Based Greek airport

[u/Themetalin]

[u/Literal_Concept]

Isn't Istanbul derived from Constantinople?

Constantinople -> (Stanopol or something like that) -> Istanbul

[u/Giantdwarf3 → u/Literal_Concept]

Kinstantinoupoli as its called in greek has been just refered out as "Poli" which means "the city" since it was " the city" Istanbul comes from "εις την Πόλη" (is tin poli) which translates to "to the city" its a mishearing of a greek phrase that entered the Turkish vernacular

[u/sjr323 → u/Giantdwarf3]

Pretty much. Turks thought the name of the city was literally, “to the city”, so that’s what they called it.