Great pics fitting for a great city! I love the Roman and Byzantine architecture. It is interesting to think about what would have become of the city if the 4th crusade had not sacked Constantinople but instead attacked the Ottomans. The Romanian Empire (Byzantine was the name given to them by Western Europeans) would not have spent 50 bloody years fighting to take the city back while the Ottomans became a great power. Perhaps Constantinople would have continued to rule its traditional Hellenic heartland around the Aegean Sea. Turkey is a really cool country i would love to visit someday, but i'm a history buff and the Byzantine Empire has a special place in my heart. Sorry for the tangent but Istanbul fascinates me and so does its history.
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Says the pot to the kettle in a moment of self projection
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