We just learned about the city of
Shenzhen China.
Let's learn a little about the city of
Istanbul, Turkey!
This city is in Turkey.
It is about 2,500 square kilometers, and about 15 million people live there.
The people in this city mostly speak Turkish.
![istanbul map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Map_of_the_Districts_of_Istanbul.png/640px-Map_of_the_Districts_of_Istanbul.png)
(from: wikipedia -
istanbul)
In Istanbul there is a sports club calls Beşiktaş J.K, that owns a bunch of different sports teams like soccer, basketball, and volleyball.
![besiktas jk](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/BesiktasJK-Logo.svg/366px-BesiktasJK-Logo.svg.png)
(from: wikipedia -
beşiktaş j.k.)
To eat in this city you might have Dolma which is a vegetable leaf filled up with rice, meat or fruit.
![dolma](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Speca_te_mbushura_me_mish.JPG/621px-Speca_te_mbushura_me_mish.JPG)
(from: wikipedia -
dolma)
Visiting this city you might go see dalia beach in the town of Kilyos.
![dalia beach](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Kilyos_Dalia_beach.jpg/640px-Kilyos_Dalia_beach.jpg)
(from: wikipedia -
kilyos)
Under the ground in Istanbul are some cisterns that are big open areas for storing water.
The basilica cistern is over 100,000 square feet and can old over 2 million cubic feet of water.
![basilica cistern](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Basilica_Cistern_after_restoration_2022_%2811%29.jpg/640px-Basilica_Cistern_after_restoration_2022_%2811%29.jpg)
(from: wikipedia -
basilica cistern)
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