Istanbul is the only major city spanning two continents
Istanbul serves as a literal bridge between worlds, standing as the only major metropolis on Earth that extends across both the European and Asian continents.
The Bosphorus Strait splits this historic Turkish city into two halves, physically connecting the East and the West. While most of the population lives on the European side, roughly one-third of the city's fifteen million residents reside in Asia.
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