Istanbul

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Istanbul is a transcontinental metropolis straddling Europe and Asia, renowned as Turkey’s cultural and economic hub and for its rich history as the former capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.


Statements (70)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
metropolis
transcontinental city
areaTotalKm2 approximately 5340
callingCode +90 212
+90 216
climate Mediterranean-influenced oceanic climate
humid subtropical climate
continent Asia
Europe
country Turkey
crosses Bosphorus Strait
currentCapitalOf none
demonym Istanbullu
formerName Byzantium
Constantinople
Nova Roma
foundedAs Byzantium
foundingCenturyBC 7th century BC
governingBody Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
hasAirport Istanbul Airport
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
hasLandmark Basilica Cistern
Blue Mosque
Bosporus Bridge
Dolmabahce Palace
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
Galata Tower
Grand Bazaar
Hagia Sophia
Suleymaniye Mosque
Topkapi Palace
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
hasPart Asian side of Istanbul
European side of Istanbul
hasSisterCity Berlin
Rio de Janeiro
Shanghai
hasSportsClub Besiktas JK
Fenerbahce SK
Galatasaray SK
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Historic Areas of Istanbul
hasUniversity Bogazici University
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul University
isCapitalOf Byzantine Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
Istanbul Province
Latin Empire
Ottoman Empire
isCulturalCenterOf Turkey
isEconomicCenterOf Turkey
isLargestCityIn Europe by population within city limits
Turkey
isNotCapitalOf Republic of Turkey
leaderTitle Mayor of Istanbul
locatedIn Turkey
locatedNear Black Sea
locatedOn Bosphorus Strait
Golden Horn
Sea of Marmara
officialLanguage Turkish
partOf Marmara Region
population over 15 million
populationRankInTurkey 1
renamedAsConstantinopleBy Constantine the Great
renamedAsIstanbulOfficiallyInTurkey 1930
timeZone TRT
utcOffset +03:00
vehicleRegistrationCode 34

Referenced by (336)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Basilica Cistern
Blue Mosque
Bosporus
Boğaziçi University
Church of the Holy Apostles ("Constantinople")
Church of the Holy Apostles
Dolmabahce Palace
Fenerbahçe SK
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray SK ("European side of Istanbul")
Golden Horn
Grand Bazaar
Historic Areas of Istanbul
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul University
Kadıköy
Marmara University
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Ottoman Military College
Ottoman Military College ("Constantinople")
Ottoman Parliament
Ottoman Parliament ("Constantinople")
Phanar district of Istanbul
Rustem Pasha Mosque
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
Suleymaniye Mosque
Theodosian Walls ("Constantinople")
Theodosian Walls
Topkapi Palace
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
İstanbul İmam Hatip High School
Şehzade Mosque
locatedIn
Ahmet Burak Erdoğan
Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Constantina ("Constantinople")
Edip Cansever
Emine Erdoğan
Empress Licinia Eudoxia ("Constantinople")
Esra Erdoğan
Jerome ("Constantinople")
John Cassian ("Constantinople")
John VIII Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Mayor of Istanbul
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan
Nectarius of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
Omar Pasha
Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Veli Kanık
Orhan Çelebi ("Constantinople")
Pyotr Wrangel ("Constantinople")
Sait Faik Abasıyanık
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
Symeon the New Theologian ("Constantinople")
Sümeyye Erdoğan
Theodore II Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Turgut Uyar
residence
Arius ("Constantinople")
Constantine XI Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Helena Dragaš ("Constantinople")
Manuel II Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Meletius of Antioch ("Constantinople")
Nectarius of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
Orhan Çelebi ("Constantinople")
Pulcheria ("Constantinople")
Saint Isaac of Dalmatia ("Constantinople")
Sait Faik Abasıyanık
Sultan Abdülmecid I
Talal of Jordan
Tevfik Fikret
Tribonian ("Constantinople")
Yaşar Kemal
Zeno ("Constantinople")
deathPlace
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Alexandros Mavrokordatos ("Constantinople")
Calouste Gulbenkian
Daron Acemoglu
Edip Cansever
Elia Kazan ("Constantinople")
Elia Kazan
Halide Edib Adıvar
John VIII Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Mehmed VI
Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Veli Kanık
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Sümeyye Erdoğan
Thomas Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
placeOfBirth
Ahmet Ertegun
Constantine VI ("Constantinople")
Constantine XI Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Elia Kazan
Empress Licinia Eudoxia ("Constantinople")
Enver Pasha
Gregory Palamas ("Constantinople")
Mahmud II
Manuel II Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Sultan Abdülmecid I
Tevfik Fikret
Theodore II Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
birthPlace
Basil II ("Constantinople")
Byzantine Empire ("Constantinople")
Emperor of the Romans ("Constantinople")
Latin Empire ("Constantinople")
Ottoman Empire ("Constantinople")
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman dynasty ("Constantinople")
Ottoman dynasty
Ottoman sultan
Palaiologos dynasty ("Constantinople")
Roman Empire ("Constantinople")
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Zeno ("Constantinople")
capital
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Attilâ İlhan ("İstanbul")
Constantine IV ("Constantinople")
Edip Cansever
Halide Edib Adıvar
John VIII Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Justinian I ("Constantinople")
Marcian ("Constantinople")
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Orhan Veli Kanık
Oğuz Atay
Turgut Uyar
Ziya Gökalp
placeOfDeath
Attilâ İlhan ("İstanbul")
Dorotheus ("Constantinople")
Edgar Manas
Hans Reichenbach
Marcian ("Constantinople")
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mimar Sinan
Osman Zeki Üngör
Theophilus ("Constantinople")
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ("Constantinople")
Tribonian ("Constantinople")
Yaşar Kemal
İlhan Berk
workLocation
Beşiktaş JK
Bosporus Bridge
East–West Schism ("Constantinople")
First Council of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
Galata Tower
Hagia Sophia
Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Second Council of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
Siege of Constantinople 1422 ("Constantinople")
Tanzimat
Third Council of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
Third Council of Constantinople ("modern-day Istanbul")
location
2005 UEFA Champions League Final
Basilica Cistern
Beşiktaş JK
Bosporus Bridge
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray SK
Grand Bazaar
Istanbul Technical University
St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar
Suleymaniye Mosque
Şehzade Mosque
city
Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Organization of Turkic States ("Istanbul, Turkey")
Ottoman Army
Patriarchate of Constantinople
TAV Airports
Turkish Airlines
headquartersLocation
Byzantine architecture ("Constantinople")
Constantina ("Constantinople")
Helena ("Constantinople")
Nedim
Zaganos Pasha ("Constantinople")
associatedWith
John VIII Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Mehmed II
Theodosius I ("Constantinople")
Ziya Gökalp
burialPlace
Beşiktaş JK ("Beşiktaş, Istanbul")
Mimar Davud Agha
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
basedIn
Golden Horn
Istanbul Airport
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
cityServed
Constantinian dynasty ("Constantinople")
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Late Byzantine period ("Constantinople")
hasCapital
Giovanni Giustiniani ("Constantinople")
Pyrrhus of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
Saint Isaac of Dalmatia ("Constantinople")
placeOfActivity
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Mayor of Istanbul
appliesToJurisdiction
2020 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXIX Olympiad
bidCity
Constantine the Great ("Constantinople")
Mehmed II ("Constantinople")
capitalMovedTo
John VIII Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
Justinian I ("Constantinople")
capitalOfRealm
Mehmed II ("Constantinople")
Ottoman Empire ("Constantinople")
captured
Via Egnatia ("Constantinople")
Via Egnatia
endPoint
Janissaries
Republic of Venice (local forces) ("Constantinople")
garrison
Bosporus
Sea of Marmara
hasCoastlineCity
Amsterdam
Kazan
hasSisterCity
Beşiktaş JK
Fenerbahçe SK
homeCity
Constantinople III
Sack of Constantinople in 1204
locatedInPresentDay
Evagrius Ponticus ("Constantinople")
Serpent Column ("Constantinople")
movedTo
Body of Civil Law ("Constantinople")
Codex Justinianus ("Constantinople")
placeOfCompilation
Byzantium
Fourth Council of Constantinople
presentDayLocation
Gregory of Nazianzus ("Constantinople")
Maximus the Confessor ("Constantinople")
regionOfActivity
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
seat
Emperor of the Romans ("Constantinople")
Roman emperors ("Constantinople")
seatOfGovernment
Eutychius of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
John Chrysostom ("Constantinople")
see
Patriarchate of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
Patriarchate of Constantinople
seeCity
Inferno (film)
The World Is Not Enough
setIn
From Russia, with Love
My Name Is Red
settingLocation
Treaty of Constantinople (1913) ("Constantinople")
Treaty of Constantinople (1913)
signedIn
Medieval Greek ("Constantinople")
Ottoman Turkish
standardizedIn
Constantinople III ("Constantinople")
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD ("Constantinople")
tookPlaceIn
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
administers
Ottoman culture
associatedWithCapital
2008 Summer Olympics
biddingCity
Sea of Marmara
borders
Constantine the Great ("Constantinople")
burialCity
Islamic Caliphates
capitalAtVariousTimes
Marmara Region
capitalCityOfRegion
Suleiman the Magnificent
capitalDuringReign
Digest ("Constantinople")
capitalOfOrigin
Byzantine Empire ("Constantinople")
capitalRenamedTo
Ottoman architecture
centeredInCity
Byzantine Rite ("Constantinople")
centerOfDevelopment
Hagia Sophia ("Constantinople")
cityAtConstruction
Konya High-Speed Train Station
connectsTo
Asia
containsMajorCity
Latin Empire ("Constantinople")
controlled
Nestorianism ("Constantinople")
controversyLocation
John Cassian ("Constantinople")
countryOfActivity
Serpent Column
currentLocation
Pope Vigilius ("Constantinople")
detainedIn
Basil of Caesarea ("Constantinople")
educatedAt
Wrangel government in Crimea ("Constantinople")
evacuatedTo
The Innocents Abroad ("Constantinople")
featuresLocation
Argo
filmingLocationsInclude
2010 FIBA World Championship
finalCity
Byzantium ("Constantinople")
followedBy
Istanbul ("Constantinople")
formerName
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ("Constantinople")
formerSeat
Constantine the Great ("Constantinople")
foundedCity
Black Sea Economic Cooperation
foundingLocation
Ottoman air units
garrisonLocation
Nicene Creed ("Constantinople")
geographicOrigin
Byzantine architecture ("Constantinople")
geographicRegion
Central Powers ("Constantinople")
hasCapitalOfMember
İstanbul İmam Hatip High School
hasCity
Islamic world
hasCulturalCenter
Jewish printing
hasImportantCenter
Gunpowder Empires
hasKeyEmpireCapital
Marmara Region
hasLargestCity
Middle East
hasMajorCity
Marmara Region
hasMajorPortCity
Europe
hasMostPopulousCity
Islamic astronomy
hasNotableCenter
German Archaeological Institute
hasOffice
Istanbul ("European side of Istanbul")
hasPart
Almaty
hasTwinCity
Romaniote Jews ("Constantinople")
historicalCenter
2010 FIBA World Championship
hostCity
TRT ("Europe/Istanbul")
IANAZoneName
Arabic calligraphy
importantCenter
Marmara Region
includesCity
Yalova
isNear
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
isOneOfMainAirportsOf
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
isSecondaryAirportOf
Turkey
largestCity
Anatolia
largestCityOnItsEdge
Byzantium
laterKnownAs
St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar ("Istanbul metropolitan area")
locatedInMetropolitanArea
Boğaziçi University ("European side of Istanbul")
locatedOn
Edirne
locatedWestOf
Council of Chalcedon
locationNowIn
Order of the Crescent
locationOfEstablishment
Silk Road routes ("Constantinople")
majorCityOnRoute
Mediterranean trade routes ("Constantinople")
majorPort
Eastern Mediterranean
majorPortCity
Empress Licinia Eudoxia ("Constantinople")
marriagePlace
Chalcedon
modernLocation
Istanbul Airport ("city of Istanbul")
namedAfter
Bosporus
nearCity
Patriarch Athenagoras I
officeLocation
Istanbul Convention
openedForSignatureAt
Chalcedon ("Constantinople")
oppositeShoreCity
Asian side of Istanbul
partOf
Michael I Cerularius ("Constantinople")
placeOfBurial
Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters ("Constantinople")
placeOfIssue
Corpus Juris Civilis ("Constantinople")
placeOfOrigin
Institutes ("Constantinople")
placeOfPublication
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
placeOfWork
Treaty of Constantinople of 1832
placeSigned
Turks
populationCenter
Byzantium ("Constantinople")
refoundedAs
Mehmed II ("Constantinople as Istanbul (administrative capital)")
renamed
Constantine XI Palaiologos ("Constantinople")
ruledFrom
Ottoman authorities
seatOfCentralAuthority
Yalova
separatedFromBySea
Royal Air Maroc
servesCity
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport ("Istanbul metropolitan area")
servesMetropolitanArea
Tutunamayanlar
setting
Pécs
sharesEuropeanCapitalOfCultureTitleWith
Justinianic Plague ("Constantinople")
spreadTo
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore ("Constantinople")
traveledTo
Ottoman Turkish
usedIn
TRT
usedInMetropolitanArea
Quaker City excursion of 1867 ("Constantinople")
visitedPlace
Sait Faik Abasıyanık
wroteAbout

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