethakazelisa kakhulu yesiqondisi mayelana nezinganekwane namaqiniso ahambisana nezigodlo, ama-mosque kanye nemibhoshongo, futhi ngasikhathi sinye uzowazisa izindawo ezimangalisa zolwandle. Ngakho-ke ukuhamba okunjalo kuzokulibaleka ngokuphelele.