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It was officially adopted by the Grand National Assembly on 12 March 1921—two-and-a-half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the nation—both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War of Independence, and as an aspirational anthem for a Republic that was yet to be established.
The occupation of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul'un işgali) or occupation of Constantinople (12 November 1918 – 4 October 1923), the capital of the Ottoman Empire, by British, French, Italian, and Greek forces, took place in accordance with the Armistice of Mudros, which ended Ottoman participation in the First World War. The first French ...
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a 1953 novelty song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. It was written on the 500th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans . The lyrics humorously refer to the official renaming of the city of Constantinople to Istanbul .
The location of Byzantium attracted Constantine the Great in 324 after a prophetic dream was said to have identified the location of the city; this prophecy was probably due to Constantine's final victory over Licinius at the Battle of Chrysopolis on the Bosphorus, on 18 September 324, which ended the civil war between the Roman Co-Emperors ...
Istanbul International Music Festival begins. Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts established. 1974 10 September: Haliç Bridge opened. Derimod company founded. 1975 30 January: Turkish Airlines Flight 345 crash. Çukurova (construction firm) established. Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory founded. 1976
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A source on that issue would be great as the melodies are more than only reminiscent of one another. Puttin on the Ritz is a Jazz standard more than 20 years older than Istanbul (Not Constantinople) and by today standards the latter's composers would lose any lawsuit for plagiarism. ~~ You are correct, Istanbul evolved from Constantinople.
[1]: 25 During World War I, the Russian public remained positively predisposed towards a potential conquest of Constantinople by Russia; Maurice Paléologue noted his observation that the population of Petrograd was hesistant around 1915/16 to accept the prospect of an outcome of the war that would not yield the city's conquest.