Istanbul, Capital of Culture, 2010
It's not a capital city, nor is it yet a part of Europe, but neither fact has stopped Istanbul being named European Capital of Culture 2010 by the EU itself. Why not visit the megalopolis during this important year and find out what makes it special. Although Ankara occupies the place in official records and literature, nobody doubts that the unofficial capital of Turkey is Istanbul - the city known to the ancient Greeks, Persians and Macedonians as Byzantium and which, as Constantinople resisted the Eastern Roman Empire.
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