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Who became an able ruler and changed the name of Constantinople to Istanbul?
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Sultan Mehmet II, el-Fatih of the Ottoman Empire was the Muslim leader who conquered Constantinople. However, he did not name the city Istanbul. It was officially called Constantiniyye (which is just the Turkish pronunciation of Constantinople) until the turn of the 20th century. The Ottoman residents of the city began to call it Istanbul not long after Mehmet II's conquest but it was a nickname or slang name for the city in the same way that "Big Apple" is slang for New York City or "Big Easy" is slang for New Orleans. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk officially renamed Constantiniyye as Istanbul in 1930.
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∙ 9y agoThe Ottoman Sultan of the Turks, Mehmed II, conquered Constantinople in 1453. Under Turkish rule the name Constantinople was retained and was used in some official documenst. The Turkish name Istanbul came into in common use. In 1922 the Sultans were overthrown and the Turkish Republic was established. Under the new government Istanbul was officially adopted as the sole name of the city in 1930 and the use of the name Constantinople (which was still commolny used by Europeans) was banned.
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