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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Constantinople was a multicultural city with significantly large Greek and Armenian minorities, the majority of whom were expelled from there between the First World War and 1955. Today's Istanbul is what's left.

[–] Witziger_Waschbaer@feddit.org 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's nobody's business but the Turks.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul.