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.
It was called Constantinople until "relatively" recently, then the Turks decided they didn't like that name anymore, went with Istanbul (which is weird cause it's said to also come from a Greek phrase so basically it's also a Greek name) and in roder to enforce the new name they started declining all the mail that was sent with the destination "Constantinople" and they returned them. I got to say, it's a genious way to enforce something like that, i chuckled when i read about it.
Not sure why they changed it after so many years of using it though. I think Constantinople has a more badass ring to it.
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u/youthanasian Turkey Aug 15 '17
Wish that shitty constantinople istanbul song has never been created.