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Istanbul

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Istanbul , city (1990 pop. 6,748,435), capital of Istanbul prov., NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus at its entrance into the Sea of Marmara. Its name was officially changed from Constantinople to Istanbul in 1930; before AD 330 it was known as Byzantium. (For the history of the city, see Byzantium and Constantinople .) The Modern City One of the great historic cities of the world, Istanbul is the chief city and seaport of Turkey as well as its commercial, industrial, and financial center. Manufactures include textiles, glass, shoes, motor vehicles, ships, and cement. The European... Read more
Constantinople

Constantinople , former capital of the Byzantine Empire and of the Ottoman Empire , since 1930 officially called Istanbul (for location and description, see Istanbul ). It was founded (AD 330) at ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine I, after whom it was ...

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Istanbul

Istanbul City and seaport in nw Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus , partly in Europe and partly in Asia, at the entrance to the Sea of Marmara. The city was founded by Greek colonists in the 7th century bc . It was known as Byzantium until ad 330 when Constantine I chose it as the capital ...

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THE VIEW FROM INSIDE ISTANBUL FEELING OUT OF PLACE IN A CITY WITH TWO FACES
; Though Istanbul is often the subject of literary exploration...the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul: Memories and the City" stands out. Tracing...author's life, Pamuk's description of Istanbul becomes insightful, eclectic, whimsical... Read more
Istanbul film 2005
; WITH ISTANBUL TALES winning the prestigious National...more interesting offerings being set in Istanbul - this year, the city itself became the...Berlin winners in style and content. Istanbul Tales contains five interconnected stories... Read more
Istanbul sets sights on fashion heights
; ISTANBUL, Turkey: The fashion world has long taken advantage of...creating its own labels. It has an ambitious goal: To make Istanbul one of the world's top fashion cities. Soon. In the industrial...Nisantasi. Nisantasi is where Ozlem Suer, a favourite of Istanbul society, creates her elaborate clothing. ... Read more
From Constantinople to Istanbul two sources on the historical folklore of a city.(Critical Essay)
; THIS PAPER EXPLORES the folklore of Istanbul at the end of the nineteenth century, based on two...Mehmet Halit Bayri (1896-1958) under the title of Istanbul Folkoru (Folklore of Istanbul). (2) This work is not easily accessible but does... Read more
ISTANBUL: MEMORIES OF A CITY
; Lament for lost beauties ISTANBUL: MEMORIES OF A CITY by Orhan Pamuk Faber...political and the personal: the history of Istanbul with the early years of its most famous living writer. Born in Istanbul in 1952, to a large, quarrelsome family... Read more
Istanbul
; Von Istanbul bis Istanbul ist weit ist weit geworden mein Weg wohin nach Istanbul ist schmal ist breit wie Istanbul und Bosporus fliet in mir in meinen Adem nur Blut salzig und ohne ein Blau wie das Meer die Windmuhlen drehen sich nicht mehr in... Read more
Istanbul Gives IOC a Civic Duty Vantage Point
; ...Herald Tribune 01-04-1997 As if in secret, Istanbul is readying itself to host the 2004 Olympics...stunning Olympics, all right, provided Istanbul wins them. The city says it has invested...September. Eleven cities are bidding, with Istanbul an outsider behind the apparent favorites... Read more
Istanbul's crosscurrents of past and future
; ...published first volume of memoirs, ''Istanbul: Memories and the City,'' Orhan Pamuk...and amusement that he now encounters Istanbul's latest, 21st-century incarnation, as...this melancholy city you talk about? My Istanbul is a sunny place.'''Istanbul, of course... Read more
Youthful Istanbul most `European' part of Turkey.
; Byline: Ken Dilanian ISTANBUL, Turkey _ It's midnight at Roxy, and a young, eclectic crowd...in Anatolia, the Asian portion of Turkey that lies east of Istanbul _ then Istanbul is the epicenter of its Europeanness, a potent symbol of its... Read more
W Hotel Opens in Istanbul.
; ...CLOSE-UP-12 May 2008-W Hotel Opens in Istanbul(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia...this week with the grand opening of W Istanbul. A glittering tower amidst gilded domes and minarets, W Istanbul embodies the multicultural and financial... Read more

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