Constantinople

Constantinople  ( (); ) wis the caipital ceety o the Roman Empire (330–395), o the Byzantine Empire (395–1204 an 1261–1453), o the brief Crusader state kent as the Laitin Empire (1204–1261) an o the Ottoman Empire (1453–1923). In 1923 the caipital of Turkey, the successor state o the Ottoman Empire, wis muivit tae Ankara an the name Constantinople wis offeecially chyngit tae Istanbul; the ceety is still referred tae as Constantinople in Greek-speakin sources. The ceety is locatit in wha is nou the European side an the core o modren Istanbul.

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