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Austrian sculptor Kripple, was the first statue of a Turk ever to be
erected in this country.
Walking out onto Saray Point itself, we find ourselves at the
confluence of the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn, as they flow
together into the Sea of Marmara. Seated here at one of the seaside
cafés, we command one of the most sweeping views in the city. From
Saray Point we can stroll back to the Galata Bridge along the shore
road. Along the way, we pass on our right the recently-reconstructed
Sepetçiler Köşkü, a rather handsome Ottoman structure standing on
the seashore. The kiosk was built in 1647 by the guild of the Sepetçiler,
or Basket-Weavers, fot Sultan Ibrahim the Mad, and served as a sea-
pavilion and boat-house of Topkapı Sarayı. In Ottoman times there
was a line of such pavilions stretching from Saray Point to where the
outer walls of the palace came down to the Golden Horn, but now
only the Sepetçiler Köşkü remains.
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