
Istanbul, the Sublime Porte, the Second Rome, Gateway to both Europe and Asia, controlling the entrance to both the Black Sea and the Mediterranean from its unbeatable position on the Golden Horn.... Read more »

As the saying goes: “Turkey is too middle-eastern for a westerner, too western for a middle-easterner”. Nowhere does this proverb ring truer than Istanbul. This proud megalopolis (15 million inhabitants as of... Read more »