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Domed mosque and suspension bridge seen through a passenger boat window, Turkey 2023: Architecture, Islam, Islamic Architecture. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Domed mosque and suspension bridge seen through a passenger boat window

Photo: Alpgiray Kelem · Türkiye · 2023-11-14

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A domed mosque with two slender minarets and a suspension bridge fill the window of a passenger boat, framed by the dark cabin. The stone facade of the mosque rises at the water's edge, with tall arched windows, carved screens and a lower wing lined with rows of windows. Behind it, the bridge deck crosses the frame on long cables, and one of its towers stands beside the minarets. Rippled water separates the boat from the quay, and a cream-colored deck railing runs across the glass in the foreground. Wooded hills meet a pale yellow horizon under a blue sky streaked with thin clouds. Inside the cabin, a wooden door frame and a wall lamp catch the light, and faint Turkish lettering above the window says that life jackets are under the seats.

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