IstanBul History OF Turkey

 ThE Istanbul, one of the important cities in the world is on a very special center with its geopolitical situation. It is located on the two sides of the bordering Asian and European continents and has the reputation of being a city with lands on two continents,

Mosaic of Saint, the Patriarch of Istanbul (Museum of Sophie)

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Istanbul is the most crowded city of with its population that exceeds twelve million. It has been the capital of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and has been constructed for ages with magnificent religious and civil structures that suit its fame.

Istanbul peninsula and admired the wealth of the surroundings and opportunities of the "Golden Horn", they met people who settled on the other side of. The nomads who believed that one has to be "blind" to set- on the other shore when there is an ideal place with such opportunities believed that they reached the place stated in the prophecy.

Since the day of its dation, some times lived as subjects of the superior powers in the

The Virgin Mary

Constantine the Great (312 337) chose here when he was looking for a capital because he understood the importance of the great strategical position, ideal climate of the city and its position of intersecting land and sea routes. With the city walls that were recon in more than 6 years the city was extend- ed, many temples, official buildings, palaces, ham  and hippodrome were built and on 330, it became the official capital of Roman Empire with a great ceremony. The city where a golden age started.

Base of Egypt (Theodosius) Obelisk at Hippodrome.

The city was later reconstructed by the same Emperor and ornamented with new city walls and structures. The best city of istanbul there are more many people's are resume cristian and muslim its country is GDP also world best and top 10 good gdp.

The first foundation of the city is explained with legends. A sea horde leaded by around 650 B.C. start to search for a new location out of their city Megara. In the tradition of the age, prophets were always consulted and the prophets of Apollo Temple at Delphi, the famous prophecy center of the age advised to settle "across the land of the blind". After long research, when the nomads looking for such a place reached

was named as Second Rome and New Rome and Remains of Palace, On 4th century A.D., the Roman Empire was largely extended and the capital Rome was left in a corner of the Empire.