“I have never been attached to just one place. I don’t feel like that my home is the city where I was born.”
As the sixth largest city in the world – with over 15 million inhabitants and over 150km of straight city – it’s sort of impossible to comprehend how big Istanbul really is. Founded as Byzantium (an Ancient Greek city) in the seventh century B.C., this famous stronghold then became Constantinople in 330 AD when it was rebuilt by Constantine the Great, and served as the capital for four different empires (Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman) during which time it played a role in the advancement of Christianity, before transforming into an Islamic state and the center of the last caliphate. Now, under the name of Istanbul, it’s the worlds fifth most popular tourist destination which explains the thousands upon thousands of hotels, resorts, restaurants, and bars which make up the perpetually crowded downtown.
The Wandering Nomads 