Macon (CA 132) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1959

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litattUl ' ou ' cl steamed an intricate course through the Aegean Sea, catching tleeting ghnipses ol the many Grecian is- lands so famiUar to the modern world through history and legend. Then xou saw land ahead and a mile-wide seawa) ' . Ahead on oin- left ■as Euiopean Tini;e . on yom- right was Asian Tinl;e and di iding these two, the famous and strategic Dardenelles. When you ' d trans- ited the Dardenelles and arri ed in the Sea of Maiiuaya you observed, from your jjort side observation platform, a mosque filled skyline. ' Sou knew Istanbul was a modern city but yom- first glimpses of the city ' s monimients, )xdaces, mosques and public baths confirmed ()in- sus- picion that it was still evocative of the Legendary East. Istatihul. the largest city of Turkey so rich in historic and artistic resources and offering such a beautifid di- versity, natural or otlierwise, is a city where East has met West for centuries and the only city in the world astride two continents.

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IsldirlniVs diverse history dates back to the Ninth C en- tiiry B.C. The Myarians lollowed the advice of the Oracle of l)(lj)lu. and in 658 B.C. built a city which was named B z(iiiliiiin. Because ol its strategic location the (iiv l(c- (anie the oijjett ol nunicroLis attacks and invasions. Tlie (ity then began a tng-ol-war between combating em- ])ires; lirst it was the I ' osiint Kiihj Dniiiis who dominated the city in ortler to light the Scythians; and then, in Liter )ears. the city became the cause ol conflict between Alliens and Spmla. Ii was i)esiegetl by I ' liiliji i Maii ' - (li.tna in . ' WD X.., and then lell into (he hands ol ,J ( ' . - audc) Ihr C,if il. When By--a)itiinn became the capital of the Ranuni Empire on 1 1 May 330 A.D., it was renamed Constanti- nople after the Emperor, and when the Einpire was split in two it became the capital of the East Roman (Bv an- tine) Empire. Constantinople was plagued with sieges and attempted sieges for centuries, but even increased lortifications and walls tlid not prevent the e entual Moslem seizure in 069 A.D. The Crusaders passeci through the city during the Eleventh and Twelfth Cen- tinies and with a fleet assembled in Venice dining the Eourth Crusade Istanbtd was taken in 1203. Latin King- doms were established and Istanbtd was largely destroyed. The Otloinan Turl;.s began a two-century attempt to seize Constantinople, and were finally successfid in 1-153, at which time Sultan Mehmet made Istanbul the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The city grew into tire greatest centei of art, cidture learning and commerce in the Islam- ic leiirld. Istanbul remained imder the ride of the Sultans until 1921! when Kemal Atatuih, Turkey ' s great leader, led a quiet revolution of westernization which swept away many of the old laws and customs. Ankara became the capital of Turkey and Constantinople became Istan- bul, the name by which we know the city toda . Today the revolution continues to produce strange parado.xes; modern trucks speeding past plodding hamals (men who carry great loads on their backs); modern buildings near ancient market blocks; the business man in his Cadillac anil the ]jeasant on his donkey. 1 he ship had passed the Golden Horn, a famous inlet on the European side of the Bosporous, which was so named in ancient times because it curves like the horns of a bull and glitters like gold under the setting sun. The Golden Horn is spanned by the Galnta and Ataturk Bridges which link the two main districts of the city — Old Istanbid and Beyogli, both of hich are situ- ated on the European side.

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