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imperiumgraecum, on 11 November 2013 - 04:16 PM, said: Overall a fine article, just a notion: In 1451, Mehmet 2nd ascended to the throne. Constantinople fell at Tuesday, 29th May 1453 (it's the reason Greeks consider Tuesday 13th to be the "jinxy" day, instead of Friday 13th, that is in the rest of the Western World). The name of the city remained basically the same, during the living years of the Ottoman state: Konstandiniye, in Turkish, which was a loan from the arabic "al Konstandiniyya"(= Constantine's City). The city's name was officially changed to "Istanbul" in 1925, as part of the secularizing legislations passed by Kemal Ataturk. Istanbul was more like a "folklore" name between the turkish population in the Ottoman empire. According to "legend", Mehmet asked some greek peasants(or greek officers that had defected to the ottoman side) where the city is, and the greeks pointed the direction, responding: "Εις τήν πόλιν"(Is tin polin= to/towards the city). Mehmet thought that was the actual name of the city ("Istinpolin"), but he mispelled it as "Istimbol/Istambol", so the name stayed. Just a little correction we also consider Friday 13th as an unlucky day aswell as Tuesday 13th

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