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Created in 1422 by Cristoforo Buondelmonti, this is the oldest surviving map of Constantinople.
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Faults in western Turkey are concentrated just southwest of Istanbul, passing under the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea.
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Contrasting annual precipitation differences in Istanbul, creating multiple microclimates.
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A view of Taksim Square with the Monument of the Republic which was opened in 1928.
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Two maps comparing the size of urban areas in Istanbul (indicated as the grey zones) in 1975 and 2011.
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The jurisdiction zones of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople include Istanbul, several Turkish islands, and the parts of Greece which belonged to the Ottoman Empire until 1912.
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A view of Levent, one of the main business districts in Istanbul and home to the citys tallest buildings.
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As the only route to the Black Sea, the Bosphorus is one of the busiest waterways in the world.
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The Istanbul Archaeology Museums, founded by Osman Hamdi Bey in 1891, form Turkeys oldest modern museum.[221]
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Main entrance gate of Istanbul University, the citys oldest Turkish institution, established in 1453.
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The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge is one of three suspension bridges on the Bosphorus strait.
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Originally opened in 1873 with a smaller terminal building as the main terminus of the Rumelia (Balkan) Railway of the Ottoman Empire, which connected Istanbul with Vienna; the current Sirkeci Terminal building was constructed between 1888 and 1890, and became the eastern terminus of the Orient Expr
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