Istanbul is about 11 times bigger than Scottsdale.

Scottsdale is approximately 477 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 1,021% larger than Scottsdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Scottsdale vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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