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**purchasviagra** · 01-09-2012, 06:19 PM

Hmmmm, I'd rather it be called Constantinople again myself. pull down them minarets.

I personally feel for the Palestinians - don't get me wrong, I want them to have their own state; but what I want more is all the BS and Israeli influence in the world to end.

Ron Paul is a start in that direction IMO.

I know what you mean when you say Constantinople, but it was actually it's name all through out the Ottoman empire, or Konstantiniye in Turkish. It didn't officially change it's name to Istanbul until 1930...

For that and the fascinating story of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, I refer to this excellent Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople

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purchasviagra Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	Hmmmm, I'd rather it be called Constantinople again myself. pull down them minarets. I personally feel for the Palestinians - don't get me wrong, I want them to have their own state; but what I want more is all the BS and Israeli influence in the world to end. Ron Paul is a start in that direction IMO. I know what you mean when you say Constantinople, but it was actually it's name all through out the Ottoman empire, or Konstantiniye in Turkish. It didn't officially change it's name to Istanbul until 1930... For that and the fascinating story of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, I refer to this excellent Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople
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