Istanbul Timeless City

The signs of first communal settlements in Istanbul and its surroundings date back to long years ago. While the first traces extend back to 6. Century B.C., it was discovered by research that some communities have lived in both Anatolian and European side of Istanbul. These first habitants had first lived as nomads and semi-nomads. Then they adopted a communal way of life based on fishing, agriculture and cattle breeding.
Especially in researches in Fikirtepe, it was found out that back in year 6000 B.C, animals such as dogs, goats, cattle and pigs were domesticated and the habitants took up fishing.
In the advent of 3000 B.C., there is an intense settlement activity starting in Istanbul. This period enabled the arising of small governed city units (beylik). Researches reveal that Sultanahmet Square of today and its surroundings had been center to a major settlement.

Istanbul... The main reason of Istanbul's being a very popular city for which wars are made, lives are lost is its geographical location...
Let's review this location first: In its south stretches Marmara Sea and in its north is Black Sea. Its west part is in Europe and east part is in Asia. The important waterline dividing Istanbul into two is the Bosphorus... The only alternative to reach the Aegean Sea and the Meditteranean Sea, therefore to open sea is to use Istanbul and the the Bosphorus...
Istanbul is both the nearest Asian city to Europe and the nearest European city to Asia. What adds to Istanbul's significance is its being a port city and all trade paths' passing through the city for thousands of years...
Another important feature of Istanbul is that it has a highly sheltered structure. Especially the center which is presently called as the "historical peninsula", which was made capital city by both Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and its being located on a hill surrounded by three seas made it almost impossible to be conquered... Indeed, Haliç had the quality of being an unparalleled harbour sheltering navy fleets.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Istanbul
• Turkiye
• Turkey
• Europe
• Timeless
• City
• Paradise

[spichanka]

It's timeless indeed. And coming to Istanbul, you can never get enough - you simply MUST come back.

[sm2324]

i have been to all these places simply amazing........ this place is a must seen before u die

[xxTurquiaxx]

i am happy to be a turk and i am happy that istanbul is ours.

napoleon said when the world was only one country than istanbul would be the capital of this. only istanbul is between two continents the city is a bridge between europe and asia orient and oxident modern and cultur islam and christinaty.

istanbul the biggest metropol with 16 million civilisation in europe after moskow

[FinalFantassyyy]

"Turkiye cumhuriyeti Osmanli devletinin devami deildir ve hicbirzamanda olmiycaktir. "

O yuzden bok gibi zaten, keske devami olsa

[alfonzoyy]

Osmanlı devletindekiler tabiki atalarımız ama turliye cumhurıyetı devleti osmanlı devletinin devamı asla değildir!

[ardaatalay10]

BEAUTIFUL CITY

[hkndis]

İstanbuldaki Tarihi GOLD CİTY Bölgesi Turizimde etkin değerlendirilmelidir

[littleterrik]

I am in Sarnia, Ontario Canada. My friend from Istanbul just sent me this song. Would love to see it in person someday.

[Mawiska]

this city is my most beloved one ... I've been living there for 3 years and nothing ' s gonna make me forget it 'cause I don't want to ... It's my whole heart who's there ...

[burcutrabzon]

you are welcome in istanbul....