istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture

European Capital of Culture was first Athens in 1980 , the minister of culture of Greece suggested this ieda in 1980 and it was accepted by european union then.
On January 2010 Turkey has become European Capital of Culture because of

Geopolitical and geographical position of istanbul’s
Hundreds of years of cultural accumulation
Young population
Dynamic urban structure
Being a crossroad for cultures
Bridge between west and East
The high level of understanding is urbanization