Instanbul
Instanbul, Konstantinopel
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 [največje mesto in nekdanja prestolnica Turčije; zgrajeno na mestu antičnega Bizanca s strani Konstantina I. v 4. stoletju; preimenoval ga je v Konstantinopel in naredil za prestolnico Bizantinskega cesarstva; danes je sedež Vzhodne pravoslavne cerkve]