Istanbul

Speech parts

1. Istanbul - Noun

2. Istanbul - Proper noun

Meaning

the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church

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Examples

Istanbul these days has as much dynamism as New York. Genco Gulan

The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community. Otto Schily

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. Alphonse de Lamartine

Ayşe Erkoç learned long ago that the secret of doing anything illicit in Istanbul is to do it in full public gaze in the clear light of day. No one ever questions the legitimacy of the blatant. Ian McDonald

Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture. Orhan Pamuk

I found that the loudest fans in the world are in Istanbul. Roger Waters

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