Why Constantinople is Istanbul #shorts

[jamespearce]

I'm a pretentious viking nerd so I call it Miklagaard

[publichearing]

remember;
it's Constanbul, not Istaninople

[tyrongkojy]

Yeah, that's why the song says it.

[DayNapling]

The name Istanbul has only been used in an official capacity for about 100 years. However, colloquially it has been known as Istanbul for over 600 years.

[vampiricagorist]

Man, I wish covid didn’t happen. I was actually in a position financially and had enough free time that I was planning on traveling to Turkey in April of 2020. Covid fucked my finances and my mental health though and now I’m not convinced I’ll ever make it there. Perhaps one day.

[errorunknownuser]

The Christian Hagia sophia Church is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen

[Badgear]

it will always be kostantyyinie for me

[Habere-ijff]

There is something wrong that I’d like to politely point out. While yes, the name Istanbul is a colloquial name used to refer to “konstantiniyye” the name Istanbul originates from one of its first colloquial names, islambol (the city of Islam) over time this went through the transformation that gave us the name Istanbul today (for those who are curious it went from islambol, then to istambol, and then to Istanbul)

Thanks for reading, and have a happy rest of your day.

[lukastrommer]

Hoi4 idea:
What if Germany focused more on sino-german cooperation and allied with china rather than japan

[thegrauzer]

Even old new York was once new Amsterdam....

[SK_]

Istanbul is like calling NY "Todowntown"

[Archidamos]

It was Byzantium for millenia, forever shall it be.

[BoarBound]

That's nobodies business but the Turks.

[godzilla]

It is and will always be Constantinople.

[NickAndriadze]

Yeah I was aware of this fact, it's funny how even the damn Ottomans who eradicated the Byzantine nation called the city its original and TRUE name.

Also, Bulgarian nationalists know this city by a different name XD

[BowserTheSecond]

"How was the drive from Istanbul?"

[martinblade]

So it's not too dissimilar to Japan and Nihon. Japan is what everyone else calls Japan, while the Japanese call it Nihon.

[errorunknownuser]

I don’t ever call it Istanbul. Never I always say, Constantinople. And you should too.

[Alovam]

Why they changed it? I can't say. People just liked it better that way.

[garrettgoss]

I don't hate the Turks or anything, but it's Constantinople