1. stanbul was the capital of various empires for about 2500 years. Today it is not the capital but it is the most important city of Turkey and one of the biggest cities of the world with different nations and 14 million population. stanbul, one of the oldest cities of the world, was the capital of Roman Empire between 330 395, of Byzantine Empire between 395 - 1204 , of Latin Empire between 1204 1261, of late Byzantine Empire between 1261 1453 and finally of Ottoman Empire between 1453 1922.

2. stanbul is the unique city of which lands are both on Asia, the east side and on Europe, the west side. 3. stanbulwas the European Capital of Culture in 2010. The historical areas of stanbul were added to the List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1985. 4. a cosmopolitan city, stanbul has been hosting different cultures, societies and people on its magnificent landscape. As 5. stanbulunites different lifestyles, cultures, religions, languages, cuisines, values and traditions. 6. stanbulis as important as the holy religions city of Jerusalem because it has also had a peaceful atmosphere for all religions. People have been performing their religious exercises freely. 7. Youcan see churches, synagogues and mosques in the same neighbourhood. 8. stanbul different sects of Christians such as Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Assyrian, Jewish such as Sephardic, Ashkenaz, Karaites, Islam Jesuits and many others have their own temples, schools, graveyards. In 9. stanbulis a cultural city of different nations such as Turk, Kurd, Circassian, Greek, Armenian, Jew. 10. Sahakyan Nunyan Armenian School ThereFener Greek High Schoolare 22 schools of different ethnical minorities. 16 of these schools belong to Armenian, 5 of them belong to Greek and 1 of them belongs to Jew. 4200 students study in these schools. 11. stanbul more than 26.000 foreign students from 147 different countries study at universities. This makes stanbul still a multicultural city. In 12. stanbulcombines past and future beside Bosphorus. It has a rich past and will have a rich, multicultural and colourful future. 13. Historical Sights of stanbulTopkap Palace The house of Ottoman Empire 14. Dolmabahe Palace 15. raan Palace 16. Castles 17. Hagia SophiaHagia Sophia was used as a church for 916 years, as a mosque for 481 years and has been used as a museum since 1935. It is a very important architectural building. 18. Obelisk of TheodosiusIt had been built in front of a temple in B.C.1500 in Eygpt and brought to stanbul in 390. 19. Covered Bazaar It was built in 1481 to endow for Hagia Sophia by Mehmed the Conqueror. 20. Bozdoan Water Channels These channels are thought to have been built to bring water to the city in the period of Roman Empire by Hadrianus(117-138) 21. The Modern Face of stanbul 22. stanbul is one of the major cities of the world with different nations, cultures and religions having a common dream of living peacefully.