FERRY WITH FLAG OF TURKEY, LOA 61 m.; BEAM: 20 m.; CALL SIGN TCBQJ SAILING THE BOSPHORUS

BEHIND THE PORT THERE IS AN ENORMOUS BUILDING. THAT IS ONE OF THE HISTORICAL MOSQUES IN ISTANBUL “NEW MOSQUE”, ORIGINALLY NAMED THE “VALIDE SULTAN MOSQUE”.

IT IS AN OTTOMAN IMPERIAL MOSQUE, LOCATED IN THE EMINONU QARTIER, SITUATED ON THE GOLDEN HORN, AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE GALATA BRIDGE,

IS ONE OF THE FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS OF THAT CITY. WAS BUILT FROM 1660 TO 1665