[caption id="attachment_55230467" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Safes at the Ottoman Bank Museum"][/caption] The contemporary art space…

[caption id="attachment_55246443" align="alignnone" width="620"] The sun rises behind the Blue Mosque in the Sultanahmet area of Istanbul on February…

[caption id="attachment_55245423" align="alignnone" width="620"] People react after the announcement of the 2020 Olympic Games host city on September…

[caption id="attachment_55242342" align="alignnone" width="620"] Thousands of people gather in Taksim Square after the government said it would clear…

[caption id="attachment_55241969" align="alignnone" width="620"] A woman checks books in a bookstore in Istanbul. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images[…

[caption id="attachment_55240620" align="alignnone" width="620"] An elephant and rider trampling a tiger by Mir Kalan, part of the British Library…

[caption id="attachment_55238676" align="alignnone" width="620"] A view of Istanbul from the Galalta Tower. Source: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images[/caption…

[caption id="attachment_55234303" align="alignnone" width="620"] A community pose outside one of the Village Institutes, mid 1930s.[/caption]After…

[caption id="attachment_55232497" align="alignnone" width="620"] Traditional Ottoman army band perform during the 559th anniversary of the capture of…

[blockquote]You realize that in silences things yield and almost betray their ultimate secrets [/blockquote] The catalogue for Nobel laureate…