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Forum: Turkey

Jun 19th 2016, 9:59 pm

Replies: 10

Istanbul

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Istanbul

Thanks, Scot. I'd never even heard of the Megali Idea before (as Wiki spells it), and very interesting it is, the whole story of the Greek-Ottoman wrangling over the Centuries. The basic Idea was to...

Forum: Turkey

Jun 18th 2016, 7:47 pm

Replies: 10

Istanbul

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Istanbul

Not a place to keep too much of your bank balance, if I recall. Didn't the government steal a slice of everything over $100K a couple of years ago? Gulp...

We've got Cyprus on our list as a...

Forum: Turkey

Jun 18th 2016, 6:22 pm

Replies: 10

Istanbul

Views: 7,719

Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Istanbul

It probably never will catch on among Greek Cypriots, since Istanbul is a Turkish corruption of the Greek name. Even the respective parts of the island have different names. The Greek name translates...

Forum: Turkey

Jun 16th 2016, 2:51 am

Replies: 10

Istanbul

Views: 7,719

Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Istanbul

I read today somewhere that there is an attempt by some anti-Turkish group to campaign for the name of Istanbul to be changed back to Constantinople. What a silly idea. Istanbul is just a version of...

Forum: Turkey

Jul 3rd 2015, 9:03 pm

Replies: 10

Istanbul

Views: 7,719

Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Istanbul

My wife and I (she was then merely a new travel companion, picked up at the Youth Hostel in Thessaloniki) spent a few days in Istanbul (Stamboul, I know!) in 1964 on our way to Ankara in my VW...

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