Constantinople, a name rooted in Greek and Roman history, was seen as representing the city’s imperial past before the rise of the Turkish nation-state. Istanbul, a name already used colloquially among Turks for centuries, became the official name. The government then encouraged and pressured foreign countries and mapmakers to adopt this new name as well.
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.
Why they changed it, I can’t say
People just liked it better that way
I wonder if you will say the same thing about this slurmcore cover. https://youtu.be/OeTm_Q5oNjw it’s birdhouse in your soul ,not Istanbul not Constantinople