DeltaCabinDweller Feb 3, 2013 11:33am

I really liked the name Constantinople, but im sure there was a very good reason for renaming it. No matter what name it is a beautiful place and I believe the people are as nice as they are beautiful.

turkey Apr 2, 2010 4:20pm

The turkish houses look much historical and the nature blend is a beauty.

alek35 Apr 2, 2010 1:28pm

Turkey is very nice country ,and very nice peaple
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KentOne Mar 27, 2010 5:25am

Really looks like a lovely place, nice living on the water like that +1

Ahava Mar 27, 2010 3:26am

SO beautiful Merih! I'd love to visit. :)

BUZDIGAR Mar 26, 2010 10:59pm

Byzantium is the first known name of the city. In 667 B.C., this Doric colony was founded by settlers from the city-state of Megara, and they named the colony after their king Byzas.[9] After Roman emperor Constantine I (Constantine the Great) made the city the new eastern capital of the Roman Empire on 11 May 330, the city became widely known as Constantinopolis (the Latinised form of "Κωνσταντινούπολις" [Kōnstantinoúpolis] which means the "City of Constantine" in Greek)
SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instanbul

BUZDIGAR Mar 26, 2010 10:55pm

The name comes from the Greek word Bosporos (Βόσπορος).[1] Its etymology is from bous (βοῦς: ox)[2] and poros (πόρος: "means of passing a river, ford, ferry"),[3] thus meaning "oxen passage". The similar Ancient Greek word for "passage, strait" is porthmos (πορθμός).[4] The Greeks analysed it as "ox-ford" or "shallow sea ox passage"[1] and associated it with the myth of Io's travels after Zeus turned her into an heifer for her protection.[5] It has also been thought to be a Thracian form of Phôsphoros (Φωσφόρος), "light-bearing", an epithet of the goddess Hecate.
SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosphorus

sweetwitchy Mar 26, 2010 10:53pm

This is so beautiful :) Is this where you are from?