Current Events > Why did they change his name from Constantinople to Istanbul?

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Questionmarktarius 09/28/23 6:34:03 PM #1:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqJXxHi6RwQ ...and it was Byzantium before that. (is it too late to get into this CE fad?) <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:976363184] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqJXxHi6RwQ...and it was Byzantium before that.(is it too late to get into this CE fad?)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DrizztLink 09/28/23 6:36:07 PM #3:	Because fuck Constantine and fuck his name. --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:976363221] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>Because fuck Constantine and fuck his name. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
K181 09/28/23 6:36:28 PM #4:	It was a Turkish modification of a Greek shorthand that had been used colloquially for centuries, meaning something along the lines of to the city, as residents and locals long viewed it as the center of the universe. After the Turkish Republic was founded, they wanted to do away with connections to their Ottoman past and a name change to something already commonly used by people living there made sense. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:976363226] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>It was a Turkish modification of a Greek shorthand that had been used colloquially for centuries, meaning something along the lines of to the city, as residents and locals long viewed it as the center of the universe. After the Turkish Republic was founded, they wanted to do away with connections to their Ottoman past and a name change to something already commonly used by people living there made sense. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SaikyoStyle 09/28/23 6:36:32 PM #5:	Its none of our business as we are not Turks. --- Taxes, death, and trouble. Brunt/Gaila 2024. Make Ferenginar Great Again! <cite>SaikyoStyle posted [p:976363228] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>Its none of our business as we are not Turks. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wanderingshade 09/28/23 6:38:33 PM #6:	Even ol' New York was once New Amsterdam. --- "You're made of spare parts, aren't ya, bud?" <cite>wanderingshade posted [p:976363261] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>Even ol' New York was once New Amsterdam. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/28/23 6:39:06 PM #7:	wanderingshade posted... Even ol' New York was once New Amsterdam. Why'd they change it? <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:976363271] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>wanderingshade posted... </cite><quote>Even ol' New York was once New Amsterdam.</quote>Why'd they change it?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wanderingshade 09/28/23 6:40:19 PM #8:	Questionmarktarius posted... Why'd they change it? People just liked it better that way --- "You're made of spare parts, aren't ya, bud?" <cite>wanderingshade posted [p:976363304] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>Why'd they change it?</quote>People just liked it better that way </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Eab1990 09/28/23 6:42:33 PM #9:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpyDH9_F7Q <cite>Eab1990 posted [p:976363346] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpyDH9_F7Q</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
El_Marsh 09/28/23 6:45:17 PM #10:	"BYZANTIUM, WHAT?" ahem --- http://i.imgur.com/0APl48O.gifv Chiefs win! Chiefs win! EAT IT, HATERS! <cite>El_Marsh posted [p:976363394] in Why did th... [t:80579970]...</cite> <quote>"BYZANTIUM, WHAT?"ahem </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > Why did they change his name from Constantinople to Istanbul?