World Cities: CONSTANTINOPLE (ISTANBUL)

A slide-show of ISTANBUL (Constantinoupolis), Turkey's largest city and former capital of two Empires, Byzantine and Ottoman. Istanbul is a bustling metropolis with a population of approximately 13,000,000 inhabitants, being a "bridge" and a cultural "cross-road" between Europe and Asia.

The music theme (San to Metanasti, "Like an immigrant"), performed by Greek singer George Dalaras, is composed by Turkish song-writer Zulfu Livaneli and the lyrics (in Greek) have been written by Lefteris Papadopoulos.