This is an interesting article about the historic Tophane area of Istanbul, which, the writer neglects to mention, is also prime Carpetdog habitat.
Stage for social life
One
of the first structures encountered at Tophane apart from the Nusretiye
mosque is the impressive fountain that occupies the corner of the
square opposite the mosque.
Erected in 1732, the richly
decorated, monumental fountain was the end of one of the water pipes
leading downhill from Taksim.
In contrast to the solemn,
military atmosphere of the nineteenth century, in the eighteenth
century Tophane Square was lively and populated, dominated by the
fountain at its center and surrounded by large trees. Travelers busily
arrived and departed at the ports, goods were sold at market stalls...