The Inner Court of the Büyük Valide Hanı. The han, the largest in the city, was built by Valide Sultan Kösem, mother of Sultan Murat IV, shortly before her untimely death in 1651. The remains of a Byzantine tower, known as the Tower of Eirene, against which the han has been built, can be seen in the centre background.
The han is entered off Çakmakçılar Yokuşu Sokağı, Mercan.
View to the east.
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