Istanbul
Istanbul is a very large city of fantastic history, culture and beauty. Called Byzantium in ancient times, the city's name was changed to Constantinople in 324 CE when it was rebuilt by the first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine.Photo: Karsten Wentink, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Popular Destinations
Sultanahmet-Old City
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The Old City of Istanbul is the oldest part of the city, and the location of most of its historic sights.
Princes' Islands
An archipelago of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara just off the Asian coast of Istanbul, the Princes' Islands are a perfect escape whenever the frantic crowds of Istanbul start to overwhelm you.Istanbul Airport
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Istanbul Airport, also known as Istanbul New Airport, is the primary of two passenger airports serving the city of Istanbul.
Destinations
Golden Horn
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The Golden Horn is the district of Istanbul surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.
Galata
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Galata is just north, across the Golden Horn, from the Old City of Istanbul.
Asian Side
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The Asian Side or the Anatolian Side is the half of Istanbul that is on the Asian mainland, east of the Bosphorus.
Western Suburbs
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The Western Suburbs are a collection of Istanbul neighbourhoods, lying west of the Old City walls and sprawling across the Thracian peninsula.
Bosphorus
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The Bosphorus is the area of Istanbul along the banks of the channel of the same name that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, and separates Europe from Asia.
New City
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Istanbul's New City is a modern district north of Taksim Square.
Notable Places in the Area
Topkapı Palace
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The Topkapı Palace, or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey.
Hagia Sophia
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Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
Galata Tower
The Galata Tower, officially the Galata Tower Museum, is an old Genoese tower in the Galata part of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey.Localities in the Area
Skutari
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Üsküdar is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Eyüpsultan
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Eyüpsultan or Eyüp is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Kadıköy
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Kadıköy, known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon, is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Istanbul
- Type: City with 15,800,000 residents
- Description: city in Turkey
- Postal code: 34122
- Categories: metropolitan municipality in Turkey, former capital, megacity, largest city, port settlement, big city, capital city, million city, ancient city and locality
- Location: Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.037° or 41° 2' 13" northLongitude
28.9851° or 28° 59' 6" eastPopulation
15,800,000Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)IATA airport code
ISTUnited Nations Location Code
TR ISTOpen Location Code
8GHC2XPP+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1882099475OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
745044Wikidata ID
Q406Istanbul Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Istambul
- Abkhazian: Сҭампыл
- Achinese: Éseutamu
- Adyghe: Истамбыл
- Afrikaans: Istanboel
- Akan: Istanbul
- Akan: İstanbul
- Albanian: Stambolli
- Amharic: ኢስታንቡል
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Κωνσταντινούπολη
- Angika: इस्तानबुल
- Arabic: Istanbul
- Arabic: إسطمبول
- Arabic: إسطنبول
- Arabic: إسلامبول
- Arabic: اسطمبول
- Arabic: اسطنبول
- Arabic: الأسِتانة
- Arabic: القُسْطَنْطِيْنِيَّة
- Arabic: بيزنطة
- Aragonese: Istambul
- Armenian: Իսթանպուլ
- Armenian: Ստամբուլ
- Arpitan: Istanboul
- Arpitan: Istanbul
- Assamese: ইষ্টানবুল
- Asturian: Estambul
- Asturian: İstanbul
- Avaric: Истамбул
- Avaric: Истанбул
- Awadhi: इस्तानबुल
- Azerbaijani: Konstantinopol
- Azerbaijani: İstanbul
- Balinese: Istanbul
- Bambara: Istanbul
- Bashkir: Истанбул
- Basque: Istanbul
- Bavarian: Istanbul
- Belarusian: Канстантынопаль
- Belarusian: Стамбул
- Belarusian: Царград
- Bengali: ইস্তাম্বুল
- Bhojpuri: इस्तांबुल
- Bosnian: Istanbul
- Breton: Istanbul
- Bulgarian (Historic): Tsarigrad
- Bulgarian: Истанбул
- Bulgarian: Константинопол
- Bulgarian: Цариград
- Burmese: အစ်စတန်ဘူလ်မြို့
- Catalan (Historic): Constantinoble
- Catalan: Constantinoble
- Catalan: Istanbul
- Catalan: İstanbul
- Cebuano: Estambul
- Cebuano: İstanbul
- Central Kurdish: ئیستەنبووڵ
- Central Kurdish: ئیستەنبوڵ
- Central Kurdish: ئەستەمبوڵ
- Central Kurdish: ئەستەنبووڵ
- Central Kurdish: ئەستەنبوڵ
- Chechen: Истмала
- Chechen: Стамбул
- Chinese: İstanbul
- Chinese: 伊斯坦堡
- Chinese: 伊斯坦布尔 / 伊斯坦堡
- Chinese: 伊斯坦布尔
- Chinese: 伊斯坦布爾
- Church Slavic: Цѣсар҄ь Градъ
- Chuvash: Стамбул
- Cornish: Istanbul
- Crimean Tatar: İstanbul
- Croatian (Historic): Carigrad
- Croatian (Historic): Konstantinopol
- Croatian: Istanbul
- Czech (Historic): Byzantion
- Czech: Istanbul
- Dagbani: Istanbul
- Danish: Istanbul
- Dimli (individual language): Estanbol
- Dotyali: इस्तानबुल
- Dutch (Historic): Constantinopolen
- Dutch: Byzantium
- Dutch: Constantinopel
- Dutch: Istanboel
- Dutch: Istanbul
- Eastern Mari: Стамбул
- Egyptian Arabic: استانبول
- Egyptian Arabic: اسطنبول
- English (Historic): Byzantium
- English (Historic): Constantinople
- English: Constantinople
- English: Scarlet Apple
- Erzya: Стамбул ош
- Esperanto (Historic): Konstantinopolo
- Esperanto: Istanbulo
- Estonian: İstanbul
- Extremaduran: Estambul
- Faroese: Istanbul
- Fiji Hindi: Istanbul
- Fijian: Istanbul
- Finnish (Historic): Byzantion
- Finnish: Byzantion
- Finnish: Istanbul
- Finnish: Konstantinopoli
- French (Historic): Byzance
- French: Istamboul
- French: Istambul
- French: Istanbul
- French: Stamboul
- Friulian: Istanbul
- Gagauz: İstanbul
- Galician: Istambul
- Galician: İstanbul
- Gan Chinese: 伊斯坦布爾
- Georgian: ისტანბული
- Georgian: კონსტანტინოპოლი
- Georgian: სტამბოლი
- Georgian: სტამბული
- German (Historic): Byzantion
- German (Historic): Konstantinopel
- German: Istanbul
- German: Konstantinopel
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Istanbul
- Gorontalo: Istanbul
- Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌱𐌿𐌻
- Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌿𐌻
- Greek (Historic): Βυζάντιο
- Greek (Historic): Βυζαντιο
- Greek (Historic): Κωνσταντινουπολη
- Greek (Historic): Κωνσταντινούπολη
- Greek (Historic): στην Πόλι [stimˈboli]
- Greek: Ισταμπουλ
- Greek: Ισταμπούλ
- Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη
- Guarani: Estambul
- Guianese Creole French: Istanbul
- Gujarati: ઈસ્તાંબુલ
- Haitian: Istanboul
- Hakka Chinese: Istanbul
- Hausa: Istanbul
- Hebrew: איסטנבול
- Hebrew: ביזנטיון
- Hebrew: קושטא
- Hindi: इस्तांबुल
- Hungarian (Historic): Bizánc
- Hungarian (Historic): Konstantinápoly
- Hungarian: Isztambul
- Hungarian: Konstantinápoly
- Icelandic: Istanbúl
- Ido: Istanbul
- Iloko: Istanbul
- Indonesian: Istanbul
- Ingush: Истмале
- Interlingua: Istanbul
- Interlingue: Istanbul
- Irish: Iostanbúl
- Italian (Historic): Costantinopoli
- Italian: Costantinopoli
- Italian: Istanbul
- Jamaican Creole English: Istanbul
- Japanese: イスタンブル
- Japanese: イスタンブール
- Japanese: イスタンブール市
- Japanese: ビュザンティオン
- Javanese: Istanbul
- Kabardian: Истамбыл
- Kabiyè: Isitambuli
- Kabyle: Istambul
- Kalaallisut: Istanbul
- Kalmyk: Истанбул балһсн
- Kannada: ಇಸ್ತಾಂಬುಲ್
- Kara-Kalpak: İstanbul
- Karachay-Balkar: Стампул
- Kashubian: Sztambùl
- Kazakh: Константинополь
- Kazakh: Стамбул
- Kazakh: Ыстамбұл
- Kikuyu: İstanbul
- Kinyarwanda: Istanbul
- Kirghiz: Стамбул
- Korean: 비잔티움
- Korean: 이스탄불
- Kurdish: Stembol
- Ladin: Istanbul
- Ladino: Estambol
- Lak: Истамбул
- Lao: Istanbul
- Lao: ອິສະຕັນບູນ
- Latin (Historic): Byzantium
- Latin: Constantinopolis
- Latvian: Stambula
- Lezghian: Истамбул
- Limburgan: Istanboel
- Lingala: Istanbul
- Lingua Franca Nova: Istanbul
- Literary Chinese: 伊斯坦堡
- Lithuanian: Stambulas
- Livvi: Istanbul
- Lombard: Istanbul
- Low German (Historic): Byzanz
- Low German: Istanboel
- Low German: Istanbul
- Lower Sorbian: Istanbul
- Luxembourgish: Istanbul
- Macedonian (Historic): Византија (Vizantija)
- Macedonian: Истанбул
- Maithili: इस्तानबुल
- Malagasy: Istanbul
- Malay: Istanbul
- Malay: Setambul
- Malay: ايستنبول
- Malay: ستمبول
- Malayalam: ഇസ്താംബുൾ
- Maltese: Istanbul
- Manx: İstanbul
- Maori: Istanbul
- Marathi: इस्तंबूल
- Mazanderani: استامبول
- Min Dong Chinese: Istanbul
- Min Nan Chinese: İstanbul
- Minangkabau: Istanbul
- Mingrelian: სტამბოლი
- Moksha: Истанбул
- Mongolian: Стамбул
- Moroccan Arabic: إسطانبول
- Moroccan Arabic: إسطنبول
- N'Ko: ߌߛߑߕߊ߲ߓߎߟ
- Narom: Coustantinoble
- Narom: Coustantinobles
- Nauru: Istanbul
- Navajo: Ałchʼįʼ Nááʼáhá
- Nepali: इस्तानबुल
- Nepali: इस्तान्बुल
- Newari: इस्तान्बुल
- Northern Frisian: Istanbul
- Northern Luri: استانبول
- Northern Sami: Istanbul
- Norwegian: Istanbul
- Norwegian Bokmål: Istanbul
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Istanbul
- Novial: Istanbul
- Nyanja: Istanbul
- Occitan (post 1500): Istambol
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܝܣܛܢܒܘܠ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Constantinople
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Constantinopolis
- Old Norse (Historic): Mikligarður
- Oriya: ଇସ୍ତାନବୁଲ
- Ossetian: Стамбул
- Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): استانبول
- Panjabi: ਇਸਤਾਂਬੁਲ
- Panjabi: ਇਸਤਾਨਬੁਲ
- Papiamento: Istanbul
- Persian: استانبول
- Persian: شهر کنستانتین
- Persian: قسطنطنیه
- Picard: Istamboul
- Piemontese: Istanbul
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Istanbul
- Polish: Istambuł
- Polish: Istanbul
- Polish: Konstantynopol
- Polish: Stambuł
- Portuguese: Istambul
- Portuguese: Istanbul
- Pushto: استانبول
- Pushto: استنبول
- Quechua: Istampul
- Quechua: Istanbul
- Romanian: Istanbul
- Romansh: Istanbul
- Russia Buriat: Истанбул
- Russian: Стамбул
- Rusyn: Істанбул
- Samogitian: Stanbols
- Santali: ᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱᱵᱩᱞ
- Sardinian: Istanbul
- Scots: Istanbul
- Scottish Gaelic: Istanbul
- Serbian: Византион
- Serbian: Истанбул
- Serbian: Константинопољ
- Serbian: Стамбол
- Serbian: Цариград
- Serbo-Croatian: Istanbul
- Sicilian: Istanbul
- Silesian: Stambuł
- Sindhi: استنبول
- Sinhala: ඉස්තාන්බුල්
- Slovak (Historic): Byzantion
- Slovak: Istanbul
- Slovenian: Carigrad
- Somali: Istanbuul
- South Azerbaijani: ایستانبول
- Spanish (Historic): Constantinopla
- Spanish: Estambul
- Spanish: İstanbul
- Swahili: Istanbul
- Swedish (Historic): Byzantion
- Swedish (Historic): Konstantinopel
- Swedish (Historic): Micklagård
- Swedish: Istanbul
- Swiss German: Istanbul
- Tagalog: Istanbul
- Tajik: Истанбул
- Tamil: இசுதான்புல்
- Tamil: இஸ்தான்புல்
- Tatar: Истанбул
- Telugu: ఇస్తాంబుల్
- Tetum: Istanbul
- Thai: อิสตันบูล
- Tosk Albanian: Istanbul
- Tumbuka: Istanbul
- Turkish: İstanbul
- Turkmen: Stambul
- Tuvinian: Истaнбул
- Tuvinian: Истанбул
- Twi: Istanbul
- Tyap: Itambut
- Tyap: Kwontanti̱noput
- Udmurt: Стамбул
- Uighur: Istanbul
- Uighur: ئىستانبۇل
- Ukrainian: Стамбул
- Upper Sorbian: Istanbul
- Urdu: استمبول
- Urdu: استنبول
- Urdu: قسطنطنیہ
- Uzbek: Istanbul
- Venetian: Istanbul
- Veps: Stambul
- Vietnamese: Istanbul
- Vlax Romani: Istanbul
- Volapük: İstanbul
- Võro: Istanbul
- Waray (Philippines): Istanbul
- Welsh: Istanbul
- Western Armenian: Իսթանպուլ
- Western Armenian: Պոլիս
- Western Frisian: Istanbûl
- Western Mari: Стамбул
- Western Panjabi: استمبول
- Wu Chinese: 伊斯坦布尔
- Yakut: Истанбул
- Yiddish: סטאמבול
- Yiddish: קושטא
- Yoruba: Istanbul
- Yue Chinese: Istanbul
- Yue Chinese: 伊斯坦堡
- Yue Chinese: 伊斯坦布爾
- Zeeuws: Istanbul
- Zulu: Istanbul
- Historic: Byzantion
- Historic: Constantinopoli
- Historic: Constantinopolis
- Historic: Konstantinopel
- Historic: Konstantinoupolis
- Historic: Kustantiniyah
- Historic: Stamboul
- Historic: Stambul
- Historic: Κωνσταντινούπολις
- Estamol
- Istanbuel
- Itānipuru
- Konstantiniyye
- Stambols
- Ыстанбұл
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