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The city, known alternatively in Ottoman Turkish as Ḳosṭanṭīnīye (قسطنطينيه after the Arabic form al-Qusṭanṭīniyyah القسطنطينية) or Istanbul, while its Christian minorities continued to call it Constantinople, as did people writing in French, English, and other European languages, was the capital of the Ottoman ...
Arzu Öztürkmen (2002). "From Constantinople to Istanbul: Two Sources on the Historical Folklore of a City". Asian Folklore Studies. 61 (2): 271– 294. doi:10.2307/1178974. JSTOR 1178974. Europe's Muslim Capital by Philip Mansel in the June 2003 issue of History Today; Amy Mills (2005). "Narratives in City Landscapes: Cultural Identity in ...
Istanbul's airwaves are the busiest in Turkey, primarily featuring either Turkish-language or English-language content. One of the exceptions, offering both, is Açık Radyo (94.9 FM). Among Turkey's first private stations, and the first featuring foreign popular music, was Istanbul's Metro FM (97.2 FM).
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4.1 History of Istanbul, ... Toponymy: Names of Istanbul; Common English name(s): ... Languages of Istanbul Turkish; Greek; Media in Istanbul.
Istanbul, the city nestled along the Bosphorus strait for more than 2,500 years, takes another small step on its journey through history this week as voters decide who will lead the metropolis for ...
The Ottoman archives are a collection of historical sources related to the Ottoman Empire and a total of 39 nations whose territories one time or the other were part of this Empire, including 19 nations in the Middle East, 11 in the EU and Balkans, three in the Caucasus, two in Central Asia, Cyprus, as well as the Republic of Turkey.
A Social History of Ottoman Istanbul is a non-fiction book by Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet, published in 2010 by Cambridge University Press. The book covers the period of Ottoman rule, beginning in 1453 and ending in 1922.