@reubenlingo: THE NAME OF ISTANBUL … is greek? 🇹🇷 🇬🇷 🧐 This is one of the most popular theories as to the origin of the city's name. It would make a lot of sense to me, especially since many greek people (especially elderly people) still refer to Istanbul as simply "n nódn" ("the city") today! da Remember that this word is just one example of many thousands of words shared by both the Turkish and greek language. Centuries of living together meant that Turks, Greeks, Armenians and many other peoples ended up converging in many ways culturally and even linguistically! Recent history has been horrifically violent but must not erase the fraternity that these peoples developed over these centuries, a fraternity still reflected in their languages 🇹🇷 ❤️ 🇬🇷 #language #greece #turkiye #istanbul #History

kostas roditis :

So either you say Constantinople or Istanbul, they both come from the greek!!! 🇬🇷

nektarios sk :

Once Greek forever Greek

Alexandros Marcellos :

They tried to erase it but they can't 🙏

🇹🇷 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚 🐺🏹 :

thanks for the history lesson it's still Istanbul and belongs to the Republic of Türkiye

KURD :

Panagiotidis Efstathios :

It will be Greek again!

TheRetailist :

I met plenty of Turkish people that never knew that Κωνσταντινούπολη was the Byzantine Capital 🙂‍↔️living in a total denial

Gio H475 :

not only Istanbul... many cities' names in present day Turkey reflect their Greek origins... Izmir, Bursa, Antalya, Trabzon, Mersin, Samsun, Izmit, Antakya, Didim, Iznik, Giresun... many more no longer show it in their modern names...

ThunderBricky :

It took turkey 400 years to capture one single greek city….😂😂

Barbara Leivadarou 🇬🇷 :

Η Ιστορία δεν μπορεί να αλλάξει..

Kallina Koutsianoudi :

That’s actually my point everytime someone says it’s not Constantinople is Istanbul and I’m like bro chill they’re both Greek 😭

Lefteris Lalos :

Üsküdar (Εις Σκουταρι), Izmir (Εις Σμύρνη) etc

Helen ✝️ :

AS IN THE FILM MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING: EVERYTHING COMES FROM THE GREEKS EVERYTHING

Nikoletta :

Perfect said! Not too many people know this part of the history 👍👍👍

Spider Lilly 🦭🕷️🪷 :

πάλι με χρόνια με καιρούς πάλι δικά μας θα ναι

Savvas Mavroxoridis :

is true

Hades :

NOVA ROMA not Constantinopol ...renowned Islamic historian and scholar Al-Masudi (896–956), in his book Kitab al-Tanbih wa-al-Ishraf (The Book of Admonition and Revision), when discussing the Christian Roman-Byzantine emperors, states that the Byzantines refer to Constantinople as Polin, and when they want to present it as the center or the imperial throne city, they magnify it by naming it Isten-Polin.[1] In the same book, when Masudi speaks of Constantinople, he also refers to it as Buzantia.[2] The medieval Islamic polymath Al-Qazwini (1202–1283), in his work Athar al-Bilad (Monuments of the Lands), when discussing Nicaea, states that it is under the administration of Istanbul; thus, the non-use of the name Constantinople as the imperial capital is notable.Ibn al-Sa'i, in his book Al-Jami' al-Mukhtasar, when discussing the conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade—the "Franks," as he calls them—names it Istanbul.[3] The famous scholar Shams al-Din al-Ansari (1256–1327), a well-known biologist and geographer of the Islamic Middle Ages, mentioned the name Istanbul several times in his book Nukhbat al-Dahr. In the chapter where he discusses Byzantium, the Romans, their Christianization, and Constantinople, he emphasizes that the Rumi (Byzantines) themselves call Constantinople Istanbul.[4] Meanwhile, the renowned encyclopedic scholar Al-Qalqashandi (d. 1418), who also served as a secretary to the Mamluk sultans of Egypt, in his masterpiece Subh al-A'sha, discusses the correspondence between the Sultan of Cairo and the Byzantine Emperor. In a letter from the Emperor addressed to the Sultan, the emperor himself uses the name Istanbul, and this correspondence is known to have occurred before the capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans.[5] The famous geographer Abu'l-Fida (d. 1432) also uses the name Istanbul instead of Constantinople in his geographical work Taqwim al-Buldan (Survey of Countries) in the passage where he discusses the Mediterranean Sea.

matey :

well said!!!!

ReAct :

...not only this city, all the CITIES in Turkey...

casop :

🥇👍🏼

kurdishaiclips :

There’s no Turkish nothing. Facts!!!

Stillsippinmaitais :

Excellent ✅

Eliza Giannakopoulou :

εις την Πόλη..🥰

Elenisxetaki :

Exactly my friend it was Greek before and we hope one day will be Greek again 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

shadeybangs :

I took a flight from Athens to Istanbul, and on the board at the airport, Istanbul was referred to as Constantinople (in Greek)