“If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.”

Alphonse de Lamartine

“Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.”

Christian Louboutin

“If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.”

Napoleon Bonaparte

“Istanbul owes its extraordinary situation to Golden Horn, Marmara Sea and The Bosphorus.”

Andrea Horn

“Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archaeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same admiration. The whole world thinks that this city is the most beautiful place on earth.”

Edmondo De Amicis

“On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland,

the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation,

İstanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens.”

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk