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Baklava, probably developed in the imperial kitchens of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul Republic Day celebrations on the Bosporus in Istanbul Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. Art in Istanbul Istanbul in art / Paintings of Istanbul; Public art in Istanbul Akdeniz; The Feeler
Istanbul [b] is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic , cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey , [ 3 ] and is the most populous city in Europe [ c ] and ...
Map of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), designed in 1422 by Florentine cartographer Cristoforo Buondelmonti. This is the oldest surviving map of the city, and the only surviving map that predates the Turkish conquest of 1453. The Bosporus is visible along the right-hand side of the map, wrapping vertically around the historic city.
Istanbul-I (Thrace) TR-34 TR100 212 Istanbul Istanbul-II (Anatolia) TR-34 TR100 216 Istanbul İzmir: TR-35 TR310 232 Aegean Kahramanmaraş: TR-46 TR632 344 Mediterranean Karabük: TR-78 TR812 370 West Black Sea Karaman: TR-70 TR522 338 West Anatolia Kars: TR-36 TRA22 474 Northeast Anatolia Kastamonu: TR-37 TR821 366 West Black Sea Kayseri: TR ...
{{Image label begin | image = Australia location map recolored.png | alt = Australia map. Western Australia in the west third with capital Perth, Northern Territory in the north center with capital Darwin, Queensland in the northeast with capital Brisbane, South Australia in the south with capital Adelaide, New South Wales in the northern southeast with capital Sydney, and Victoria in the far ...
Russia, or "the Russian Federation," is a nation of Europe. The "Northern Asia" name is unofficially recognized; for example, the UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names includes an Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division. "Northern Asia" comes from traditional usage, which divides Europe from Asia at the Ural Mountains.
name = Istanbul Name used in the default map caption; image = Turkey Istanbul location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 41.619888 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 40.796666 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 27.941666 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal ...
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...