Istanbul is as much European as Paris, London or Berlin. Its western side is located in the Balkans which last time I checked is still in Europe. Get over the

Istanbul is as much European as Paris, London or Berlin. Its western side is located in the Balkans which last time I checked is still in Europe. Get over the Istanbul/Constantinople debate already. It's been settled some 500 years ago. The Eastern Orthodox Church has never been part of the collective psyche of ًWestern Europe and this sudden concern and activism about this issue is not fooling anyone.