According to European Union statistical foundation Eurostat, Istanbul became the most populated city in Europe. In this list, other Turkish cities Ankara takes the fourth, Izmir takes the ninth place.
Istanbul has a population of 9,898,000 and it is followed by London with 7,429,000, Paris 6,385,000, Ankara 3,402,000, Berlin 3,388,000, Madrid 3,100,000 , Athens 2,884,000, Rome 2,554,000 and Izmir 2,387,000.
It is also stated that 65,000,000 lives in the biggest 26 cities of Europe. Another interesting statistics about burglary and stealing cars. Brussels is the leader in this category and is followed by London and Amsterdam. The most active car stealer cities are from Italy. Turkish cities were not in the first 20.
A view from Istanbul business area – Levent.
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Hope it helped that I recently moved there
Don’t think it matters. I guess the unofficial number of people living in Istanbul would be much higher.
I love Istanbul! I wish I lived there. Maybe some day, God willing.
Istanbul isn’t in Europe.
Yeah Steve and you are from Mars. So there is no problem for no one, have a nice day !
is steve really from mars ?? wow .. welcome to our world ..
Your joking aren’t you Steve? Actually your half right (half of Istanbul is in Europe the other in Asia) but take a minute and study a map.