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  2. Names of Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    İstanbul originally was not used for the entire city, instead the name referred to the core of Istanbul—the walled city. [15] İstanbul was the common name for the city in normal speech in Turkish even before the conquest of 1453, [ citation needed ] but in official use by the Ottoman authorities other names, such as Kostantiniyye , were ...

  3. Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    The Fatih district, which was named after Mehmed II (Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmed), corresponds to what was the whole of Constantinople until the Ottoman conquest; today it is the capital district and called the historic peninsula of Istanbul on the southern shore of the Golden Horn, across the medieval Genoese citadel of Galata on the northern ...

  4. Constantinople - Wikipedia

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    Constantinople [a] (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th century, Constantinople remained the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as the Byzantine Empire; 330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453 ...

  5. Geographical renaming - Wikipedia

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    Istanbul – since 28 March 1930, formerly Byzantium (under Greek rule) then Constantinople (under Roman and Ottoman rule); the latter name change inspired the popular song "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (see also Names of Istanbul) Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut Territory in Canada, known as Frobisher Bay until 1987.

  6. History of Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    In June 2019, the main Turkish opposition party won the rerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election, meaning Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem Imamoglu became new Mayor of Istanbul. [ 56 ] Istanbul’s new airport opened in October 2018, but commenced passenger services in April 2019, and cargo services in February 2022.

  7. History of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Earlier, the guilds of writers had denounced the printing press as "the Devil's Invention", and were responsible for a 53-year lag between its invention by Johannes Gutenberg in Europe in c. 1440 and its introduction to the Ottoman society with the first Gutenberg press in Istanbul that was established by the Sephardic Jews of Spain in 1493 ...

  8. Place name changes in Turkey - Wikipedia

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    General Directorate of State Archives of the Republic of Turkey, İstanbul Vilayet Mektupçuluğu, no. 000955, 23 Kânunuevvel 1331 (October 6, 1916) Ordinance of Enver Paşa. Enver Pasha did not change the geographical names belonging to Muslim minorities (i.e. Arabs and Kurds) due to the Ottoman government's role as a Caliphate. [7]

  9. Timeline of Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    Kadir Topbaş becomes mayor of Greater Istanbul. March 9, 2004 attack on Istanbul restaurant. 12 and 15 May: Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held. 28–29 June: City hosts 2004 Istanbul summit. [14] 11 December: İstanbul Modern museum of art opened. 2005 – April: Sabancı Performing Arts Center opens in Tuzla. 2006 – 6 June: Kanyon Shopping ...