The New Interior of the Blue Mosque, a photo from Istanbul, Marmara

Photographer's Note

Renovations to the Blue Mosque started in 2017 and were supposed to last for four years. Well, construction was still going on strong in May 2021 and some contributor to its page on Tripadvisor commented that it was supposed to continue until 2024. For the time being, visiting the Blue Mosque interior is quite a letdown. Gone is the ethereal dome and in are the ugly false ceiling and fake columns.

But, these will be historic photos once the renovations are over.

Exif Data:
Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Software: Adobe Photoshop 23.3 (Macintosh)
Exposure Time: 1/20
F-Stop: f/4.5
ISO Speed Ratings: 800
Focal Length: 7646/1000 mm
Date Taken: 2021-05-26 10:37
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
File Size: 1615 kb
GPS: 41.00531264813063, 28.97689182582025

pajaran, jemaflor, NickVu, Fis2, holmertz, Royaldevon, COSTANTINO, ChrisJ, adramad has marked this note useful

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Silvio1953 (221627) 2022-04-22 21:44

Ciao Murat, great perspective on fantastic interior, lovely composition with a lot of people, wonderful colors, fine details, splendid light and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, have a good week end ciao Silvio

pajaran (115911) 2022-04-22 22:28

Pozdrav.

Lepo pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lep enterijer i detalji, dobro poakznao sa lepim bojama, kontrastom, perspektivom i uhvacenim trenutkom.
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici.
Lepa unutrasnjost Dzamije.
Dobar tekst o koroiscenoj tehnici i elementima snimka.

Zelim vam sve najbolje za vikend.
Paja

jemaflor (147156) 2022-04-22 23:19

Hi Murat,
well photographed this interior, good perspective effect with these columns on each side of your good vertical format, nice light management and capture, tfs.

Fis2 (170779) 2022-04-23 0:28

Witaj Murat!
Another curious set of photos.
Interesting interiors, views make impression.
Good framing, colors and light.
I like it.
Well done.
Good morning.
Krzysztof

holmertz (102708) 2022-04-23 0:32

Hello Murat,
What a disappointment to you, but you got yourself a number of quite original photos. At least the carpet and the mihrab look genuine. WS #2 is also very eye-catching.
Best regards,
Gert

emka (158172) 2022-04-23 1:03

Hello Murat, What the disappointment for the tourists that now visit Blue Mosque! I am sure that after renovation is done, it will be magnificent again. But at the moment it looks strange. The new ceiling and new columns here are ugly, but it is just temporarary necessity.
Fortunately, I saw Sultanahment interior in all its glory, as you can see here:
https://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul//photo1441726.htm
and here:
https://www.trekearth.com/workshops/1441726/photo202075.htm

Royaldevon (85932) 2022-04-23 4:03

Hello Murat,

This is such a famous, spectacular building, that you must have been hugely disappointed by what you experienced!
I suppose, you are showing what Pavle has been recording recently, that there is a stage when things look very ordinary until the renovation is complete.
If you return, you could have some interesting before and after photographs.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

Tue (92370) 2022-04-23 8:18

Hello Murat,
Too bad about the renovations and just like everywhere else they take longer than expected as well. Still the stained-glass windows, the golden parts in the background and the patterns on the red carpet are still clearly seen here.
Lars

lousat (139286) 2022-04-23 9:49

Ciao Murat,these attempts to reproduce what the original view would be like are a little laugh and certainly are and will be a big disappointment for tourists who in fact do not seem very interested, so I postpone my trip no earlier than 2024 to see the works at the end .. ehhee ..post very useful and well done as always. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

COSTANTINO (116518) 2022-04-23 21:57

Hello dear Murat and have a nice day
Greek Easter for the orthodox church
thanks for your wishes and thanks
for your impressive sharing....
I like listening about
renovation of buildings because this seems that there
is a great interest about
regards
Costantino

ChrisJ (171822) 2022-04-23 22:37

Hi Murat

I am glad that I saw the interior of the Blue Mosque before they commenced these renovations. I hope they are faster restorations than those at the Acropolis! Tfs!

jmdias (115186) 2022-04-24 9:33

murat

I can imagine your deception, it was like me when I saw "mother russia" one of the largest statues of the world covered with scaffolds. If I had knew about I would have visited another town.

take care

jorge

adramad (72998) 2022-04-26 10:54

Hello Murat.
It is disappointing when you travel to find a monument hidden by restorations, but it is necessary to continue enjoying it for much longer, this wonderful mosque is not interesting at all.
Well done.
Have a nice day.
Very best regards.
Luis.

mkamionka (74447) 2022-04-27 6:36

Hi Murat,
It would be a nice photo if we didn't know that we should expect much more from this place. I like how you look at the bright side, yes I think many photos on TE show a transition period of a place and the overall collection of photos here is amazing for that reason. Even more sad to see it dying out.
Great reportage!
M