Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul ), once known as Constantinople and Byzantium before that, is the most populous city in Turkey, and the country's economic, cultural, and historical center. Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus strait between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives on the Asian side. The city is the administrative center of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (coterminous with Istanbul Province), both hosting a population of around 14 million residents.Istanbul is one of the world's most populous cities and ranks as world's 5th-largest city proper and the largest European city.

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