Istanbul or Constantinople?
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| sophisticatedbeggar |
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we call it galata.
And You can call as you wish.
But Its formal name is Istanbul.[/quote]
True... wouldn't argue... I just told you why I think there are so many out there who keep calling it Konstantinople, that's all...
Alright, just one last question; why do you call Hellas/Greece Yunan?
Isn't it pejorative? Yunan = Graikos?   |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 4:20 pm |
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| Murtaza |
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| sophisticatedbeggar wrote: |
we call it galata.
And You can call as you wish.
But Its formal name is Istanbul. |
True... wouldn't argue... I just told you why I think there are so many out there who keep calling it Konstantinople, that's all...
Alright, just one last question; why do you call Hellas/Greece Yunan?
Isn't it pejorative? Yunan = Graikos? [/quote]
Dont know
Yunan=ION maybe.
we dont call all Greek yunan.
Greek in Turkey and Cyprus mostly called RUM |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 6:26 pm |
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| Chrisswirl |
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| I think I saw Greece labeled as "Yunanistan" on a Turkish map, I think that's what sophisticatedbeggar meant. |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 6:27 pm |
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| magikthrill |
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| how is greece referred to as in modern day turkish? |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 6:28 pm |
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| garbitsch |
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| Yunanistan is Greece in Turkish. Yunan means "Greek" and istan means "the land of"... But we do not use "Yunanistan" when we speak English. We rather say "Greece". |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 6:33 pm |
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| magikthrill |
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| is it true that graikos is a turkish word? |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 6:35 pm |
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| Err never heard that word before... |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 8:06 pm |
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| Chrisswirl wrote: |
| I think I saw Greece labeled as "Yunanistan" on a Turkish map, I think that's what sophisticatedbeggar meant. |
Because we call greeks=Yunan, Mostly used methot of naming place.
Yunan= Yunanistan
Bulgar=Bulgaristan
Macar=Macaristan=Hungary
Kazak=Kazakistan
And I hear Yunan comes form Ionia or something like this.
Or Yunan comes form people who wash.(Yun=Wash) But I think first is true. Second mosly seems comic. |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 8:41 pm |
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Last edited by turkcyp on Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:38 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 9:07 pm |
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| Main_Source |
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| Graiko probably comes from Greco, which is Latin for Greek...therefore, as the Roman empire went on to rule Europe/N Africa etc, the peoples in those territories got used to calling us Greco's. |
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