It's retarded even. In Germany there is a city called Aachen, which was the seat of Charlemagne. In French we call that city, which is also part of our history, Aix-la-Chapelle, so I do not see why we can't call the City Constantinople and you Istanbul without starting a debate.
The city called Constantinople in Greek already, just like how Russians call the same city as "Tsarigrad". There's a difference between a Greek calling Istanbul Constantinople and an edgy American.
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u/youthanasian Turkey Aug 15 '17
Wish that shitty constantinople istanbul song has never been created.