istanbul is a village
pera now beyolu was the first area of the city to have its own director and council with members instead being longtime residents of the neighborhood
public universities with a major presence in the city such as istanbul university istanbul technical university the worlds thirdoldest university dedicated entirely to engineering established in 1773 and boazii university formerly the higher education section of robert college until 1971 provide education in english as the primary foreign language while the primary foreign language of education at galatasaray university is french as is the case at galatasaray high school