Istanbul

That's nobody's business but the Turks.

Istanbul (not Constantinople) is the largest city in Turkey, and occasionally harassed by Decepticon warlords.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

During his search for the Pearl of Bahoudin, Megatron rampaged across Istanbul, demanding to know the location of Abdul Ben-F'aisal, a notable sage. After finding him, Abdul decided that Istanbul had suffered enough and told the Decepticon leader where the Pearl was buried.

Later, Istanbul was marked as the final city in the Europa 2000, which the Decepticons set up to gain Auggie Cahnay's new car. Trans-Europe Express

The Last Knight film

Hound mentioned he was bouncing Tessa Yeager's voice message from Portugal to Istanbul to Kathmandu to prevent her father's opponents from tracing the signal. The Last Knight

Notes

• Yes, Istanbul is far and away the most important city in Turkey, where basically everything of significance happens. But no, it is not the capital. That role has belonged to [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Ankara|{{#if:||Ankara}}]] since 1923.

External links

• [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Istanbul|{{#if:||Istanbul}}]] at Wikipedia