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The great and ancient city of Istanbul – formerly Constantinople ... The European side extends like a finger across the Bosphorus Strait, almost but not quite touching its Asian counterpart.

With its strategic location on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Bosphorus and the Mediterranean, Istanbul has been associated with major political, religious and artistic events for ...