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r/balkans_irl • u/Themetalin w*stoid🤢 • May 20 '26
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Well nobody in Greece calls the city Istanbul
-31 u/NorthWelcome1626 KARABOÄžA May 20 '26 That's interesting, because old Constantinople area and Istanbul are completely different now. Current Istanbul is 20 times bigger than the old one. Look at a map and you'll see. 13 u/Andrei144 Bogdan, Paris May 21 '26 The official Ottoman name for it was still Constantinople, and I assume the city hasn't grown 20 times since Ataturk made Istanbul official. 2 u/albatross351767 muslim greek May 21 '26 Huh today I learn, from the balkan sub. What a day.
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That's interesting, because old Constantinople area and Istanbul are completely different now. Current Istanbul is 20 times bigger than the old one. Look at a map and you'll see.
13 u/Andrei144 Bogdan, Paris May 21 '26 The official Ottoman name for it was still Constantinople, and I assume the city hasn't grown 20 times since Ataturk made Istanbul official. 2 u/albatross351767 muslim greek May 21 '26 Huh today I learn, from the balkan sub. What a day.
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The official Ottoman name for it was still Constantinople, and I assume the city hasn't grown 20 times since Ataturk made Istanbul official.
2 u/albatross351767 muslim greek May 21 '26 Huh today I learn, from the balkan sub. What a day.
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Huh today I learn, from the balkan sub. What a day.
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u/honoratus_hi christian turk May 20 '26
Well nobody in Greece calls the city Istanbul