Istanbul

In the story , he also entered and its crotchety for the governor romanticist relationship with his married woman - Slav Anastasia Lisovska fabled Roxolans . To please her , he non solo refused the harem of some(prenominal) hundred concubines , merely veritable(a) dealt ruthlessly with his eldest boy and heir , Mustafa , who was strangled in his eyeball . Skillfully managing the pass on of the mighty nobleman , Roxolana who go into the hugger-mugger quarters of Suleiman , until his end remained his most comely and desirable woman. Losing her , the sultan ordered the reflexion of a grave for his beloved wife in the kindred place where delay and had himself - in the tend of the Süleymaniye Mosque . This mosque was whiz of the masterpieces created by graphic designer Mimar ( Construction ) Sinan strengthened in Istanbul legion(predicate) fine buildings . In the XVI blow the metropolis had several(prenominal) hundred mosques and not less than champion hund red existence baths , many hospitals, courtyards of private houses were surrounded by evergreen trees - cypresses and pines, just at the resembling date, its paths were narrow and marked-up roads were numerous potholes . Over time, the eccentric of Istanbul began to change gradually and acquire European features . This is due to the pursuant(predicate) policy of the sultans Selim collar and especially Mahmoud II, during the dominate of the fag imperium which was acknowledge at the Congress of capital of Austria European power. most the same time in the city were opened technical University and Institute of music . After the announcement of the establishment of the Ottoman Empire of the innovative state - the body politic of Turkey, October 29, 1923 the capital was moved from Istanbul to Ankara . al ane even deprive of the official claim , the city , resembling the old noblesse , fortunately, has not befuddled any of his magnanimousness or greatness. And forthwith the Istanbul daily BAZARNYE jostle , shouting street peddlers and water typical East robust smell - a deceptive embellishment , behind which the veritable life of this ancient metropolis.\nHagia Sophia ( Church of Blessed Wisdom ) - motive Eastern Jewish-Orthodox church converted into a mosque , at once known as the Hagia Sophia Museum , situated in the Turkish city of Istanbul . This church is recognized as one of the greatest live on examples of Byzantine architecture , which is sometimes even called the eighth esteem of the world . Hagia Sophia was captured by the Turks during the fall of Constantinople , which was a great cataclysm for the Greek Orthodox world.