The most populous city in Europe, Istanbul forms the financial centre of Turkey and confidently straddles the borders between Asia and Europe as it has for millennia, this is the result when you mix ancient Christendom, a medieval metropolis and the modern Middle East.
Magaalada ugu dadka badan Yurub, Istanbul waxay sameysaa xarunta dhaqaalaha ee Turkiga waxayna si kalsooni leh u xadeysaa xuduudaha u dhexeeya Aasiya iyo Yurub sidii ay ahayd millenniyo: tani waa natiijada markaad isku darsato Masiixiyiintii hore, magaalo weyn oo casri ah iyo Bariga Dhexe casriga ah.