Why did Istanbul, Turkey change its name from Constantinople?
by 
Craigor in memory of Rev. Fleming
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When Turkey became a country, it gave its capital a Turkish name. Constantinople was named after the Christian Roman Emperor Constantine which the Turkish people could not relate to. Personally, I prefer the old name of Byzantium. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Words by Jimmy Kennedy Music by Nat Simon Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works That's nobody's business but the Turks
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It is the name in Turkish. The name was used colloqially before the fall of the Byzantine empire, but became the normal name after that fall when Turkish, instead of Greek became the working language of the city.
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