where does the word istanbul come from?

It derives from the Greek phrase "στην Πόλη" " [stimˈboli], meaning "in the city" or "to the city", reinterpreted as a single word; a similar case is Stimboli, Crete. It is thus based on the common Greek usage of referring to Constantinople
simply as The City (see above).

Why was Constantinople's name changed to Istanbul?
With the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923, the capital of Turkey was moved to Ankara and the Greco-Roman name Constantinople was officially changed to Istanbul in 1930, by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. This was a contraction of an earlier Greek
name of the city, "εις την Πόλην" ("to the city").


What is the old name of Turkey?
The English name Turkey, now applied to the modern Republic of Turkey, is historically derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia. It is first recorded in Middle English (as Turkye, Torke, later Turkie, Turky), attested in
Chaucer, ca.

What was Turkey before Islam?
Out of question, Tengrism was the most seen religion before Turks stepped toward Islamic influence. Recently there are many religions in Turkic people. The ethnically Turkish people would follow Tengriism, a “pagan” religion, worshipping a type of
sky god and having portions of shamanism and nature worship.

What was the name of Turkey in the Bible?
In New Testament times it was called Asia Minor and was divided up into various regional seats each governed by a Roman Governor. It was also known as Anatolia and Thrace, later it was called Byzantium.

Are Turkish people Caucasian?
Ninety per cent of Caucasians in Turkey are Circassian, while the majority of the remaining 10 per cent is Abkhaz. All Caucasians are Muslim. Chechens and Daghistanis belong to the S'afi denomination of Islam, whereas the rest are Hanefi. Caucasians live
in 15 provinces in north-west, central and southern Turkey.

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