İstanbul

Flag of Turkey.

Provincial centers of Turkey 

Adıyaman

Afyonkarahisar

Ağrı

Aksaray

Amasya

Ardahan

Artvin

Bartın

Bayburt

Bilecik

Bingöl

Bitlis

Bolu

Çanakkale

Çankırı

Çorum

Düzce

Edirne

Erzincan

Giresun

Gümüşhane

Hakkari

Iğdır

Isparta

Karabük

Karaman

Kars

Kastamonu

Kırıkkale

Kırklareli

Kırşehir

Kilis

Kütahya

Muş

Nevşehir

Niğde

Osmaniye

Rize

Siirt

Sinop

Sivas

Şırnak

Tokat

Tunceli

Uşak

Yalova

Yozgat

Zonguldak

Central cities of Turkey 

Adana

Ankara

Antalya

Balıkesir

Bursa

Diyarbakır

Eskişehir

Gaziantep

Hatay

İstanbul

İzmir

Kahramanmaraş

Kocaeli

Konya

Malatya

Mardin

Muğla

Ordu

Sakarya

Samsun

Tekirdağ

Trabzon

Van

Istanbul (Turkish spelling: İstanbul) is the biggest city in Turkey. Until 1930s this city was known in the West also by the name Constantinople; some writings named it Stambul, especially in the 19th century. In Classical Antiquity, it was known as Byzantium or Byzantion.

Maps

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  Map of the districts of Istanbul
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  Schematic rapid transit map with Metrobüs

Satellite views

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Sights

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  Hagia Sophia
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  Sultan Ahmed Mosque
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  Hippodrome of Constantinople
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  Yeni Mosque
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  Topkapı Palace
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  Kariye Mosque
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  Pammacaristos Church
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  Bosphorus Bridge
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  Dolmabahçe Palace
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  Galata Tower
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  Basilica Cistern
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  Ortaköy Mosque
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  Dolmabahçe Mosque
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  Çırağan Palace
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  Rumeli Fortress
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  Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
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  Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
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  Küçüksu Palace
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  Kuleli Military High School
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  Taksim Square
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  Arnavutköy
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  Valens Aqueduct
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  Beylerbeyi Palace
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  Agatha Christie's room at the Pera Palace Hotel.
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  Ortaköy Mosque

General

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  View of Levent at night
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  View of Istanbul from Gülhane Park near Topkapı Palace
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  Istiklal Avenue
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  Bosphorus Bridge
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  Golden Horn Bridge
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  Yeni Mosque at dusk
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  Beyoğlu in winter
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  The Golden Horn
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  View of the Seraglio Point, the Golden Horn and the Marmara Sea, with the Princes' Islands in the background
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  Bosphorus and Black Sea
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  Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge at night
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  Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
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  Maiden's Tower
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  View of the Bosphorus from Topkapı Palace
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  Bosphorus by night
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  Ferry on the opening of the Bosphorus to the Marmara sea
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Miscellaneous

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  buildings
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  rail bridge
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  traffic
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  Trams in Istanbul
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  Fishermen near Galata Bridge, Istanbul
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  The port of Haydarpaşa (Haydarpaşa Limanı) seen from the Topkapı Palace
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  Sirkeci Terminal, final station of the Orient Express
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  Grand Bazaar
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  Grand Bazaar
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  Grand Bazaar
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  The Spice Bazaar, Istanbul
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  Walls of Constantinople
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  Istanbul Technical University's Taşkışla Building near Taksim Square
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  Dolmabahçe Palace
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  Cimitero ottomano / Ottoman cemetery.
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  Tomba ottomana in un cortile privato / Ottoman grave in a courtyard.
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  Chiosco ottomano / Ottoman kiosk
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  colourful glasses / Grand Bazaar
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  Flower Passage (Çiçek Pasajı)

Others

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  A Mesquita de Sultanahmet e a Basílica de Santa Sofia sob o nevoeiro
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  Vista de Gálata, Karaköy, da Torre de Gálata (ao centro) e da Ponte de Gálata (à esquerda) desde a embocadura do Corno de Ouro
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  Vista do bairro de Levent
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  Vista aérea do Corno de Ouro
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  Exterior do Salão de Audiências no Palácio Topkapı
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  O Qiosque de Bagdade, no Palácio Topkapı
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  Detalhe de um selo caligráfico| na Mesquita Süleymaniye
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  Interior da cúpula da Mesquita Süleymaniye
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  Detalhe da face sul do Obelisco de Teodósio, na Praça Sultanahmet
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  Interior da Basílica de Santa Sofia
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  Mesquita Dolmabahçe
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  Vista do Bósforo; em primeiro plano: Beyoğlu; ao fundo: Ponte do Bósforo e Üsküdar
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  Vista de Karaköy / Gálata e da Torre de Gálata desde o Bósforo
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  Praça Taksim
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  Vista aérea da embocadura do Corno de Ouro; em primeiro plano: Beyoğlu / Gálata, com a Torre de Gálata em baixo, à direira; em segundo plano: o Cabo do Serralho (à esquerda), Eminönü e a Ponte de Gálata (à direita)
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  Vista de Eminönü desde o Corno de Ouro; à esquerda: Torre de Beyazıt; ao centro, em baixo: Mesquita de Rüstem Paşa; à direita: Mesquita Süleymaniye
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  Casario a norte da Torre de Gálata
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  O bairro de Eminönü e a Mesquita Süleymaniye cobertos de neve
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  Vista aérea do bairro de Etiler, Beşiktaş
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  Vista do Cabo do Serralho desde o Bósforo; da esquerda para a direita: Palácio Topkapı, Basílica de Santa Sofia e Mesquita de Sultanahmet
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  Kuleli Askeri Lisesi
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  Silhueta da Mesquita de Sultanahmet e da Basílica de Santa Sofia
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  Vista da margem norte do Corno de Ouro desde o Café Pierre Loti, em Eyüp
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  Vista para leste do Corno de Ouro, desde o Café Pierre Loti, em Eyüp
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  Vista do Palácio Topkapı desde o Bósforo
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  Vista do Palácio Topkapı desde o Bósforo
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  Vista do Palácio Topkapı desde a Torre de Gálata
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  Galata
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  Mesquita Azul
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  Hagia Sophia
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  Cihangir
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  Vista de Beyoğlu desde o Palácio Topkapı
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  Palácio Dolmabahçe
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  Merter

Historical

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  Panoramic view of the city in the 1870s
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  Taksim Square
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  Tahtirevan
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  Gazanfer Ağa Madrasa
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  Uskudar
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  The old Galata Bridge, built in 1910
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  Galata Bridge
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  Great Mecidiye Mosque
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  Sultan Ahmed Mosque
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  Beylerbeyi Palace
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  Galata Dervishes House
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  Sultan Ahmed Square
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  Public Gardens
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  Ferries
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  Fatih