PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 year agoObelisk of Theodosius, Istanbul (not Constantinople), Ottoman Empire, ~1855media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down10
arrow-up197arrow-down1imageObelisk of Theodosius, Istanbul (not Constantinople), Ottoman Empire, ~1855media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoBy the 19th century, the Turks were consistently calling it Istanbul, though ‘Constantinople’ was still in use outside of the Ottoman Empire.
minus-square_Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoThe official name was still Constantinople until 1930 though, so maybe it should be “Istanbul AND Constantinople” rather than “Istanbul not Constantinople”
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s no body’s business but the Turks.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoDoo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo https://piped.video/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg
By the 19th century, the Turks were consistently calling it Istanbul, though ‘Constantinople’ was still in use outside of the Ottoman Empire.
The official name was still Constantinople until 1930 though, so maybe it should be “Istanbul AND Constantinople” rather than “Istanbul not Constantinople”
That’s no body’s business but the Turks.
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
https://piped.video/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg