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Topkapı ("cannonball gate"), sometimes spelled Topkapi outside of Turkey, is a Turkish word that may refer to: Places * Topkapı, Besni, a village in the district of Besni, Adıyaman Province, Turkey * Topkapı, Fatih, a neighbourhood of Istanbul near the Roman city walls * Topkapı, Kemaliye * Topkapı Palace, a museum in Istanbul, Turkey The Arts * Topkapi (album), ''Topkapi'' (album), a 1965 album by jazz organist Jimmy McGriff * Topkapi (film), ''Topkapi'' (film), a 1964 caper movie * ''Topkapi'' (previous title The Light of Day (Eric Ambler novel), ''The Light of Day'' (Eric Ambler novel)), a 1962 tragi-comic art heist spy novel Other * Topkapı Scroll, a Timurid dynasty pattern scroll at the Topkapı Palace museum's collection * Nesrin Topkapı (born 1951), Turkish belly dancer {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topkapı, Fatih
Topkapı (meaning "Cannon Gate" in Turkish) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 10,218 (2022). Location Topkapı lies in the west end of Fatih district, under the ancient city walls. It is centred on the Kara Ahmed Pasha Mosque, which stands off Topkapı Caddesi, and is bounded by Vatan Caddesi to the north, and Turgut Ozal Millet Caddesi to the south. Name Topkapı is so named because it was the site at which the Ottoman cannon known as " The Basilic" was deployed during the siege of 1453, against the St Romanus gate in the city walls. The gate was the point at which Sultan Mehmed II entered the city after it fell. The gate was renamed to commemorate this, and the neighbourhood takes its name from there. Transport Topkapı was the site of Istanbul's main bus station, which lay outside the city wall, until 1994 when it was moved to Bayrampaşa. It is served by the Topkapı—Ulubatlı metro station, on M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topkapı, Kemaliye
Topkapı is a village in the Kemaliye District of Erzincan Province Erzincan Province (; ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. In Turkey, its capital is also called Erzincan. Its area is 11,815 km2, and its population is 239,223 (2022). Geography Erzincan is trav ... in Turkey. Its population is 236 (2022). References Villages in Kemaliye District {{Kemaliye-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topkapı Palace
The Topkapı Palace (; ), or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih List of districts of Istanbul, district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1856, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. Construction, ordered by the Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, began in 1459, six years after the Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople. Topkapı was originally called the "New Palace" ( or ) to distinguish it from the Eski Saray, Old Palace ( or ) in Beyazıt Square. It was given the name , meaning Cannon Gate, in the 19th century. The complex expanded over the centuries, with major renovations after the 1509 Constantinople earthquake, 1509 earthquake and the 1665 fire. The palace complex consists of four main courtyards and many smaller buildings. Female members of the Sultan's family lived in the harem, and leading state officials, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topkapi (album)
''Topkapi'' is an album of motion picture and television themes by organist Jimmy McGriff recorded and released by Sue Records in 1964.Payne, DJimmy McGriff: A Discography: 1960 - 1965 accessed August 5, 2019 Reception The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine stated "The orchestra sounds like Muzak, but McGriff sounds like McGriff. How the two got together is anyone's guess". Track listing # " The Man with the Golden Arm" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:24 # "Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) – 2:30 # "Topkapi" (Manos Hadjidakis) – 2:28 # " Rawhide{" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:10 # "Exodus Main Theme" ( Ernest Gold) – 2:00 # "People" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) – 2:26 # "Woman of Straw" (Norman Percival) – 2:40 # "From Russia with Love" (Lionel Bart) – 2:30 # " A Taste of Honey" ( Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) – 2:13 # "Love Theme from "The World of Suzie Wong"" ( George Duning) – 2:13 # " Medic Theme" ( Victor Young) – 2:02 # "The Pink Panther Theme" (Mancini) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topkapi (film)
''Topkapi'' is a 1964 American Technicolor heist film produced by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. The film was produced and directed by the émigré American film director Jules Dassin. The film is based on Eric Ambler's novel ''The Light of Day (Eric Ambler novel), The Light of Day'' (1962), adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky. The film stars Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley and Akim Tamiroff. The music score was by Manos Hadjidakis, the cinematography by Henri Alekan and the costume design by Theoni V. Aldredge. The film won an Academy Award in 1965, with Peter Ustinov taking home the trophy for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor, his second such award in four years. Plot Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) visits Istanbul, where she sees a traveling fair featuring replicas of treasures from the Topkapı Palace. Next she cases the Topkapı, fascinated by the Topkapi Dagger, emerald-encru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light Of Day (Eric Ambler Novel)
''The Light of Day'' is a 1962 novel by Eric Ambler. Plot Arthur Abdel Simpson, the narrator, was born in Egypt to an Egyptian mother and a British soldier father. After the premature death of his father he was sent to a British boarding school, a formative experience to which he refers throughout the story. Simpson identifies as British, although his career as a petty criminal has gotten him barred from both Egypt and the United Kingdom. At the opening of the story Simpson lives in Athens, acting as a guide and taxi-driver so he can steal from tourists. One of his targets, a man named Harper, catches him, and blackmails him into driving a car across the border from Greece into Turkey. The Turkish authorities find that the car is loaded with concealed illegal weapons, and Simpson faces the terrifying prospect of a long term in a Turkish prison. However, the authorities offer him a chance to earn leniency: he must deliver the weapons according to Harper's instructions, and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topkapı Scroll
The Topkapı Scroll () is a Timurid dynasty patterned scroll in the collection of the Topkapı Palace museum. The scroll is a valuable source of information, consisting of 114 patterns that may have been used both indirectly and directly by architects to create the tiling patterns in many mosques around the world, including the quasicrystal Girih tilings from Darb-e Imam. Physical properties The Topkapı scroll is a wide scroll of in length, which is unrolled side to side. One end of the scroll is fixed to a wooden roller, and the other end is glued to a protective leather piece. A number of parchment pieces featuring various patterns are applied on the scroll. The differences in the border of some drawings indicate that the Topkapı Scroll consists of two different scrolls fixed together. The fact that it is not worn out suggests that it was not made to be used as a reference document in a craftsman's workshop, but rather than as an exhibition work in the palace. It was pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
