Why did Constamtinopal change it's name to Istambul?

Answer 1

Istanbul is widely recognized as the name of Turkey's most well known city, but it was not always this way, and even today some confusion over its proper name still exists. The confusion is rooted in the various names the city assumed under the Ottomans in the centuries after their conquest of the city in 1453. Although the Ottomans did not purposely change the city's name, they opted to make "Constantinople" into a more Turkish style name "Konstantiniye" (which loosely translates as "of Constantine"), however variations on Konstantiniye soon cropped up.
"Stanbulin," (Greek for "to the city") once commonly found on road signs directing travelers to the capital, was punned by devout Turks into Islambol, where "Islam abounds." The names Islambol and Konstantiniye were used interchangeably in Ottoman documents up until the empire's demise in 1923. Westerners continued to refer to the city as Constantinople well into the 20th century. In the 19th century, however, the city's large foreign expatriate community took to calling the old city Stamboul. Western accounts of the old city during this period make regular references to the name.

Answer 2

Constantinople was served as the second capital of the unified Roman Empire, and after its division into East and West, of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire (from the city's ancient Greek name, Byzantium), for over two century's. Constantinople was located strategically between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe met Asia, and was highly significant as the successor to ancient Rome and the largest and wealthiest city in Europe throughout the Middle Ages, known as the "Queen of Cities".

The Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it to Istanbul.

Answer 3

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 girl in Constantinople,
Lives in Istanbul not Constantinople,
So if you have a date in Constantinopal,
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam,
Why'd they change 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?
It's nobodies business but the Turks!

Hope that clears things up...

Answer 4

Constantinople, the glimmering jewel of the Byzantine empire, was named for the emperor Constantine.

Later, it was conquered by the forces of Islam, who referred to the city as "Istanbul." "Istanbul" is a corruption of the Greek phrase "Eis tein polin," literally meaning "toward or into the city." It is assumed that Muslims interviewed locals travelling to Constantinople, asking where they were heading. "To the city," they replied, and the name stuck in Arabic.

This terminological conflict was capitalized upon by the band They Might Be Giants in a song that was popular in the mid-1990s.

Answer 5

Because Constantinople is a Greek word meaning Constantine's city, which isn't exactly fitting for a bunch of Turks, who don't speak Greek or like/care about Constantine.

Answer 6

Cause the Turks changed the name, they actually changed centuries ago but Americans and Europeans didn't do the same till 1930

Answer 7

Constantinople was the home of the Eastern Orthodox Church. When the Muslims took over they charged the name.

Answer 8

The Ottoman invaders changed the name of the City after they captured it in their war with the Byzantine Empire.

Answer 9

The "peaceful" Muslims changed the name of the city to sound more Arabic when they conquered Roman territory.

Answer 10

I don't remember...hey, but do you know this song that goes, "Istanbul to Constantinople, Istanbul to Constantinople" and so on. That's all I remember about the country. But the song is stuck in my head.