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By the time Entente troops arrived at the end of the Great War, Istanbul had already been known as a land of elitism, lavishness and arrogance-a situation that rendered it unfit to serve as the caoital for the new Turkish state. Today Istanbul, Turkey's capital of commerce and culture, unwillingly plays second fiddle to [[Ankara]]. However, its decline is only in standing; as a centre of business and an economic lodestone, it continues to grow.