2024 - Aerial Video of Istanbul Hundred Years Ago (Color)

Colorized versions of aerial and ground images of Istanbul taken a hundred years ago when it was under occupation were published on YouTube by Fırat Gökdemir.

The heart of Turkey, once the capital and the cultural capital of the world, the beauty of Istanbul words are not enough to describe. Yes, maybe Istanbul, now covered with skyscrapers and distorted by unplanned urbanization, is not as beautiful as it used to be, but it still has a poetic side.

That poetic side was even more prominent before the skyscrapers we mentioned were built. full of this 101 years agoThis can be seen very clearly in the video of Istanbul taken from the sky with a glider. Thanks to Fırat Gökdemir, this video is now colorful and much clearer It reveals the beauty of Istanbul before you.

Video of Istanbul taken from the sky 101 years ago

The video was composed by İsmail Hakkı Bey and performed by Müjgan Hanım. Airplane Anthem It starts with the song. You can see all the historical beauties of the European side from the plane flying over the Bosphorus.

In the images that came later, it was seen that entering the Bosphorus from the Marmara Sea, invasion ships. At this point, you perceive the importance of what Mustafa Kemal Atatürk bestowed on us much better.

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The owner of the video, Fırat Gökdemir, is someone who has done many coloring works of this style. You can find many more colorful historical videos on his YouTube channel. Watching Istanbul in color at the beginning of the 20th century, like time travel is the place to say.