https://images.unian.net/pb/003/thumb_files/h_190/309397.jpg Istanbul FILE Grand Bazaar in the city of Istambul (Turkey), on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and 5th largest city proper in the world with a population of 12.8 million, also making it the second largest metropolitan area in Europe by population, and the largest metropolitan city proper. Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural, economic, and financial centre of Turkey. The city covers 39 districts of the Istanbul province. It is located on the Bosphorus. Strait and encompasses the natural harbour known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Trace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) sides of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world that is situated on two continents. Istanbul is a designated alpha world city. Photo by Dmitriy Stakhovskiy / UNIAN

Grand Bazaar in Istambul

FILE Grand Bazaar in the city of Istambul (Turkey), on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and 5th largest city proper in the world with a population of 12.8 million, also making it the second largest metropolitan area in Europe by population, and the largest metropolitan city proper. Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural, economic, and financial centre of Turkey. The city covers 39 districts of the Istanbul province. It is located on the Bosphorus. Strait and encompasses the natural harbour known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Trace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) sides of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world that is situated on two continents. Istanbul is a designated alpha world city. Photo by Dmitriy Stakhovskiy / UNIAN

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