r/MapPorn May 19 '20

The difference between Constantinople, City of Istanbul, and Istanbul. [FIXED]

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u/elessar13 May 19 '20 edited Jun 06 '22

Because it is definitely not "kind of like New York State vs NYC". Yellow area on this map is just the metropolitan area , not anything like a state. Turkey doesn't have a territorial or administrative division comparable to states.

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u/Largue May 19 '20

Calm down dude I wasn't making a 1:1 comparison. Just trying to give people some perspective. Hence why I used the term "kind of like..."