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Kemal Attaturk. But many Europeans knew it is Constantinople for vmany years after the change. - I grew up with Constantinople in the 1950s.

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The Turks when they took the city over

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Q: Who changed the name constantinople to istanbul?
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What Constantinople's name was changed to?

it was changed to istanbul. This is wrong^


What was the name of the city byzantium changed to?

Byzantium changed to Constantinople to Istanbul.


Constantinople's name was changed to after the Ottomans defeated it in 1453.?

Istanbul


What is different about the city of Istanbul?

Isanbul was called Constantinople in the Byzantine times.


What did the ottomans rename constantinople?

It was renamed Istanbul (meaning 'to the city') in 1930.


Who damaged Constantinople to Istanbul?

No one damaged Constantinople to Istanbul.As it was conquered and overrun the new rulers changed the name.


.2 By what name was Istanbul founded in the 7th Century BC?

it was originally named Constantinople after king constantinople. When it was taken they changed the name.


What was Constantinople name changed to after the Ottomans defeated it in 1453?

Istanbul


Former name of Istanbul?

The former name of Istanbul is: Constantinople Before is was renamed Constantinople (in honor of the Roman emperor Constantine, this city was called Byzantium and New Rome).


What is turkey's old capitals name?

Istanbul was Constantinople now Istanbul Constantinople


What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman empire?

It has changed name twice. Byzantium - Constantinople - Istanbul.


Who changed constantinople into instanbul?

Constantinople was conquered by the ottoman Turks in 1453. The Turks used both the name Kostantiniyye in their official documents, and Istanbul was the was the popular name. The Europeans continued to call it Constantinople. In 1923 the Turkish government decided that Istanbul was to be the sole name of the city.