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The city of Istanbul has been known by a number of different names. The most notable names besides the modern Turkish name are Byzantium, Constantinople, and Stamboul.. Different names are associated with different phases of its history, with different languages, and with different portions
In modern Turkish, the name is written as İstanbul, with a dotted İ, as the Turkish alphabet distinguishes between a dotted and dotless I. In English, the stress is on the first or last syllable, but in Turkish it is on the second syllable. [24] A person from the city is an İstanbullu (plural İstanbullular); Istanbulite is used in English. [25]
The city's current name İstanbul is a shortened version with a Turkish character of the Medieval Greek phrase "εἰς τὴν Πόλιν" [is tin ˈpolin], meaning "to the city", which had long been in vernacular use by the local population.
This partial list of city nicknames in Turkey compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Turkey are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Place name changes in Turkey have been undertaken, periodically, in bulk from 1913 to the present by successive Turkish governments. Thousands of names within the Turkish Republic or its predecessor the Ottoman Empire have been changed from their popular or historic alternatives in favour of recognizably Turkish names, as part of Turkification ...
A Turkish name consists of an ad or an isim (given name; plural adlar and isimler) and a soyadı or soyisim (surname). [1] Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı (surname) in the full name there may be more than one ad (given name). Married women may carry both their maiden and husband's surnames.
Göcek, Fethiye: possibly from Turkish male name meaning young, fresh, beautiful. The word also is used to mean one foot tall young wheat plant. Güllük: Literally "for roses" or rose garden. Gümüşhane: From gümüş (silver), and hane (house) i.e. silver house in Turkish. Name due to the many silver mines in the area.
Turkish forces enter the city in a ceremony which marks the 'Liberation Day of Istanbul' (6 October 1923) The capital is moved from Istanbul to Ankara (1923) The international name Constantinople remains in use until Turkey adapts the Latin alphabet (1928)