The largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Examples for "Stambul "
Examples for "Stambul "
1 Not a man in all Stambul would care to look at you.
2 What a noise, what a commotion in the streets of Stambul !
3 The host is coming to Stambul ! - that was a word of terror.
4 Far to the west are seen the towers on the old wall of Stambul .
5 As a child Fatima Hanum played in one of the narrow streets of Stambul .
1 The truly gifted flourish only in the by-ways of Pera and Stamboul .
2 Just before she left Constantinople she saw him in Stamboul by chance.
3 All hail the new viceroy sent us by our master in Stamboul !
4 Come for me at ten, will you, and we'll drive to Stamboul .
5 Nobody here doubts that we are in full favor at Stamboul .
1 After a debate on the matter in Constantinople , Justinian consulted the pope.
2 Russian steamer to Baku; rail to Batoum; steamer to Constantinople and India.
3 He died in Constantinople in 1205 and was buried in S. Sofia.
4 The loss of Constantinople ratcheted up the religious content of Christian rhetoric.
5 The women have won the unbounded admiration of the British in Constantinople .
1 Shahristani was speaking at a presentation to international energy companies in Istanbul .
2 The company would also have another hotel investment at Istanbul 's new airport.
3 Jeremy Bowen reports from Istanbul on the challenge to the Turkish leadership.
4 The two were later brought to Istanbul for legal procedures, it said.
5 Other research trips have taken him to China, Istanbul , Algeria, and Malta.
6 Istanbul 's index of bank stocks is down 40 percent this year .XBANK.
7 But events in Istanbul probably exposed their challenge for what it is.
8 The consulate and German school in Istanbul were also closed, it said.
9 He came to me before I left Istanbul and offered his services.
10 The Istanbul municipality said that metro services were halted after the explosion.
11 There were also reports of continuing stand-offs in other parts of Istanbul .
12 The article ' Istanbul by night' was published in partnership with Lonely Planet.
13 Istanbul is best known for its centuries-old architecture and unique east-meets-west dynamic.
14 Without you I likely wouldn't have been successful in Rome or Istanbul .
15 Pope Francis will meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul late this month.
16 Meanwhile, thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied again in Istanbul 's Taksim Square.
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