“Stunning lenticularis sunset over Turkey” 🌅 🇹🇷 Credit 📸 @orhankilic07
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and the country’s economic, cultural and historic center. The city straddles the Bosphorus strait and lies in both Europe and Asia, with over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the people of Turkey.
Istanbul is the most populous city in Europe and the world’s fifteenth-largest city. Founded as Byzantion by Megarian colonists in 657 BCE, and renamed by Constantine the Great first as New Rome during the official dedication of the city as the new Roman capital in 330 CE, which he soon afterward changed as Constantinople, the town grew in size and influence, becoming a beacon of the Silk Road and one of the most important cities in history.
It served as an imperial capital for almost sixteen centuries, during the Roman/Byzantine, Latin, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before its transformation to an Islamic stronghold following the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 CE.
In 1923, after the Turkish War of Independence, Ankara replaced the city as the capital of the newly formed Republic of Turkey.
📍 Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet Parkı No:2, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
Fatih
Tourist attraction
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) is a bi-continental country: while geographically most of the country is located in Europe, most of its population and land area is established in Asia.
The Ottoman Empire was the final great Islamic empire, lasting from 1299 to 1922, and it was that empire which finally wrested control of Constantinople from Christendom.
Turkey gives a wealth of destination varieties to travelers: from dome-and-minaret filled horizon of Istanbul to Roman ruins along the western and southern beaches, from heavily indented coastline against a mountainous backdrop of Lycia and wide and sunny beaches of Pamphylia to cold and snowy mountains of the East, from crazy “foam parties” of Bodrum to Middle Eastern-flavored cities of Southeastern Anatolia, from verdant misty hills of Eastern Black Sea to wide steppe landscapes of Central Anatolia, there is something for everyone’s feeling—whether they be travelling on an extravagant budget by riding or by a multi-million boat.
“Stunning lenticularis sunset over Turkey” 🌅 🇹🇷 Credit 📸 @orhankilic07
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and the country’s economic, cultural and historic center. The city straddles the Bosphorus strait and lies in both Europe and Asia, with over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the people of Turkey.
Istanbul is the most populous city in Europe and the world’s fifteenth-largest city. Founded as Byzantion by Megarian colonists in 657 BCE, and renamed by Constantine the Great first as New Rome during the official dedication of the city as the new Roman capital in 330 CE, which he soon afterward changed as Constantinople, the town grew in size and influence, becoming a beacon of the Silk Road and one of the most important cities in history.
It served as an imperial capital for almost sixteen centuries, during the Roman/Byzantine, Latin, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before its transformation to an Islamic stronghold following the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 CE.
In 1923, after the Turkish War of Independence, Ankara replaced the city as the capital of the newly formed Republic of Turkey.
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