48 - Istanbul - 24 Nov 07 - Part 1

48 travels to the only city in the world that straddles two continents.

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[bukuku]

The best looking men can be found in istanbul.

[Maneater1984]

I want to go!

[sazji]

This is a pretty good little video actually; it's tells a lot more about Turkish reality than typical tourist films. I disagree though that Istanbul's transportation is terrible. It's a huge city of 15 million or more people, and it's got lots of traffic problems to be sure; but considering that there are lots of alternatives and you can get pretty much anywhere.

[aporia82]

``turkish spending of education is amongst the lowest in europe``. little research, big words and the result is a total failure. according to unicef 2004 datas, the UK spends %4.4 of gdp to the education, highest in europe, and turkey spends %3.1of its gdp to the education. that`s higher than many european countries. make some research first.

[aporia82]

@dunnowy123 asia, europe, east and west. those are very restrictive concepts to understand the golbal age we live. nothing is homogeneous right now.

[NicolaRivarossa]

great monuments indeed... too bad that the whole surrounding is made of dull and meaningless relatively modern buildings (some of which already really ruined and not repaired).

it's a shame because most of the city's feeling is completely lost...

[TinyArts]

I love history and Istanbul has loads of it. Can't wait to pay a visit to this ancient city. I'm preparing at the moment. Reading lots of books about Constantinopel, the byzantiums etc. :)

[MsRamona75]

I am a German Woman,and i visit Istanbul more in Holiday.

Istanbul is the nicest City i have visit.Really GREAT City(Y)(Y)(Y)

[muslimgiga]

@tigloon Women don't have right to wear hijab in turkey. So called muslim majority country bans hijab = FAIL

[bosphorate]

@BoraSed1907 heralde sen hic avrupaya ve turkiyede hic bir sehire gitmedin.neresi avrupalı ??? istanbulun bir kac semti dısında koskoca bir ulkeden bahsediyoruz ve tamamiyle ortadogulu.

[dunnowy123]

WOW. I hate schools that only look at a test, not 4 years of achievement or failure. How can you put so much pressure on a person that their whole life depends on how they do on a single test? So retarded.

Thank God, our system is actually fair and gives people a decent shot.

[dunnowy123]

@bursakedi

Well, actually Europe makes sense. Pretty much all European languages are in one family, despite denominations, common religion, common culture and common economics. Europe is a pretty cohesive continent, it didn't use to be.

Asia is very different. I've always believed in regionalization. Instead of looking at Asia as one, the Middle East, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia and Central Asia as regions.