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View of the Mausoleum of Ertugrul, father of Osman I, in Söğüt, Bithynia. Osman I was buried at the same location as his father but his remains were later transferred to Bursa, where his mausoleum stands today.

View of Afyon Karahisar in Asia Minor.

View of Kümbet village.

The Phrygian monumental tomb called Arslan Kaplan Kümbet at Kümbet village, in the Phrygian valley.

Peasant using the cover of an ancient sarcophagus as a drinking trough, outside Yalvaç, which is built next to the site of Antioch of Pisidia.

Funerary monuments in the necropolis of Hierapolis.

View of funerary monuments in the valley of Hierapolis.

Sarcophagi and other fragments of ancient monuments near a cascade at Pamukkale.

View of the necropolis of Hierapolis. Traveller reading an inscription on a funerary monument.

Roman sarcophagus bearing a relief of human figures from Aphrodisias in Caria.

Ancient funerary monument in the area of Antioch of Pisidia. In the background, the town of Yalvaç.

The architectural complex (külliye) comprising the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi and the Mevlevi dervish lodge, today Mevlana museum of Konya, seen from the city walls.

Early Christian ruins in Madenşehri, Binbirkilisse area, Mount Karadag.

View of the necropolis in Seleucia of Cilicia.

Funerary monuments in the area between Kiz Kalesi (ancient Corycus) and Ayas (ancient Elaeussa Sebaste). The necropolis was inhabited by semi-nomadic groups, most probably Turkomans.

The temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis of Athens. In the background, Philopappus monument on Mouseion Hill, Aegina island and the mountains of Argolis.

Landscape at Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis, the temple of Olympian Zeus, Philopappus monument on Mouseion Hill, the Royal Palace (today Parliament of Greece), and the neighbourhoods of Ambelokipoi and Korydallos.

Itinerant sweets seller. The Tower of Galata in the background.

Ottoman Muslim cemetery.

Scene at the craggy mountains of Slavonia, historical region pertaining to modern-day Croatia. This is most probably a moment from the author's journey to Istanbul.