Istanbul, the former capital of the Ottoman sultans looks timewarped, with its exotic, silhouetted mosques, but its bars, clubs and fashion restaurants brim with 21st-century sex appeal…
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey. It is among the largest cities in the world by population within city limits. Istanbul is a transcontinental city, straddling the Bosphorus; one of the world's busiest waterway in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.