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Constantinople!
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Istanbul!
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Byzantium!
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Bannanople! (or alternatively, Strawbul)
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July 17, 2002, 16:41
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Heh heh heh.
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July 17, 2002, 16:43
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Face it, you Greeks got your asses kicked in 1453. The Turks can call it whatever they want, and there is nothing you can do about it.
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July 17, 2002, 16:46
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Hey, who said that we want to rename it, didn't ya read the thread, it still has a Greek name 
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July 17, 2002, 16:47
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Istanbul.
Because Constantinople sounds too exotic, considering the state of the city.
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July 17, 2002, 16:49
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Originally posted by paiktis22
Too bad the Turks were in no position to use other aspects of our culture too. Like democracy for example
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there is one aspect of 'culture' both the Turks and the Greeks were rumoured to enjoy......
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July 17, 2002, 16:52
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Right, same think with most American monuments and memorials they do look pretty because they are in Greek Style and on some of 'em there is actually greek written on them. Look at Washington DC, everything seems to be a kitsch copy of Greek Temples and Architectonical Style.
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What the Hell does this have to do with the Turks making the Hagia Sophia look better than before? 
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July 17, 2002, 16:52
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The true test of a civilization is how good their food is.
Therefore, the chinese are the greatest, followed by the mexicans (Aztec), Italians, greeks, Burmans, ... #478 on the list is the Turks, just above the welsh, the Bushmen of the Khalahari, and the fuqawis.*
*fuquawis, one of the lost tribes. Known for their saying, whereda fuquawi?
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July 17, 2002, 16:53
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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Face it, you Greeks got your asses kicked in 1453. The Turks can call it whatever they want, and there is nothing you can do about it.
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you're so cute when you get angry little turk
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July 17, 2002, 16:54
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July 17, 2002, 16:55
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If Turkey joins the EU, they will have come full circle and joined the people they once conquered. Perhaps the price of admittance to the EU would be to restore the name of the city to Constantinople in recognition of their "surrender."
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July 17, 2002, 16:55
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#478 on the list is the Turks
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You have bad taste, don't you?
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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July 17, 2002, 16:56
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What the Hell does this have to do with the Turks making the Hagia Sophia look better than before?
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Only if you're into destruction and descecration Imran..
It is looted in case you haven't noticed and all the beautiful icons destroyed and the wall paintings painted over...
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July 17, 2002, 16:59
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If Turkey joins the EU, they will have come full circle and joined the people they once conquered. Perhaps the price of admittance to the EU would be to restore the name of the city to Constantinople in recognition of their "surrender."
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Surrender? Actually it might Eastern Europe who'll have surrendered, because the Turks have been on good terms with the British and French for a significant periods in their history.
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July 17, 2002, 17:00
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It is looted in case you haven't noticed and all the beautiful icons destroyed and the wall paintings painted over...
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Replaced by even MORE beautiful paintings and decorations. The gold Islamic text on background of lapis is considered one of the aesthic wonders of the world!
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July 17, 2002, 17:01
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Bah, the turks are the only true greeks left anyway; today's greeks are just a bunch of transcarpathian gypsies. Though for both the warm blood flows thru a large four chambered heart, maintaining the very high metabolism that they share.
btw - Turkish food rules and the Hagi Sophia looks incredible. What have you guys been smokin'?
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July 17, 2002, 17:02
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July 17, 2002, 17:02
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They are not replaced by anything!!!!
There are only 4 or so islamic signs hanging from the columns like they have been attached there by pins...
actually they have
they are like 4 big signs...
there is nothing else there.
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July 17, 2002, 17:05
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Originally posted by Ned
If Turkey joins the EU, they will have come full circle and joined the people they once conquered. Perhaps the price of admittance to the EU would be to restore the name of the city to Constantinople in recognition of their "surrender."
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Good idea 
Only one problem. Turkey will never enter the EU.
So we might just have to take it back after all
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July 17, 2002, 17:06
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So you are saying that the Hagia Sophia is now ugly?
Bullshit, it is one of the most wonderful structures in the world, inside more glorious than outside. Only a Greek Nationalist would differ  .
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July 17, 2002, 17:07
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So we might just have to take it back after all
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They'd kick you ass.
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July 17, 2002, 17:10
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blah blah blah
And it is not "nationalistic" to state the obvious. That The church has been destroyed inside, the paintings and everything else have been destroyed so it looked better when it was not destroyed.
Only an islamic muslim wouldn't say that...
(err, i think i just did a pleonasm )
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July 17, 2002, 17:16
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Only an islamic muslim wouldn't say that...
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Uh, guess I better change my religion.
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July 17, 2002, 17:44
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One of my absolute favorite dishes is a Turkish dish, the name of which I forget. It's basically a tomato stew stuffed into an eggplant. Yum!
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July 17, 2002, 17:54
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Mexican food second best?
Turkish only #478?
UGH
You really need to do a food vacation around the Mediterraneum.
SLURP..... Now I'm hungry
Saluti
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July 17, 2002, 18:34
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Konstantynopol. 
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July 17, 2002, 18:46
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American food is the best, because our cuisine includes the cuisines over every immigrant group we have.
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July 17, 2002, 18:54
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Originally posted by Giovanni Wine
Mexican food second best?
Turkish only #478?
UGH
You really need to do a food vacation around the Mediterraneum.
SLURP..... Now I'm hungry
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Hey, I put Italian at third, didn't I?
American food is best, that is true- we take native disheds from other land, add sugar and mayonaise and butter and sour cream, and BAM! Americana.
BTW: Islamic Muslim? Is that like a Dutch Hollander? Are you from the Department of Redundancy Department?
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July 17, 2002, 18:58
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pleonasm my dear dan, i said it
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July 18, 2002, 02:48
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July 18, 2002, 02:54
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Ok. I am really tired so maybe that's why I thought of such a vulgar joke
Telika auto pou i8ele gia na paradex8ei tin elliniki klironomia itan enas poulos ellinikos 
ahem...
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