ISTANBUL

Although thousands of years have passed, Istanbul still maintains its geographical importance. Today Istanbul is a huge metropolis connecting continents, cultures, religions and being home to sixteen million people; and one of the greatest business and cultural center of the region… The main reason of Istanbul’s being a very popular city for which wars are made, lives are lost is its geographical location…
In its south stretches Marmara Sea and in its north is Black Sea. Its west part is in Europe and east part is in   Asia. The important waterline dividing Istanbul into two is the Bosphorus…         

The only alternative to reach the Aegean Sea and the Meditteranean Sea therefore to open sea is to use Istanbul and the Bosphorus…