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Beyazit Tower was recently converted into a museum. Sultan Mahmut the 2nd commissioned the building to the architect Balyan Senekerim in 1828. Once upon a time the people of Istanbul learned news of city fires and weather from the tower. According to custom, the lookout would shout "Captain, we have a child." The captain would ask: "Is it a girl or a boy?" If the fire was inside the old city the lookout would respond, “a boy!”, and for the rest of the town "a girl."…

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