Constantinople (tur)

Constantinople

Constantinople ranks 44th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Belgrade, Mexico City, and Warsaw. Memorable people born in Constantinople include Mihrimah Sultan, Ahmed II, and Mehmed V. Memorable people who died in Constantinople include Kösem Sultan, Murad IV, and Mustafa I. Constantinople has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many politicians and religious figures. Constantinople is located in Turkey.

Constantinople became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th century, Constantinople remained the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). Following the Turkish War of Independence, the Turkish capital then moved to Ankara. Officially renamed Istanbul in 1930, the city is today the largest city in Europe, straddling the Bosporus strait and lying in both Europe and Asia, and the financial centre of Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia