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Line 1: − + − She'll be waiting in Istanbul. Even old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it I can't say. People just liked it better that way. So take me back to Constantinople. No, you can't go back to Constantinople. Been a long time gone, Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks − − It is located in [[Turkey (Nation)|Turkey]].
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[[File:Saint Sophia Turkey.jpg|thumb|Saint Sophia.]]
[[File:Saint Sophia Turkey.jpg|thumb|Saint Sophia.]]
'''Istanbul''' was [[Constantinople]] now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. Been a long time gone, Constantinople. Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night. Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople
'''Istanbul''' is the largest city in [[Turkey]] and amongst the largest of cities in the world, with a population nearing 13 million. For the most part, Istanbul is located in the European part of Turkey, Thrace, but extends into parts of Asia-Minor. While [[Ankara]] is the formal capital of Turkey, Istanbul is largely considered the cultural and financial capital of the nation. Throughout its history, Istanbul has been a major city, known as Byzantium to the ancient Greeks, and Constantinople to the Romans.
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]].
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]].