Turkey emerges as tourism hotspot for Gulf visitors
Eschewing regional hotspots, Arab Muslims feel at home in Istanbul, other cities
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Inside the Old Mosque of Edirne.
Carpet weaving in the heart of old Istanbul.
Inside the Hagha Sofia, one of the most beautiful museums in Istanbul.
Tourists taking pictures of a man in Taksim Square playing music for donations.
Pageants depicting past glory outside Topkapi palace in Istanbul.
Inside the Hagha Sofia, one of the most beautiful museums in Istanbul.
Sami Al Jallaf, Director of Commercial Affairs at Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (second from left) during his talks with Turkish officials in Edirne. Al Janahi is on the right.
The annual tournament of oil wrestling in Edirne.
Inside the Old Mosque of Edirne.
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Tourists take pictures at a statue of Sinan, the 16th century architect.
Two western tourists reading a map in the garden of Topkapi palace in Istanbul.
A group of visitors/tourists on the boat for a half-an-hour tour in the Bosphorus.
A little girl playing music outside a church in Taksim Area for money.
Outside the stadium where the annual tournament of oil wrestling, known as Kirkpinar, took place in Edirne
Tourists visiting Aya Sofia museum in Istanbul.
Two tourists look at pictures in Aya Sofia museum in Istanbul.
Suleimaniyah Mosque in Istanbul, one of the biggest mosques in the city, and one of the great architectures built during the Ottoman empire more than 500 years back.
A group of tourists in the Grand Bazar in Istanbul, near the Sulemaniyah Mosque.
Tourists outside Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii in Turkish), which is a a historical mosque in Istanbul and near Aya Sophia.
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