Friday, September 12, 2014

the city of Istanbul, Turkey


Today offer you pictures of the city of Istanbul, Turkey
Around the area: (from Wikipedia)
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and the second largest city in the world in terms of population, and is home to 13.4 million people
. [3] Istanbul is also a "major city", and seen as the center of Turkey's cultural, economic and financial. Covering an area of ​​the city 39 districts constitute the province of Istanbul. [4] Istanbul is located on the Bosphorus Strait and encircle the natural harbor known as the "Golden Horn" (in Turkish: Haliç or Altın Boynuz) located in the northwest of the country. The city stretches along the European side of the Bosphorus Strait, known as "Thrace", and the Asian side or "Anatolia", and therefore the only city in the world located on two continents.