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[sophisticatedbeggar]

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?

[Murtaza]

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

[Chrisswirl]

I think I saw Greece labeled as "Yunanistan" on a Turkish map, I think that's what sophisticatedbeggar meant.

[magikthrill]

how is greece referred to as in modern day turkish?

[garbitsch]

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".

[magikthrill]

is it true that graikos is a turkish word?

[garbitsch]

Err never heard that word before...

[Murtaza]

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.

[turkcyp]

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[Main_Source]

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.