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On 28 March 1930, a new Turkish postal law officially adopted the name Istanbul for the city long known in many languages as Constantinople. Spanning Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus, Istanbul is Türkiye's largest city and one of the great historic cities of the world.
From 9 to 20 November 2026, the United Nations climate conference, COP31, meets at the Antalya Expo Center in Türkiye. Governments from nearly every country will negotiate how to cut emissions and adapt to a warming world. World leaders gather on 11 and 12 November. Climate talks often run past their scheduled closing day.
A COP, or Conference of the Parties, is the yearly United Nations climate summit, where almost every country meets to negotiate how to tackle climate change. COP21 produced the Paris Agreement in 2015. COP31 takes place in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026. Decisions need the agreement of all countries, so talks often run late.