Amphitheater at Ephesus
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Library at Ephesus
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Library at Ephesus
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Ephesus
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Ephesus
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Ephesus
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Ephesus
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The house of Mary, mother of Jesus, Ephesus. Revered by Christians and Muslims.
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"Ancient" sculptures.
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"Ancient" sculptures.
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"Ancient" sculptures.
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"Ancient" sculptures.
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Panorama of Sardis.
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Detail of mosaic at synagogue.
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4th-century synagogue.
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4th-century synagogue.
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Emperor's courtyard, Sardis.
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St. Polycarp, martyr.
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St. Polycarp Church, Izmir.
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St. Polycarp Church, Izmir.
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Mollie Ring, Adam Gouveia, Lowell Lustig, Rabbi of Neve Shalom, Jordan Goldstein, Maxine Squires, Rachel Dudley.
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Neve Shalom Synagogue.
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Neve Shalom Synagogue presentation.
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Approaching the Ahrida Synagogue.
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Entrance to the Ahrida Synagogue.
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A visit to the Spice Market.
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Viewing the relics of saints.
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Touring the Greek Patriarchate.
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Gathering at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.
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Our seminar at Marmara.
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Tom Wolfe introducing the group to our host, the dean of Marmara University Theological School.
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Crossing back over to the European side.
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The Bosporus that connects the Black Sea to Marmara Sea.
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The bridge over the Bosporus connecting the European and Asian sides of Istanbul.
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Yildiz Teknik University.
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Seminar at Yildiz Teknik University.
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The Hagia Sofia.
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The Blue Mosque on a sunny day.
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A member and host of the Uc Horon Armenian Church giving us a tour and answering our questions after the mass.
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The fish market just outside the entrance to Uc Horon Armenian Church.
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St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church. It is a very diverse congregation with members from Nigeria and the Philippines.
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The priest of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church greeting us after mass.
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Kosta Naum, a Syracuse alumnus from the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, who sought us out while we visited St Anthony's Roman Catholic Church. He heard about us from the alumni listerv and found our itinerary on the website.
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The group with Dr. Canan Karatay, President of the Istanbul Science University and a resident of Syracuse for 12 years.
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The main entrance to Topkapi Palace which was the home of generations of sultans who ruled the Ottoman
Empire.
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Melike Ince and Anthony Fatta from the Topaki Palace with the Suleymaniye Mosque in the background.
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Looking out to where the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn meet.
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Khuram Hussain and Sundiata Salaam making friends with some children in the court yard of Topkapi Palace.
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Whirling Dervish Ceremony by the Sufi Group of Istanbul Galata Mevlevi Lodge.
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Member of the Whirling Dervish Sufi group meeting with our group after the ceremony.
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Anthony Fatta, Maxine Squires, and Mollie Ring assist in lighting candles at the beginning of Shabbat.
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Imam Ahmed Kobeisy (Muslim Chaplain at SU) teaching the group about the architecture and Arabic writings inside the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul.
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The group gathering outside the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul.
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Sundiata Salaam and Khuram Hussain at the abdesthane (a place of ritual cleanliness) as they prepare to enter the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul for Friday Juma'ah prayer.
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Father Postolovski explains the significance of the frescoes on the walls of St. George Macedonian Eastern Orthodox Church during a March 4 visit to the church by SU students and staff in advance of their trip to Turkey.
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Father Branko Postolovski, pastor of St. George Macedonian Eastern Orthodox Church in Syracuse, talks to Syracuse University students and staff members about the Eastern Orthodox religion during a visit to the church on March 4.
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