Welcome to Istanbul - Page 3

Alemaria · #41 Posted **Jan 21, 2010, 7:16 PM**

I never get tired of seeing pictures of my favourite city.

boden · #42 Posted **Jan 21, 2010, 10:35 PM**

Spectacular! East meets west, old meets new, and that water....so gorgeous!
Beautiful thread. Post more!

LSyd · #43 Posted **Jan 21, 2010, 10:37 PM**

awesome. some shots remind me vaguely of San Antonio, some of Paris.

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Nightsky · #44 Posted **Jan 22, 2010, 12:25 AM**

Incredible mix of old and modern!

chevy064 · #45 Posted **Jan 22, 2010, 3:23 PM**

How many people who opened this thread expected to see shimmering skyscrapers, modern shopping malls, beautiful waterfront homes and an otherwise ultra-modern look?

I am not afraid to admit that when I clicked the thread - I was expecting something much older and not near as modern.

Very cool and makes me want to vacation there someday.

OhioGuy · #46 Posted **Jan 25, 2010, 10:43 PM**

So much history there. It would be an amazing place to visit. Thanks for the great photos!

muppet · #47 Posted **Jan 31, 2010, 6:43 AM**

Really is an amazing city. The whole centre is being restored and pedestrianised, and culturally it's one of the hippest, most pluralistic places on the planet, with shedloads of history, and a turquoise coast. Damascus, San Francisco and Rome rolled into one - with beaches. Its predicted Istanbul, currently skyrocketing up the charts as the 'secret' gets out, will become one of the most visited cities in the world, alongside London, NYC, Paris.

blade_bltz · #48 Posted **Jan 31, 2010, 9:13 AM**

freaking incredible. I must visit.

KarLarRec1 · #49 Posted **Jan 31, 2010, 10:09 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by sopas ej

Greeks still call it that, actually. Well, in modern Greek it's something like Konstantinopuli, or something.

As do Armenians.

It's "Konstantnupolis" in Armenian, or more commonly -- just "polis" (Greek for "city" of course).

A century ago, Istanbul was the center of Armenian life in the Ottoman Empire, hence Armenians' reference to it as THE city. Of course very few Armenians remain in Turkey today...

Boroda · #50 Posted **Jan 31, 2010, 1:22 PM**

Thanks for photos!
Now I know that the old USSR film said true about Istanbul. Film said: Istanbul - it's the city of contrasts.
Now I see, that's really wonderful contrast between old and new, between east and west, between Europe and Asia!
Thanks for the thread again!

Deepstar · #51 Posted **Feb 20, 2010, 11:19 PM**

Amazing photos of an amazing city!

crossword · #52 Posted **Feb 21, 2010, 2:16 AM**

My image about Istanbul has completely changed!
Though I visited there once before about 20 years ago,
still Istanbul is on my top destination list.
Thanks for amazing pictures.

cityscapes · #53 Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 9:01 AM**

some more pictures of mine that i thought might be worth sharing. these show more historic stuff than modern. i really appreciate all of the comments its nice to break some stereotypes

Kingofthehill · #54 Posted **Dec 12, 2010, 3:43 PM**

Istanbul the beautiful.