Selimiye barracks
The Selimiye barracks ( Turkish Selimiye Kışlası ) is a barracks of the Turkish land forces in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul .
The barracks is named after Sultan Selim III. It was the central British military hospital in the Crimean War , in which Florence Nightingale also worked. It is currently the headquarters of the Turkish 1st Army .
Web links
Commons : Selimiye barracks - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The real "Nurses' Tower" - where Florence Nightingale lived ; Retrieved July 17, 2016
Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ 29 ″ N , 29 ° 0 ′ 57 ″ E