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Kýz Kulesi (Virgin Tower), symbol of
Istanbul, is a small cute tower established on a small island at the
entrance of Bosphorus. The tower which is also used as watch tower,
lighthouse within the course of history is now allotted for tourism.
Western sources mention about this place as Leander's tower, who was
drowned while swimming for reaching to his lover Hera. According to
another story, this place was a tower where the daughter of an emperor,
who saw that his daughter will be bitten by a snake in his dreams, is
put for her security. The snake, which came here within a fruit basket,
had caused a tragedy.
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