Been a long time gone, Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works?
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That's nobody's business but the Turks.
Even oooold New York was New Amsterdam.
Why they changed it, I can't say.
People just liked it better that way!
So take me back to Constantinople!
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Us Greeks beg to differ.
It’s nobody’s business but the Turks’
I was hoping to see this comment.
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What's interesting is that the name "Istanbul" is still Greek.
it developed in Turkish 16c. as a corruption of Greek phrase eis tan (ten) polin "in (or to) the city," which is how the local Greek population referred to it.
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.... actually I was rolling into the comments to say the same thing. Right on brother
Why they changed it, I can't say. Maybe people just liked it better that way?
Someone should talk to TMBG about this.
They very clearly stated it was nobodies business but the Turks
Yeah, but it seemed like they didn't really understand the reasoning behind it, so perhaps someone more authoritative should be consulted.
Perdóname but until you find a giant, no one is not authoritative than Those Who Might Be
What makes you think I don't know any giants?
The ones I know don't speak, um, human.
Byzanz
Byzantion.
Can't go back to Constantinople.
Miklagard!
I had a date in Constantinople...
They'll be waiting in Istanbul.
🫸 Beijing
👉 Peking
Kinda bad comparison.
Beijing was always* beijing. Peking was just a european fever dream.
On the other hand
Constantinople was the offical name and got later renamed Istanbul.
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~~Peking Duck~~ Beijing Duck
~~Chicken Kiev~~ Chicken Kyiv
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Carigrad
Miklagaard
Istanbulgaria.
Istanbulgaristan.
Tzarigrad
You can take your devs vult and shove it where the sun don't shine. You've shamelessly even named yourself after a colonizer that basically started the british mandate of palestine. Your kind has done unspeakable things in west asia and you will be remembered by history as people that were rotten to the core. Future generations will be baffled as to how humans could come to the stuff that your kind did.
Ehhh naming stuff after individuals just sounds very icky to me
Miklagard
I like Istanbul better that Constantine-vill
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