One City, Two Continents.

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Get an aerial tour of some of the most well-known landmarks of Istanbul, Turkey in this excellent piece by AirVuz contributor and pilot gokhanakman. The video opens with shots of the newest and oldest of the three Bosphorus bridges: the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge and 15th July Martyrs Bridge, respectively. Then it's on to Galata Tower, the near-adjacent Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosques (the former now being a museum), the Küçük Çamlıca TV tower, the modern hilltop Çamlıca Mosque, Maiden's Tower, and more.

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Istanbu, formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural and historic center. Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosporus strait (which separates Europe and Asia) between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives in suburbs on the Asian side of the Bosporus. With a total population of around fifteen million residents in its metropolitan area, Istanbul is one of the world's largest cities, ranking as the world's fifth-largest city proper and the largest city in Europe. The city is the administrative centre of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (coterminous with Istanbul Province).