Few cities stir the adventurer’s soul as Istanbul – that vast, sprawling mass straddling Europe and Asia which acts as a strategic key to the Dardanelles, Bosphorus, and the Black Sea.
From the name changes of Byzantium to Constantinople, Istanbul’s history is almost as ancient (though not quite) as Australia’s.
War has been a regular companion.
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