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Even those who know nothing else about Istanbul know that it used to be
called Constantinople. The official renaming happened in 1930, meaning
that the photographs you see here, all of which date from around 1890,
were taken, strictly speaking, not in Istanbul but Constantinople. But
under any name, and despite all the other changes that have occurred
over the past 130 years, the Turkish metropolis on the Bosphorus
remains recognizable as the gateway between East and West it has been throughout recorded history. This is thanks in part to its oldest
landmarks, above all the cathedral-turned-mosque-turned-museum known as
Hagia Sophia, pictured above.

In the 1890s Hagia Sophia was still a mosque, and as we recently posted
here, it has just this year become one again. But as a historically
rich structure even by the standards of such a historically rich city,
it will no doubt remain Istanbul's prime tourist attraction in the
2020s, much as it must have been in the 19th century.

For those who couldn't make the trip in those days - or who could make
the trip and wanted to bring home souvenirs that could convey as richly
as possible what they'd seen on their travels - there were Photocrom
prints. Though not technically a color photography process, Photocrom
could produce fairly convincing images by applying color to
black-and-white pictures.

Hence Photocrom's use in capturing vistas from the great European
cities, including Rome, Venice, and Paris, all previously featured here
on Open Culture. Photocrom prints, explains the Library of Congress'
web site, "are ink-based images produced through 'the direct
photographic transfer of an original negative onto litho and
chromographic printing plates,'" a technology that allowed for the mass production of images that could then be widely distributed. Thanks to
the ventures of licensees like the Detroit Publishing Company, those on
the other side of the world could behold a city like Istanbul - or
rather Constantinople - through what looked "deceptively like color photographs."

The subjects of these prints, all of which you can view and download at
the Library of Congress' online archive, include not just Hagia Sophia
but the fountain of Sultan Ahmed, Topkaki Palace's imperial gate, and
the Galata Bridge (for which Leonardo da Vinci himself once submitted a design). Other pictures depict the city's street life with views of the Eminönü bazaar as well as barbers and cooks plying their trade in
the open air. The colors and contrasts of the Photocrom process gives
all of them a sense of reality more vivid, in a way, than reality
itself - but as those who've been there know, the reality of Istanbul
is vivid enough for anybody.

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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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Yes, yes very informative indeed.... and one million years ago Istanbul was called the city of Cavemanbul...
1000 years ago, there was no USA.
500 years ago the much of the countries we know in Europe today were not the same countries with same boarders...
The soviet republic was not soviet republic ...
Much of the African countries did not even exist...
Civilization come and civilizations go...
The Story of the Earth!
Etc.
Etc.
And Your point?

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