A town of Turkey in Asia, on the Bosporus, opposite Constantinople; has several fine mosques, bazaars, etc.; large barracks on the outskirts were used as hospitals by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War; has large and impressive cemeteries; chief manufactures are of silks, cottons, etc. Also name of a small town in European Turkey, situated at the S. end of Lake Scutari, 18 by 16 m., in North Albania.