Istanbul, Turkey: Life Along the Bosporus

Slideshow  •  Jerry V. Haines  •  03.10.09 | 10:11 AM ET Photo 3 of 9

Built by the Byzantines 15 centuries ago, converted to a mosque by the Ottomans, and rendered secular by Atatürk in 1935, Sancta Sophia/Hagia Sofia/Aya Sofya continues to inspire. It's not a monument to St. Sophia; rather, its name means "holy wisdom."

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Jerry V. Haines is an attorney in Washington, DC who also writes about travel and dining for a variety of media and teaches writing in the Arlington, Virginia public schools.



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