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Map of the Turkish city on the Bosporus which has for centuries been the connecting link between west and east. Constantinople was the capital city of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the brief Crusader state known as the Latin Empire, and capital as Istanbul of the Ottoman Caliphate. Today, it is the largest city and financial centre of the Republic of Turkey.