How Istanbul’s Geography Gave It Power

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Istanbul is one of those places whose geography seems overpowered on first glance, but when you dig a little deeper, you realize it has just as many flaws as it does blessings.
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@KhAnubis Год назад

I started writing this video before the Turkey/Syria earthquake happened, however if you want to help support the relief efforts in the area, here are some charities you can donate to. If you’re Turkish or Syrian yourself, feel free to suggest more charities that you trust in the replies ahbap.org/disasters-turkey events.softgiving.com/donate/HasanAbiForTurkeySyriaEarthquakesFund (easier for people outside Turkey) www.akut.org.tr/en www.unicef.org/emergencies/Syria-Turkiye-earthquake

@chinesevirus-ix3yr Год назад

Censorship, those that censor will be bodied Liberty or your death

@Alvionalx Год назад

👍

@Driga_ Год назад

As a Turkish, I highly advise you to not donate to Akut. It's erdogan's and they will literally steal your money

@yamac2 Год назад

Appreciate you.

@turan2815 Год назад

Why ahbap they do nothing

@lordatc3176 Год назад

That's why Napoleon once said, “If the world were a single state, Constantinople would be its capital.”

@BrightWendigo Год назад

Nah Panama.

@LucidityRemains Год назад

@@BrightWendigo why would it be?

@mrbisshie Год назад

And if you hate the world, you can put the "World's capital" in Venice. lol

@karaqakkzl 10 месяцев назад

if the world were a single state, the Capital is underground because cities can the targeted by aliens through space.

@jaguarmemez 10 месяцев назад

Now it’s New York City

@nenenindonu Год назад

Following the earthquake in the South East there's an ongoing controversy regarding the metropoles fate in a potential earthquake, many argue that the population needs to be reduced and most buildings be evacuated

@ianhomerpura8937 Год назад

iirc they already received a warning back when the Izmit earthquake happened in 1999, as well as past quakes in 1509, 1766, and 1894.

@samwill7259 Год назад

If you found your city on a spot where a little water connects two amounts of a LOT of water You can basically start counting your money ahead of time.

@royalstory111 Год назад

In addition to its strategic location, Istanbul's geography also provided natural defenses that made it difficult to conquer. The city is situated on a hilly peninsula, making it easy to defend against invading armies. The Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn, which are both natural harbors, also provided protection from naval attacks.

@kaankanca4634 Год назад

Also, the Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus is known for it's unpredictable sea current and weather patterns since Ancient times.

@miliba Год назад

I visited Istanbul last year and there is so much culture to explore. That trip also made me fit since you get to walk a lot, which is the etymology behind the city's name

@anniiinaaaaaaaa Год назад

omg can you explain the etymology of the word? whenever i look it up it only says the greek etimology "ist in polin", what's the correlation with walking? also true, it did make me fit as well hahahahaha

@karaqakkzl 10 месяцев назад

Cat City, trust me and anybody has come there, there were many cats at that city.

@katherinegilks3880 Год назад

Istanbul’s name is like if New York City had it’s name officially changed to Bigapple, Enwysee, or The City (also what Istanbul means).

@toxichuman208 Год назад

İstanbul’s name evolved Constantinopolis (City of Constantin) Constantinopolis > Constantinopol > Stanpoli > İstanbul

@ejoji4245 Год назад

@@toxichuman208 coming from the greek phrase ''εισ την πολη'' which means ''to the city'' its a turkified version of that phrase really

@GreekMishima Год назад

ironically enough, the “turkish” name has greek roots

@cem708 Год назад

@@GreekMishima I mean there is nothing ironic about it if you consider the Ottomans called it Konstantiniyye

@orka6848 Год назад

@@cem708 They actually wish us to change the name to the Güzelorda or (𐰏𐰇𐰔𐰠∶𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰀)･･･

@TheAckeePlant Год назад

Great video, hope you’re doing well, glad to see you get back into the swing of things

@fantasticpixel Год назад

Istanbul Geography is the reason it was made the capital of the Ottomans Through conquest, the Ottomans gained control of many ports and had sole access to the Black Sea, from which even Russian vessels were excluded, and trade among the provinces increased greatly. As the largest city in western Asia or Europe, Istanbul was the natural center of this commerce.

@Tarquinthetyrant Год назад

look its good, but still not the reason it was made the capital. the reason is because the ottomans claimed to be the succesor to rome and constantinople/istanbul was its capital. also it was a massive city for the time

@ivanrichardson1608 Год назад

Moreso made the capital to allow the Ottomans to claim themselves as the successor to the Roman Empire, the capital beforehand of Edirne being there to allow to Ottomans to be better positioned to take Constantinople(the cities name at the time)-geography just being a massive plus.

@ub3rfr3nzy94 Год назад

Not quite. It was made the capital because Mehmet II had ambitions to conquer and reform the Roman empire but his successors ended up instead forming a pseudo-caliphate instead.

@kasadam85 Год назад

@@ub3rfr3nzy94 Both would've been good, Roman caliphate

@tobirates916 Год назад

Glad to see you posting videos again, KhAnubis!

@DocoMonde Год назад

Welcome back! Loved learning about the water infrastructure of this city.

@robertjarman3703 Год назад

Legend has it that the Roman Emperor Justinian still watches over his Haiga Sophia too this day hidden in the Mosaics, and in his last breath thought: "Caesar I was, and will be with my darling in just a few moments. "

@miliba Год назад

Sadly ever since Hagia Sophia was converted back to a mosque, the building has suffered gradual degradation from all the people visiting

@fusionreactor7179 Год назад

@@milibaental gymnastics. It already was an extremely visited building, if anything it would have fallen in visitors after being turned back into a mosque from a museum

@Forlfir Год назад

@@fusionreactor7179many things have been damanged since it turned into a mosque again though, way more than before.

@miliba Год назад

@@fusionreactor7179 You don't even know the definition of mental gymnastics. Being turned into a mosque has accelerated degradation because there are no closing ours and nearly no maintenance by staff

@docjoe86 Год назад

I was just thinking it had been a long time since we had a KhAnubis video!

@prometheus7387 Год назад

Turkey is an interesting country, so must its geography be

@joaovitormatos8147 Год назад

"cities are built by their geographies" masons carrying 300-pound-stones hearing this: 😐

@HarvestStore Год назад

Great video.

@danielbickford3458 Год назад

If I recall correctly, I'm pretty sure Istanbul is one of the top 10 most besieged cities in history

@bentx8568 Год назад

not top 10, 5 or 3, it *is* the most besieged city

@danielbickford3458 Год назад

@@bentx8568 good to know. Couldn't remember exactly, so I figured top 10 was close enough

@Driga_ Год назад

It has been besieged more than 30 times

@fusionreactor7179 Год назад

Eh, it was never actually besieged throughout the entire Ottoman era, after that too. It was occuppied after WW1 but no siege.

@TunaFish556 Год назад

@@fusionreactor7179 ottomans besieged istanbul 3 times. 1411, 1422, 1453.

@tobirates916 Год назад

So this video makes mw want to learn about the Montreaux Convention. I sense a rabbit hole coming on

@nicolasjamo 11 месяцев назад

Did not expect a Poptropica reference with the Oracle. I have played that game in almost a decade now

@theromanorder Год назад

Please do a video on countrys air space like your one on maritime borders

@dhjdidieikeke Год назад

KHANUBISS

@compatriot852 Год назад

It used to be a great geography for Constantinople as it was the hub of the ancient world, but years later weren't too kind to the city as it became Instabul and trade routes changed and the environment worsened in Anatolia.

@ferrjuan Год назад

How long did it take you to get your ice cream at the end?

@Ser3456 Год назад

6:02 looks like Izmir, not Istanbul, because of the architecture and the presence of palm trees and the Hilton hotel at the background

@legaciestr Год назад

Hey at 6:00 thats not istanbul thats izmir my city hahaha

@marym7104 Год назад

Within 2 days!

@siyacer Год назад

yum

@jackholler3572 Год назад

A correction Turkey does charge the passings. It just cant increase the amount.

@Yatagurusu 11 месяцев назад

I think it can only charge management fee and isnt technically allowed to make a profit. Im sure it does somehow, but probably not much since it has to keep it hidden

@aldrinmilespartosa1578 Год назад

Its sort of geography that fantasy mapmakers laugh you at for putting it on your own saying its unrealistic " natural ticket booth" on that sorth.

@stonepartn5289 Год назад

Why is Crimea not marked as part of ukraine in the map in 01:36 ?

@SpartanChief2277 Год назад

It's been annexed by Russia since 2014. The Crimea Republic voted to join Russia with it being like 80 to 90 percent ethnic Russians and ukraine repressing any separatist movementprior to 2014, like with donetsk and lukab. It's just that international community doesn't recognize it, but it more russian than Ukrainian. Checks out

@P3S4R Год назад

Ah I see, he is trying to hide crimea to stop fights in the comments

@fallendown8828 Год назад

Istanbul Canal proposal is misplaced on the map but other than that everything seems to check out. Also i hate that canal plan, just saying

@AN-qi6ye Год назад

About the channel, it's about MONEY. Money to keep the construction sector alive. Not the Montreaux Convention. Because it does not affect it.

@expensivemercenary5647 Год назад

Konstantinyeeeeeee

@SpartanChief2277 Год назад

I thought people said it was the most important geopolitical place in the world

@Yatagurusu 11 месяцев назад

Are you a time traveler from the 1700s

@WALKING.TOUR4K Год назад

🧿🧿❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@marym7104 Год назад

Within 55,100 views!

@ghtermzo Год назад

1:44 don't have to make sure we will hear it :(

@gorkema5307 Год назад

Explanation is really good but why that corny orientalist music in the background? 😐

@hobog Год назад

Really hope that canal doesn't get built. A ship elevator would be jankier but cause less ecologic upheaval

@E4439Qv5 Год назад

Poptropica Oracle Poptropica Oracle

@pinklazania Год назад

Well, the istanbul canal won’t be built but okay.

@ianeons9278 8 месяцев назад

The Hagia Sophia was built by Illyrians 🇦🇱

@boraogretmen4476 Год назад

Great video about my beloved İstanbul but ı have to say, the reasoning behind the construction of the canal being the "Bosphorus is too crowded with ships." is a false statement made by the government in order to gain support for the canal. Shipping traffic has actualy been decreasing for the last decade or so.

@fatihyaldz5266 Год назад

gemiler azalıyor ama boyutları kat kat artıyor

@papazataklaattiranimam Год назад

Turks indeed had a decisive role in triggering historical major events like the Migration Period, Crusades, shaping the history of Balkans, Islamization of Northern India, Age of Discovery as well as ending the Middle Ages with the conquest of Constantinople, fall of the Roman Empire.

@kaankanca4634 Год назад

You mean Turkic peoples, but yeah you're right.

@louisxiv736 Год назад

You are giving it to much importance.

@julzee111 Год назад

LET’S CALL IT WHAT IT REALLY IS - THE REAL JERUSALEM!!

@papazataklaattiranimam Год назад

Sad Fact: Earthquake is coming💀

@chinesevirus-ix3yr Год назад

All of Islam worship a dude that married a six year old. Let the sea wash them out

@fantasticpixel Год назад

@@chinesevirus-ix3yrwhat does that have to do with earthquake?you should respect others beliefs man

@wankawanka3053 10 месяцев назад

Peak turkish engineering i guess 😂

@BH-gh6qm 7 месяцев назад

crimea belongs to russia. and transnistria, abkhazia, and south osettia are independent. If anyone ever went there you would see that these places do not belong to moldova or georgia just because the western world refuses to acknowledge them (but yet they love kosovo for some reason?)

@turan2815 Год назад

Building a New canal means also building a 2. Istanbul Istanbul is overpopulated The Goverment is doing the right thing and we will make 20 billion every year by doing nothing

@papazataklaattiranimam Год назад

6:33 😏

@tarikmehmedika2754 Год назад

Why did you give the Crimean peninsula to Russia when it is part of Ukraine ???

@SpartanChief2277 Год назад

It's been annexed since 2014

@stepank765 Год назад

There is a mistake- map of Ukraine shown without Crimea peninsula. Greetings from Ukrainian soldier 🇺🇦 God bless!

@SpartanChief2277 Год назад

It's russian since 2014, it's just recognized. If so there would be Ukrainian soldiers there when the war started. It's like Falkland Islands to Argentina

@tk5gqj514 Год назад

May god help you, slava Ukraine From Turkey🇹🇷🇺🇦

@c0mput3r80y Год назад

Istanbul was Constantinople, Now It's Istanbul, not constantinople It's been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish city with great geography Even Old New York, was a great Harbour, Why does every city have a river or a port? I guess humans just need a water source

@SpartanChief2277 Год назад

And commerce and trade

@hakanozmen50 Год назад

First

@Michaelengelmann Год назад

I think it would be cool if it was still under Greece’s rule after WW1

@EmperorOfDrill Год назад

TURKS MASSACRED ARMENİANS GREEK MAYBE İN WW1 GREECE PART OF OTTOMAN EMPİRE BİCH.MORON.

@Michaelengelmann Год назад

@@EmperorOfDrill so ur yelling at me? 😂🤡 and what about the treaty of WW1?

@EmperorOfDrill Год назад

@@Michaelengelmann SO YOUR TELLİNG ME İN WW1 MİLLİON EUROEPANS DEATH AND OTTOMAN TURKİSH VİCTORY AND TURKS FREEDOM WAR AGAİNST FRENCH BRİTİSH RUSSİANS İTALİANS ARMENİNAS AND GREEKS 1920 1923 TURKİSH LEADER ATATÜRK AGAİNST TREATY CREATED NEW REPUBLİC AGAİNST ENEMİES..

@Michaelengelmann Год назад

@@EmperorOfDrill y r u yelling? 😂🤡

@Michaelengelmann Год назад

@@EmperorOfDrill ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C_uaLrbcpXE.html

@loworochi Год назад

That’s actually bs, I’d be tight if I was Turkey. Why can’t they tax people to go through the Bosphorus? If you’re in a country’s water border could they tax you?

@katherinegilks3880 Год назад

International law guarantees free access to the ocean, so Turkiye can’t charge for the Bosporus, as that would be barring countries from ocean access. Also, the Bosporus is a natural waterway. The Panama Canal and the Suez Canal are shortcuts (big shortcuts, but shortcuts nonetheless) that were human-made and ships have other ways to access the ocean besides them, so they can charge. Hence why Turkiye is building a canal so it can charge for passage while leaving the Bosporus free of charge.

@mammi7699 Год назад

Im Turkish and I assure you there will be no canal or anything. It is just a big, very big propaganda story. I find it really funny how many foreigners just believe it🤣🤣

@fallendown8828 Год назад

Dude we gained so much just by letting Europeans have influence over the straight (it was only thing they cared about back then, they gave us all the occupied territories back for it) and that was a huuuuge win for us at the time. When the second world war came they gave us even more control over the straights with Mountrox (idk how to spell that, sorry) so it was always us agreeing to these terms but for good reasons (gaining more than we loose with straight money)

@jackholler3572 Год назад

Bro Turkey doea charge the passings. I dont know why he said that

@Yatagurusu 11 месяцев назад

Real reason: Turkey lost the war and even though they didnt lose hard enough to lose their country, they had to make concessions. Even Egypt is bound to keep passing prices relatively low through the suez and has no power to bar countries from using it.