Guide Istanbul - Your tour guide Mine Karahan

Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey and the third largest city in the world. The city covers 27 districts of the Istanbul province. It is located on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world which is situated on two continents. In its long history, Istanbul served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Culture for 2010. The historic areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.

Istanbul is a cultural heaven which amazes you by having contradictions as classical and modern, happy and sad, developed and underdeveloped, cute and ugly at the same time. Istanbul carries the blood of the Mediterranean as well as the atmosphere of Asian and Arabic influences. So, in order to observe all these contradictions and make your own judgement, you need to pick the best itinerary which suits most to your preferences…

The itinenaries shown below are MY OWN itineraries which I believe that after seeing them all, you can confidently say “I saw Istanbul and know a lot about it!”