If you are standing at the edge of Europe and are looking towards Asia, and a bridge is visible across blue waters as boats cross your line of vision, you are likely standing in the city of many names — Istanbul.
Byzantium,Constantinople, Istanbul. Once the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and later of the Ottoman Empire, this city is a collector of stories. Rich in architecture and archaeology, Istanbul enthrals with its coloured past. But like many other urban settlements, it’s pulse runs through its water channel — the Bosphorus.