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11,000,000 (2007)
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| Area |
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1,540 km2
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| Monuments |
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The Egyptian Obelisk ,
The Walled Obelisk ,
The Serpent Column ,
The German Fountain ,
The Goths Column , The Column of the Constantine , The Cistern of Thousand and One Columns |
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| Museums |
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Hagia Sophia Museum ,The Naval Museum , The Museum Of Fine Arts , Sadberk Hanim Museum , The Military Museum , The Museum af The Ancient Orient , The Archeological Museum , Vakiflar Carpet and Kilim Museum , Kariye Museum , The Mosaic Museum , The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
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| Historical places |
Mosques :
The Blue Mosque ,
Valide Mosque , Rustempasa Mosque ,Eyup Sultan Mosque ,
Suleymaniye Mosque ,
Palaces :
Finds of The Great Palace , Tekfur Palace ,
Topkapi Palace , Dolmabahce Palace ,The Tiled Pavilion , The Yildiz Place , The Ciragan Palace , The Beylerbeyi Palace ,
Towers & fortress :
Maiden's Tower Kiz Kulesi ,The Anatolian Fortress , The Rumeli Fortress ,Galata Tower , Leander's Tower , The Seven Towers ,
Churches and Synagogue :
Saint Antoine Church ,
Stephan (bulgarian) Church ,
The Patriarchate of Greek ,
Orthodox Church ,
Surp Krikor Lusarovich Armenian ,
Orthodox Church ,
Assyrian Church ,
The Anglican Church ,
Neve Shalom Synagogue
Others :
The Golden Horn , The Covered Bazaar , The Spice Bazaar , Beyazit Square , Sultan Ahmet Square , The City Walls , The Basilca Cistern ,
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| Area code |
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country code Turkey (+90) : 212 (European side) , 216 (Asian side)
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| Climate |
summers : Hot and humid - winters : cold, rainy and sometimes snowy
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| Map |
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Detailed Istanbul map
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| Geography |
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North-west of Turkey, (Marmara Region) , encloses Bosphorus and placed on two continents: European and Asian Regions
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