[NorthMountain]

It wasn’t always “Istanbul”. And it wasn’t always under the bootheel of mohammedans.

[dfwgator]

Only a fool goes to Istanbul,
It is decadent, wicked and sinful,

But it’s better than here,
‘Cos they sell their beer,
Like bananas a 4p a skinful!

-Benny Hill

[lightman]

It was Byzantium first...

[Rummyfan]

It wasn’t always “Istanbul”. And it wasn’t always under the bootheel of mohammedans.

Indeed. Constantinople. But even then it was Orthodox.