How did Constantinople become Istanbul?

Istanbul, Turkey is a historic city for many reasons. It is also one of the rarest cities in the world. Because, the city is part of Asia (Middle East) and Europe at the same time. This specialty in terms of location explains why the city has been the center of attraction of empires for hundreds of years. The city was once the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantine Empire. During that time it was named as Constantinople. It later became one of the most important centers of the Ottoman Empire.

But how did Constantinople get the name Istanbul?

Many may think that the Ottomans changed its name after occupying the city. Not really. For many years the city was known by various forms of the word ‘Constantinople’. For example, the Ottomans spelled the name of the city ‘Kostantiniyy’. The city was known by several names even before Constantinople. The city was founded by the Greeks in 657 BC. At that time it was called Bazantion. The Latin version of this word is Byzantium. The city was once known as New Rome, Augusta Antonina, Queen of Cities, The City, etc. When the Roman emperor Constantine came to power in 330, he named it Constantinople after himself. Emperor Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. Although the Ottomans seized power after the Romans, they did not change the name of the city.

However, people in the Roman Empire began to call Constantinople Istanpolin, meaning "towards the city", in line with the Greek vocabulary is timˈbolin or eis tan polin. But the official name of the city has not been changed yet. Centuries have passed since then, and the pronunciation and spelling of the name have gradually changed over time.

After the defeat in World War I, the Ottoman Empire fell in 1922 and Turkey was established in 1923. A few years later, in 1930, the Turkish Postal Service decided to permanently rename the city Istanbul. The same year, the US State Department used the name of the city as "Istanbul" in their official communications management. The rest of the countries followed the same path later. However, it is not clear when the city was renamed Istanbul from Constantinople. Because, long before Istanbul was officially named, people knew the city by that name.

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