Who took control of the byzantine empire and named its capital Istanbul?

Answer 1

The Ottoman Turks conquered in Constantinople in 1543. The name Constantinople was not dropped. During the period of the Ottoman Empire both Constantinople and Istanbul seem to have been in usage until the 19th century. Constantinople was given as Kostantiniyye, a calque (loan translation) used in the Muslim world.

Kostantiniyye appeared as the place of provenance of documents of the court and the chancellery and on coins up to the 17th century and reappeared on coins in the 19th century. The name Istanbul was associated with the highest magistrate (Istanbul efendis) and the highest military commander (Istanbul agasi). Isanbul was the common speech name.

With the deposition of the Ottoman sultans and establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923 Istanbul became the sole name of the city. With the Turkish Postal Service Law of 1930 Istanbul became the official name and foreigners were requested to adopt this name in their languages and drop other names. In Europe the use of the name Constantinople had remained widespread. The Turkish postal services would no longer deliver mail sent to Constantinople instead of Istanbul.

The name Istanbul is derived from the Greek word istimbolin which means in/to the city and was used to indicate Constantinople, which was often just called the City. It was already in use by the Armenians, Arabs and Turks in common speech before the conquest of Constantinople

Answer 2

It's a Badly wrong question.

Greek Constantinople was conquered by turkish sultan Mohamed II, the city was then partly repopulated with turkish people.

Constantinople in turkish is said Istanbul, which is probably a contraction of Constantin=Istan and polis=bul or a contraction of greek Stin Bolin (in the City), but despite the use of Istanbul that began at the time of conquest, Mohamed II and its successors kept its official name, Costantinople, until 1916, because they considered themselves as heir of the Roman Imperial Crown. Still in XVIII century, its official name in administration documents as Costantinye.

The name Istanbul became officially used only in 1923, after the fall of the Othman Empire, and it was Mustafa Kemal, named Ataturk, that renamed the city Istambul.

Answer 3

ottoman Turks

The ottoman Turks took control of byzantium and renamed the capital istanbul