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Ottoman Architecture, by Mehmet Masum - Architectural Photography, Photojournalism, Ottoman Architecture, Photography Awards, Mehmet Masum Suer

Ottoman Architecture, by Mehmet Masum

A view from Behram Pasha Mosque, an Ottoman structure built in 1572 by Behram Pahsa, Governor of Diyarbakir. The compressed stone on the upper right and left of the entrance predates by some 400 years of the pre-stressed concrete, which is still…
Gate of Castle, by Mehmet Masum - Architectural Photography, Photojournalism, Photography Awards, Photo of the Day, Mehmet Masum

Gate of Castle, by Mehmet Masum

Diyarbakir is a city on the southeast of the Turkey. The city I live, is known with a long and historic walls. Walls of Diyarbakir are more than five kilometers long, among the longest of medieval fortifications; only the Great Wall of China…