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Is Istanbul Greek?

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Are you asking if Istanbul should be greek in terms of national territory or borders or are you asking if the city itself today is of primarily greek culture? read more

Currently İstanbul is the biggest city of Turkish Republic, the people of which consists mainly of Turkish citizens, including some small minority of people of Greek origins as well. So, it is by no means possible or logical to say that İstanbul is a Greek city. read more

Istanbul (Constantinople to Greeks) is a part of the Turkish state. 15 milion people live there. Only a handfull are Greeks. How that came to be is a disgrace to the Turks, as many such things are a disgrace to the Greeks, the Bulgarians, the Sebians etc. NO BORDERLINE SHOULD BE CHANGED. read more

The Greeks in Turkey (Turkish: Rumlar) constitute a population of Greek and Greek-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians who mostly live in Istanbul, as well as on the two islands of the western entrance to the Dardanelles: Imbros and Tenedos (Turkish: Gökçeada and Bozcaada). read more

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