These photos are in addition to those that have already been posted on Photo.net and Facebook.
![Oleh Ilnyckyj in the Hagia Sophia](http://www.sindark.com/uploaded_images/IMG_6415T.jpg)
My father in the Hagia Sophia.
![Topkapi Palace arches](http://www.sindark.com/uploaded_images/IMG_6440T.jpg)
Arches in the Topkapi Palace, former seat of the Ottoman Empire.
![Detail in the Topkapi Palace](http://www.sindark.com/uploaded_images/IMG_6441T.jpg)
Architectural detail in the Topkapi Palace.
![Seal of a former sultan, Topkapi Palace](http://www.sindark.com/uploaded_images/IMG_6443T.jpg)
Seal of a former sultan, Topkapi Palace.
![Turkish life preserver](http://www.sindark.com/uploaded_images/IMG_6472T.jpg)
Life preserver on a public ferry running up the Bosphorus.
Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. In the fall of 2005, I began reading for an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford.
Outside school, I am very interested in photography, writing, and the outdoors. I am writing this blog to keep in touch with friends and family around the world, provide a more personal view of graduate student life in Oxford, and pass on some lessons I've learned here.
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