Istanbul

Istanbul is the most populous city of Turkey and its cultural and economic center. The city covers 25 districts of the province of Istanbul. It is located at 41 ° N 29 ° E, on the Bosphorus, defined as a natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It concerns both the European (Thrace) and on (Anatolia), the Asian side of the Bosphorus, and is therefore the only metropolis in the world located on two continents. Istanbul has 31 districts. However,the historic peninsula, the areas north of the Golden Horn and the Asian side: this can be divided into three main areas. The historic peninsula of Istanbul, including the districts of Fatih and Eminonu. This area is located on the southern shore of the Golden Horn, which separates the old from the northern and younger than the European side. The historic peninsula ends with the Land Walls of Theodosius in the West. The peninsula is surrounded by the Sea of Marmara in the southand the Bosphorus to the east. To the north of the Golden Horn are the historical Beyoğlu and Beşiktaş districts, where the last Sultan's palace, through a chain of former villages such as Ortaköy and Bebek along the shores of the Bosporus later. In both the Asian and European side of the Bosphorus, wealthy Istanbulites villas luxury villa called Yali, which were used as summer residences built. The district of Uskudar (Chrysopolis) and Kadıköy (Chalcedon) which arein Asia ...