İstanbul, the former Ottoman Capital
The Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa Madrasa, completed in 1690 by architect Hamdi. It was commissioned by the son of Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha, the grand vizier of Sultan Mehmed IV. It is now the Yahya Kemal Museum, established on behalf of the famous poet, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884 - 1958), along Yeniçeriler Caddesi, a street in the neighbourhood of Çemberlitaş, Fatih district of central İstanbul.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon Oct 01, 1973