Istanbul (formerly Alakol)
Description
Alakol is a fairly small town which was formed on the coast of lake Alakol. founded on 3/3/19 by Alexxx2048Hydra_. it is quite small for such an old town, at only 7 chunks. it doesn't help that Alakol is a one-man town.
History
Pre-Town History:
Future mayor Alexxx2048Hydra_ first joined EarthMC on february 21st, 2019, after stumbling upon SalC1 in his youtube reccomended feed, and after seeing his EMC vid, He decided to join.
Alexxx first spawned in just south of where Alakol would be, after seeing the lake, he decided to stay there. and thinking it would be funny to recreate the Valley of Wheat from 2b2t, he started to break all the nearby grass to get seeds for the future farm.
One day, Mining_Tzar noticed the isolated farmer, and went out to meet him. After some freindly conversations. Alexxx decided to join Far_Alexandria, but still stayed at where the settlement now lies.
Founding
On march 3rd, 2019, Alexxx had gathered enough gold to finally form his town, which he had decided to name Alakol and, after he messed up a countdown. he had formed his town of Alakol, which still stands to this day.
Contributions to Bactria and to Rome
Alexxx has been very helpful to several towns and nations, giving Theodoro and Neapolis flags, as well as giving his home country of Bactria a new and improved flag.