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Istanbul

Istanbul is the 4th largest city in the world. Located on the Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only city situated on two continents.

Istanbul served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Culture for 2010. — Wikipedia

… but the capital of Turkey is Ankara.

(photo: A painting on the wall of a cruise ship on the Bosphorus)

This entry was posted on September 27, 2008 at 7:07 am and is filed under Istanbul, Turkey . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Istanbul”

  1. keyla99 Says:
    January 12, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Oh, this is nice, I would like to see more of it…I love Istanbul, when are u gonna be posting again?

  2. DHH Says:
    January 22, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    Thank you, Keyla. Here is a new post on the ruins at Priene, Turkey:

    http://travellingcam.wordpress.com/category/turkey/priene/

  3. Istanbul in Turkey Says:
    November 12, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    Thank you,
    I love Istanbul, when are u gonna be posting again?

  4. DHH Says:
    November 12, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Soon! I’ll let you know with a follow-up comment here!

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