CITY TOURS in ISTANBUL

The first human settlement in Istanbul, the Fikirtepe mound on the Anatolian side, is from the Copper Age period, with artifacts dating from 55003500 BC.[10] A port settlement dating back to the Phoenicians has been discovered in nearby Kadıköy (Chalcedon). Cape Moda in Chalcedon was the first location which the Greek settlers of Megara chose to colonize in 685 BC, prior to colonizing Byzantion on the European side of the Bosphorus under the command of King Byzas in 667 BC. Byzantion was established on the site of an ancient port settlement named Lygos, founded by Thracian tribes between the 13th and 11th centuries BC, along with the neighbouring Semistra,[11] of which Plinius had mentioned in his historical accounts. Only a few walls and substructures belonging to Lygos have survived to date, near the Seraglio Point (Turkish: Sarayburnu), where the famous Topkapı Palace now stands. During the period of Byzantion, the Acropolis used to stand where the Topkapı Palace stands today.

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[burntbibzzz]

ik ben ook Turk!!!

[MOSULKURDiSTAN]

gd video...greetz from KURDISTAN...

[Florina20]

I LOVE ISTANBUL !!!

city of ,,1001 nights`` !!!

Flori from Romania

[PhoenicianGoddess]

MISTIL:

Thank you for sharing this very interesting video with the world :)

It also very interesting that A Phoenician port settlement has been discovered in nearby Kadıköy (Chalcedon) Turkey.

Did you know the origin of the "PHOENICIANS'" genetic marker known as -- J2 (M172) Y-DNA -- is (Anatolia)? Also, Archaeologists believe the Phoenicians of (Lebanon) and the Hittites of (Anatolia) were one and the same people :)