53 Facts About Istanbul Turkey

Istanbul Turkey is the most populous European city, and the world's 15th-largest city.

Istanbul Turkey is home to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and hosts the headquarters of numerous Turkish companies, accounting for more than thirty percent of the country's economy.

Kostantiniye and Istanbul Turkey were the names used alternatively by the Ottomans during their rule.

Istanbul Turkey invited people from all over Europe to his capital, creating a cosmopolitan society that persisted through much of the Ottoman period.

On 29 October 1923 the Grand National Assembly of Istanbul Turkey declared the establishment of the Turkish Republic, with Ankara as its capital.

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The population of Istanbul Turkey began to rapidly increase in the 1970s, as people from Anatolia migrated to the city to find employment in the many new factories that were built on the outskirts of the sprawling metropolis.

Istanbul Turkey has a borderline Mediterranean climate, humid subtropical climate and oceanic climate under both classifications.

Istanbul Turkey's weather is strongly influenced by the Sea of Marmara to the south, and the Black Sea to the north.

Furthermore, as Istanbul Turkey is a large and rapidly expanding city, its urban heat island has been intensifying the effects of climate change.

Much of the Asian side of the Bosporus functions as a suburb of the economic and commercial centers in European Istanbul Turkey, accounting for a third of the city's population but only a quarter of its employment.

The Turkish government has ambitious plans for an expansion of the city west and northwards on the European side in conjunction with the new Istanbul Turkey Airport, opened in 2019; the new parts of the city will include four different settlements with specified urban functions, housing 1.

Istanbul Turkey is primarily known for its Byzantine and Ottoman architecture.

Since 2004, the municipal boundaries of Istanbul Turkey have been coincident with the boundaries of its province.

The city, considered capital of the larger Istanbul Turkey Province, is administered by the Istanbul Turkey Metropolitan Municipality, which oversees the 39 districts of the city-province.

Istanbul Turkey experienced especially rapid growth during the second half of the 20th century, with its population increasing tenfold between 1950 and 2000.

Istanbul Turkey has been a cosmopolitan city throughout much of its history, but it has become more homogenized since the end of the Ottoman era.

Into the 19th century, the Christians of Istanbul Turkey tended to be either Greek Orthodox, members of the Armenian Apostolic Church or Catholic Levantines.

Istanbul Turkey became one of the world's most important Jewish centers in the 16th and 17th century.

Ottoman Jews in Istanbul Turkey excelled in commerce, and came to particularly dominate the medical profession.

Politically, Istanbul is seen as the most important administrative region in Turkey.

The contest in Istanbul Turkey carried deep political, economic and symbolic significance for Erdogan, whose election of mayor of Istanbul Turkey in 1994 had served as his launchpad.

The first government defeat in Istanbul Turkey occurred in the 2017 constitutional referendum, where Istanbul Turkey voted 'No' by 51.

Administratively, Istanbul is divided into 39 districts, more than any other province in Turkey.

In 2019, companies based in Istanbul Turkey produced exports worth and received imports totaling ; these figures were equivalent to and, respectively, of the national totals.

Istanbul Turkey has three major shipping ports – the Port of Haydarpasa, the Port of Ambarli, and the Port of Zeytinburnu – as well as several smaller ports and oil terminals along the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara.

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In 1995, keeping up with the financial trends, Borsa Istanbul Turkey moved its headquarters to Istinye, in the vicinity of Maslak, which hosts the headquarters of numerous Turkish banks.

Istanbul Turkey has more than fifty museums, with the Topkapi Palace, the most visited museum in the city, bringing in more than in revenue each year.

Istanbul Turkey expects 1 million tourists from cruise companies after the renovation of its cruise port, known as Galataport in Karakoy district.

Istanbul Turkey was historically known as a cultural hub, but its cultural scene stagnated after the Turkish Republic shifted its focus toward Ankara.

Much of Turkey's cultural scene had its roots in Istanbul, and by the 1980s and 1990s Istanbul reemerged globally as a city whose cultural significance is not solely based on its past glory.

Since then, Istanbul Turkey has been the most popular location to film Turkish dramas and comedies.

The most prominent of the festivals that evolved from the original Istanbul Turkey Festival is the Istanbul Turkey Biennial, held every two years since 1987.

Istanbul Turkey has an active nightlife and historic taverns, a signature characteristic of the city for centuries, if not millennia.

Akmerkez was awarded the titles of "Europe's best" and "World's best" shopping mall by the International Council of Shopping Centers in 1995 and 1996; Istanbul Turkey Cevahir has been one of the continent's largest since opening in 2005; Kanyon won the Cityscape Architectural Review Award in the Commercial Built category in 2006.

Istanbul Turkey is famous for its sophisticated and elaborately-cooked dishes of the Ottoman cuisine.

Istanbul Turkey has seven basketball teams—Anadolu Efes, Besiktas, Darussafaka, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, Istanbul Turkey Buyuksehir Belediyespor and Buyukcekmece—that play in the premier-level Turkish Basketball Super League.

Ataturk Olympic Stadium, the largest multi-purpose stadium in Istanbul Turkey, was completed in 2002 as an IAAF first-class venue for track and field.

Istanbul Turkey Park was a venue of the World Touring Car Championship and the European Le Mans Series in 2005 and 2006, but the track has not seen either of these competitions since then.

Istanbul Turkey Sailing Club, established in 1952, hosts races and other sailing events on the waterways in and around Istanbul Turkey each year.

Istanbul Turkey has long-running Armenian language newspapers, notably the dailies Marmara and Jamanak and the bilingual weekly Agos in Armenian and Turkish.

Istanbul Turkey is home to the headquarters of several Turkish stations and regional headquarters of international media outlets.

Istanbul Turkey-based Star TV was the first private television network to be established following the end of the TRT monopoly; Star TV and Show TV remain highly popular throughout the country, airing Turkish and American series.

Kanal D and ATV are other stations in Istanbul that offer a mix of news and series; NTV and Sky Turk—both based in the city—are mainly just known for their news coverage in Turkish.

The BBC has a regional office in Istanbul Turkey, assisting its Turkish-language news operations, and the American news channel CNN established the Turkish-language CNN Turk there in 1999.

Istanbul Turkey is home to several conservatories and art schools, including Mimar Sinan Academy of Fine Arts, founded in 1882.

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Today, Istanbul Turkey has a chlorinated and filtered water supply and a sewage treatment system managed by the Istanbul Turkey Water and Sewerage Administration .

Sultan Abdulmecid I issued Samuel Morse his first official honor for the telegraph in 1847, and construction of the first telegraph line—between Istanbul Turkey and Edirne—finished in time to announce the end of the Crimean War in 1856.

Istanbul Turkey's local public transportation system is a network of commuter trains, trams, funiculars, metro lines, buses, bus rapid transit, and ferries.

International rail service from Istanbul Turkey launched in 1889, with a line between Bucharest and Istanbul Turkey's Sirkeci Terminal, which ultimately became famous as the eastern terminus of the Orient Express from Paris.

Service to Ankara and other points across Turkey is normally offered by Turkish State Railways, but the construction of Marmaray and the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed line forced the station to close in 2012.

Istanbul Turkey had three large international airports, two of which currently serve commercial passenger flights.

The largest is the new Istanbul Turkey Airport, opened in 2018 in the Arnavutkoy district to the northwest of the city center, on the European side, near the Black Sea coast.

The presence of feral cats in Istanbul Turkey is noted to be very prevalent, with estimates ranging from a hundred thousand to over a million stray cats.