

Perhaps one of the least visited of a legendary architect Mimar Sinan’s great mosques, Kılıç Ali Paşa Camii (Kilic Ali Pasha mosque), is well worth seeking out and is particularly convenient for visitors staying in Taksim, Beyoglu, Karakoy, and Galata. Although it is now set back from the water, in the industrial port of Tophane, it was originally built ‘on the sea’