Why is istanbul not constantinople

Everybody was calling it Istanbul. The Turkish republic was at the time, cementing Turkish nationalism, and along with it, codifying the Turkish language. This meant names like Konstantiniyye or Konstantinoupolis were dropped in favor of the Turkish reference, Istanbul.

So the way I see it, it never really changed. One name simply won out over the others. Personal tools Create account Log in. This Might Be A Wiki. Category : Interpretations. Net on: Twitter Facebook. The Byzantine empire and its capital city Constantinople continued to grow and thrive.

It faced a few ups and downs and a few rough patches, but it was resilient. The emperor Justinian, who ruled between AD, helped the Byzantine empire spread from Palestine up to the tip of Spain. He was also the one to build the famous Hagia Sophia church, which since then has undergone a lot of renovation and restoration and has today become a mosque. It was this Ottoman Empire that helped create the Istanbul we know today.

The Ottoman Empire was also a culturally and artistically rich era, just as its preceding era. Following its defeat in World War I, the sultanate of the Ottoman Empire was abolished in , and the Republic of Turkey was born in , according to Britannica. Shortly thereafter, in , the Turkish postal service decided that some clarification was in order, and it opted to make Istanbul the city's official name. Other institutions soon followed suit. That same year, the U. State Department and other governments around the world began using Istanbul in their official communications.

Recent research has shown that the name 'Istanbul' was used if not during the Byzantine period, at least during the 11th century and that the Turks knew the city by this name. Istanbul has had other names at various times but none of them was used widely or for any great length of time. During the Turkish period the names 'Dersaadet' and 'Deraliye' were used. Some official correspondence and coins had the transcription of 'Konstantinoupolis'or 'Konstantiniye', although the use of the name 'Konstantiniye' was prohibited at one time during the Ottoman period by Sultan Mustafa III, its use continued, to be abandoned during the republican period.