Istanbul comes from a Greek phrase and has frick all to do with the Ottoman conquest. They kept calling it Constantinople until their empire collapsed and the Turkish republic had it renamed to its colloquial name.
Pliny the Elder, book IV, chapter XI:
"On leaving the Dardanelles we come to the Bay of Casthenes, ... and the promontory of the Golden Horn, on which is the town of Byzantium, a free state, formerly called Lygos ..."
they do
they are just being civilized about it
I personally legitimately DESPISE mangoes but I don't go around firebombing mango orchards because I'm a civilized person
Many girls find hardcore autism to be an endearing trait. Nobody likes a neurotic self-aware sperg, but a oddball who’s completely confident in his weirdness often wins a woman’s heart.
Wasn't Istanbul still called Constantinople even by the Turks until barely 100 years ago?
The arguement over it's name can't really be called a religious matter.
Istanbul comes from a Greek phrase and has frick all to do with the Ottoman conquest. They kept calling it Constantinople until their empire collapsed and the Turkish republic had it renamed to its colloquial name.
dont care
dont care
>if the name Lygos was good enough for Pliny the Elder, it is good enough for me
It wasn't called that, either.
Pliny the Elder, book IV, chapter XI:
"On leaving the Dardanelles we come to the Bay of Casthenes, ... and the promontory of the Golden Horn, on which is the town of Byzantium, a free state, formerly called Lygos ..."
Lygos is pretty cool
sure thing, yunanistanis.
Maybe if you weren't genetically and Intellectually inferior you'd still have it, subhuman.
It wasn't called that, either.
How come Greeks don’t have a bloodthirsty irredentism for Anatolia in the way that Arabs do for Palestine?
>idiot
They do, Greeks fricking hate Turks
they do
they are just being civilized about it
I personally legitimately DESPISE mangoes but I don't go around firebombing mango orchards because I'm a civilized person
>but I don't go around firebombing mango orchards because I'm a civilized person
you should definitely do that bro
>worried about the crusader pepe when the guy is wearing tigerstripe cammies
she doesn't yet know it but his boyfriend has terminal autism
Many girls find hardcore autism to be an endearing trait. Nobody likes a neurotic self-aware sperg, but a oddball who’s completely confident in his weirdness often wins a woman’s heart.
You can't because it is.
Wasn't Istanbul still called Constantinople even by the Turks until barely 100 years ago?
The arguement over it's name can't really be called a religious matter.