İstanbul in the Early 2020s

İstanbul is the largest city in Turkey. With its sensational, fascinating, and overwhelming atmosphere, this metropolitan city, which has a population exceeding 15 million, serves as the country's economic, cultural, and historic focal point. It is the only city in the world that's extended over two continents, with one of the world's most strategic waterways, the Bosporus Strait, forming the dividing line between Asia and Europe. For over 1,500 years, it was the capital of three major empires: Rome, the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empire. Nowadays, İstanbul is a sprawling, bustling megacity that welcomes an average of 16 million tourists each year. With this book which holds over 200 captivating photographs of the great city taken by the photographer Okan Çınar, readers will get the chance to experience a universal outlook into what daily life was like in İstanbul during the early years of the 2020s.