(I wrote this back in 2010, but happily share it again - though President Erdogan has moved the city backwards by a lot since I wrote this - it's a shame, he's sold the collective property of the Turkish people to his capitalist buddies, re-Islamicized society, and gone to great lengths to undo the amazing work of Kamal Ataturk)
A short version of Istanbul's long history
A short version of Istanbul's long history
A short version of Istanbul's long history
(I wrote this back in 2010, but happily share it again - though President Erdogan has moved the city backwards by a lot since I wrote this - it's a shame, he's sold the collective property of the Turkish people to his capitalist buddies, re-Islamicized society, and gone to great lengths to undo the amazing work of Kamal Ataturk)