Tuesday 23rd September

In the morning we caught the ferry from Galata Bridge to Kadiköy, across the Bosphorus; and at approximately 10a.m. we set foot in Asia!!

We spent some time trying to find the British War Cemetery there, and ended up in a military camp!  The duty officer was kind enough to loan us a corporal to take us there.  Unfortunately my grandfather’s grave was not amongst the hundred or so there!

We then returned via the ferry to the Galata Bridge.  In the afternoon we walked to Dolmabahçe Palace – built in 1857 during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid  - built right up to the edge of the Bosphorus.  It was here that Atatürk died.

Domabache Palace, Istanbul