Modern Istanbul in Postcards

Sights, People, and a few Scenes "off the beaten tracks"

The below picture postcards pertain to this mini-series about the metropolis on the Bosphorus:

Old Constantinople/Istanbul

Street Views from Istanbul

This third instalment will show a few more “classical” sights and some activities of “regular” people around the 1970s.

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Mailed in summer 1980, the reverse side reads: “Üsküdar, Kızkulesi”. Shown, in the top-right image, is the so-called “Maiden’s Tower”, a lighthouse guiding arriving and departing vessels through the narrow straits.

Of course, Istanbul’s old town features a Grand Bazaar, which—still—looks like this postcard from forty-odd years ago (via Wikipedia)

One of the city’s main nineteenth-century sights is the Dolmabahçe Palace whose representative gate is shown below in two versions, a black-and-white postcard from 1955 and, further below, a coloured image from the (late) 1960s:

“From Europe to Asia—the Fortress and the Bosphorus”, mailed in 1956. Shown is the Rumelıhısarı fortress.

What do “the People” do in Istanbul?

Well, the enjoy “the sunset on the Golden Horn”, as these holiday greetings from August 1964 clearly indicate:

Or they head to the “plaj at Tarabaya”, a well-known tourist area fifty years ago:

Enjoy, if you will, these sights and “regular” activities in Istanbul, Türkiye.