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Water Body Attractions In Istanbul

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Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center. Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosporus strait between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives on the Asian side. The city is the administrative center of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality , both hosting a population of around 15 million residents. Istanbul is one of the world's most populous cities and ranks as the world's 4th-largest city proper and the larg...
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Water Body Attractions In Istanbul

  • 1. Bosphorus Strait Istanbul
    The Bosporus or Bosphorus is a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey. It forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia, and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey. The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, the Bosporus connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, and, by extension via the Dardanelles, the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Most of the shores of the strait are heavily settled, straddled by the city of Istanbul's metropolitan population of 17 million inhabitants extending inland from both coasts. Together with the Dardanelles, the Bosporus forms the Turkish Straits.
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  • 2. Golden Horn Istanbul
    The Golden Horn , also known by its modern Turkish name as Haliç , is a major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. It is a natural estuary that joins Bosphorus Strait at the immediate point where the strait meets the Sea of Marmara, thus forming the narrow, isolated peninsula constituting Old Istanbul , the tip of which is the promontory of Sarayburnu, or Seraglio Point. The inlet geographically separates the historic center of Istanbul from the rest of the city, and forms a horn-shaped, sheltered harbor that has historically protected Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and other maritime trade ships for thousands of years. While the reference to a horn is understood to refer to the inlet's aerial silhouette, the significance of the designation golden i...
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