伊斯坦布尔坐落在伊斯坦布尔海峡,即博斯普鲁斯海峡南端与马尔马拉海交会处的两岸地段,是世界上唯一一座地跨欧亚两洲的国际大都市。它是土耳其最大的城市和港口,人口总数超过1200万。历史上曾是显赫一时的罗马帝国、拜占庭帝国和奥斯曼帝国的首都,时间总共长达1600多年,这在世界史上拥有无以伦比的时间跨度;并冠以掷地有声 Istanbul is situated on both sides of the Istanbul Strait, the crossroads of the southern end of the Bosporus Strait and the Marmara Sea. It is the only international metropolis in the world that crosses Europe and Asia. It is Turkey’s largest city and port, with a population of more than 12 million. Historically a prominent moment of the Roman Empire, the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire, which lasted for a total of more than 1600 years, has an unparalleled time horizon in world history;