The only place that "I feel home". Everybody wants to leave the known faces and known faces behind one day, and I can leave any face any place behind but Istanbul... it's my addiction.
And it's strange that people around the world is more likely to know the name of the city -Istanbul- more than the country Turkey.
It is like knowing Chicago and thinking that it's a state rather than a city of the state Illinois.
Yes, it used to be the capital of Turkey but back in the history it was shifted to Ankara which was a safer place geographically and strategically.
And it's strange that people around the world is more likely to know the name of the city -Istanbul- more than the country Turkey.
It is like knowing Chicago and thinking that it's a state rather than a city of the state Illinois.
Yes, it used to be the capital of Turkey but back in the history it was shifted to Ankara which was a safer place geographically and strategically.
by Godmotha August 24, 2006
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The hottest placeon Earth! Even though there's a lot of poverty (especially child-poverty) and homeless people, it's a place that means the world to people, who have lived there. Honestly, it's a place that' ll touch you, if you visit it one day. There's a great atmosphere and it's probably the only city on Earth, where old asian culture and modern western culture has a nice balance. A lot of great mosques and historical places to visit.
Oh, and by the way: IT*S ISTANBUL! NOT CONSTANTINOPEL!! OK?! SHOUT IT: ISTANBUL!!!!
Oh, and by the way: IT*S ISTANBUL! NOT CONSTANTINOPEL!! OK?! SHOUT IT: ISTANBUL!!!!
A: Istanbul use to be the capital city of Turkey, but now it's another city called Ankara.
B: In Istanbul there's a place called The Grand Bazaar, where you can buy nice fake watches for dirt cheap prizes.
B: In Istanbul there's a place called The Grand Bazaar, where you can buy nice fake watches for dirt cheap prizes.
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Was Constantinople,
Now it's Istanbul not,
Constantinople.
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople she'll be waiting in Istanbul
Was Constantinople,
Now it's Istanbul not,
Constantinople.
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople she'll be waiting in Istanbul
guy 1: wasn't Istanbul Constantinople?
Guy 2: yes, but now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Guy 3:Been a long time gone, Constantinople...
Guy 1: Why did Constantinople get the works?
Guy 2: That's nobody's business but the Turks!
Guy 2: yes, but now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Guy 3:Been a long time gone, Constantinople...
Guy 1: Why did Constantinople get the works?
Guy 2: That's nobody's business but the Turks!
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Poor Kitty Genovese Jr was killed because none of the twenty people filming her murder used their phones to call 911. Textbook iStander Effect.
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