Check this out! Interesting Facts About Istanbul

Among the history, the people has immigrated to Constantinapolis of Roman Empire, third Capital of the Ottoman Empire 'Konstantiniyye', from the different cities of different countries. And so they have collected varied cultures in a one city which had all mixed to eachother. Finally it has become to the city of "the most & the first"

1- A historical fact About Istanbul is that was founded on Seven Hills. An interesting fact that ties up with this is that in most local songs you hear a reference to Istanbul's Seven Hill. 

2- A well known, yet an important fact is that Istanbul serves The role of a bridge between two continents: Asia and Europe.

3- Istanbul is surrounded by sea all around with The Bosphorus cutting it through. With so much water around, you May have though that the climate would be mild year round. However, snowfall is actually common in Istanbul. The average annual snowfall is sometimes 18 inches.

 

4- In 2010 Istanbul was of three European Cities of Culture. 

5- A weird fact is that Istanbul has been capital of the Roman Empire, The Byzantine Empire, The Latin Empire and Ottoman empire; yet it isn't the capital city of  Turkey. Ankara is the capital city of Turkey.

6- Grand Bazaar is as it's name also suggests quite "grand". It is the biggest old covered bazaar in the world, with over 3.000 shops. 

7- A very interesting fact about Istanbul is that Agatha Christie wrote her famous novel "murder on 

 the Orient Express" at Pera Palace hotel in Istanbul...

8- Istanbul is as large as Belgium itself with almost the same population number- could be even more crowded... 

9- " Istanbulu'un taşı toprağı altındır. / Istanbul's soil and stone are golden" this is an interesting phrase from the mid 50s that has proud many people out from their villages into Istanbul. 

10- Istanbul is one of the biggest cities of the world, with around 14 million population, which is more than 122 countries aroun the world. 

11- Istanbul has the third oldest subway in the world, built in 1875. It is 573 metres long and located in Tunel neighbourhood at Beyoğlu district. London subway was built in 1863 and New York Subway 1868.