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Istanbul
If you sit in one of the quiet tea gardens it is hard to imagine this at all: This city has meanwhile about 18 million inhabitants. Downtown reaches from Izmit way out to the coast of Thrace and soon it will have reached the city of Tekirdağ. Mosques with their minarets still shape the silhouette of Old-Istanbul, but in the surroundings of the Taksim-plaza and in the business district 4. Levent sky scrapers rise steeply.
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| On nice sunny days there is a bustling life on the İstiklal Caddesi, the erstwhile “Grande Rue de Péra” in Beyoglu, the former district of the Levantine minorities. |
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| Eminönü |
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| On one hand a lively business quarter, on the other hand full with sights of the Ottoman time Eminönü offers a contradictory image – yet even this district has its charming... |
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| The lively metropolis Istanbul has got a big banking and business district in the meantime, which stretches on the European side parallel to the Bosporus toward North. Even if... |
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| The district Eyüp at the golden horn belonged to the holy cities of Islam: the colour sergeant of the prophet Eyüp al-Ansari died here in the futile attempt to conquer Byzantium. |
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| Sometimes hazy from big city smog, sometimes clear and distinct if the south wind Lodos permits clear views: The beauty of the prince islands is not revealed until the steam... |
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| The cascades of fountains are spraying briskly, flowerbeds are glowing bright all around – holiday spirit in the park of Sultanahmet between Hagia Sophia and blue mosque also on... |
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| The Bosphorus |
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| The excursion at the Bosporus should start or end with the sightseeing of the Dolmabahçe-Palace: All the splendour of the decaying empire Abdülmecit I (gov. 1839-1861) once more... |
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| For Istanbulites, who live in the European part of town, the Asian shore in contrast has virtually the flair of a summer resort, that’s how easy going life is there. This... |
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