Sat 5 Jul 2008
That is to say I have a direct flight today from New York to Istanbul today. I’ll be ariving early tomorrow morning and will be staying at the Hotel Golden Horn in Sultanahmet. This should prove to be one of the best GUADECs ever.
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July 5th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
“The modern Turkish name İstanbul (IPA: [istambul]) is attested (in a range of different variants) since the 10th century, at first in Armenian and Arabic and then in Turkish sources. It derives from the Greek phrase “εις την Πόλιν” or “στην Πόλη” [(i)stimboli(n)], both meaning “in the city” or “to the city”.[5] It is thus based on the common Greek usage of referring to Constantinople simply as The City (see above).”