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İstanbul originally was not used for the entire city, instead the name referred to the core of Istanbul—the walled city. [18] İstanbul was the common name for the city in normal speech in Turkish even before the conquest of 1453, [ citation needed ] but in official use by the Ottoman authorities other names, such as Kostantiniyye , were ...
14 January: Istanbul Chamber of Commerce established. 1883 School of Economics established. [6] Orient Express (Paris–Istanbul) begins operating. Drita Albanian magazine begins publishing. 1886 1 September: Getronagan Armenian High School established. Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque built. 1887 Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque built. Hidayet Mosque rebuilt. 1890
As a consequence, the population collapsed, from an estimated 1,125,000 in 1914 to about 500,000 in 1924; but the population steadily grew during the later 20th century, the metropolitan population surpassing 10 million in the year 2000. The city's current name İstanbul is a shortened version with a Turkish character of the Medieval Greek ...
(38 years~) Son of Osman I and Malhun Hatun (unclear). [21] Reigned until his death. 3 Murad I: March 1362 – 15 June 1389 (27 years, 3 months) Son of Orhan and Nilüfer Hatun. [21] Reigned until his death. Killed on the battlefield at the Battle of Kosovo on June 15, 1389. 4 Bayezid I: 15 June 1389 – 20 July 1402 (13 years, 35 days)
The name İstanbul (Ottoman Turkish: استانبول; pronounced [isˈtanbuɫ] ⓘ, colloquially [ɯsˈtambuɫ]) is commonly held to derive from the Medieval Greek phrase eis tḕn Pólin (εἰς τὴν Πόλιν, pronounced [is tim ˈbolin]), literally 'to the city' [21] and is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks. This ...
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Decades in Istanbul (14 C) Y. Years in Istanbul (18 C) This page was last edited on 24 August 2019, at 09:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
3 years, 196 days Abdulmejid II: Last Ottoman Caliph (1922–1924) 37th Head of the House of Osman following Mehmed VI's death (1926–1944) First cousin of Mehmed VI, son of Sultan Abdülaziz. [46] 16 May 1926 – 23 August 1944 18 years, 99 days Ahmed Nihad: 38th Head of the House of Osman (1944–1954)