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I question whether leaving it in the category of Asian cities is appropriate.
'''Istanbul''' is located in [[Turkey (Nation)|Turkey]] and was formerly known as Constantinople.
'''Istanbul''' is located in [[Turkey (Nation)|Turkey]] and was formerly known as Constantinople.
Constantinople was the magnificent city that served as the capital of the eastern half of the [[Roman Empire]]. Formerly the city of [[Byzantium]], Constantine renamed it as Constantinople in A.D. 330. It was designed to be the Rome of the East. It was conquered by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II in 1453. It served as the capital of the [[Ottoman Empire]] until the Empire was destroyed by the [[World War I|First World War]].
Constantinople was the magnificent city that served as the capital of the eastern half of the [[Roman Empire]], later the Byzantine Empire. Formerly the city of [[Byzantium]], [[Constantine]] renamed it Constantinople (a derived form of "Constantinopolis") in A.D. 330. It was designed to be the Rome of the East, and served that purpose for roughly 1000 years after the fall of Rome itself. It was conquered by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II in 1453. It served as the capital of the [[Ottoman Empire]] until the Empire was destroyed by the [[World War I|First World War]].
[[Category:Turkey]]
[[Category:Turkey]]
[[Category:Asian Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Asian Cities and Towns]]