4th Erepublik meeting

Day 2,390, 15:59 Published in Greece Greece by Blue Lord

With regard the 4th Erepublik meeting in Istanbul people will have the opportunity to visit Turkey and see the beauties of the country.

You will arrive in Istanbul. The name of the city confess it's origin from the Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire. It means To the City, and it derives from the Greek phrase: eis tin poli = Istanbul = to the city. The former name was Constantinople and the Greeks were calling it Poly (City) with capital letter because it was the most beautiful city in the world.






After you arrive in Constantinople, now called Istanbul, you could possibly visit Bosporus if you have time, where you can enjoy the sunset. The name Bosporus derives from the combination of the two Greek words Βους + Πορος = Bous(pronounced Vous)+ Poros and it means the Ox Passage. The ancient Greek myth wants Io being transformed into a cow that was condemned to walk in this land until she met Prometheas.






In Istanbul, or Constantinople, you can visit the Holy Temple of Hagia Sofia = Αγία Σοφία = Ayia Sofia, a temple built in 360AD by the Christian Orthodox and it is dedicated to the High Wisdom of the Incarnated Word of God. Unfortunately the internal beauty of the temple has been compromised by the turks during the Ottoman captivity.






Generally you can visit several places in Turkey and admire the beauty that the ancient Greeks the Romans and the Byzantines built.
Don't miss the meeting though. Things like that might be punished under the ruling of the current state.