Why did constantinople become Istanbul.  Muslims?
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In short, yes.  It had been referred to as Istanbul for many years before the official name change (in 1930).
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Compared to suburb residental life of US cities, Istanbul is quite different
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I believe many Muslims are Muslim because of where they live and what their friends and neighbors are. If they were Christians, which I believe many think seriously about at some time in their life, they would be persecuted if they changed. The Bible says this will happen to many Christians and they don't wish to be the ones it happens to. I seriously think a great number of Muslims would convert to Christianity if they could do it safely. Most know the true religion and probably secretly are believers of Jesus.
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Istanbul is a great city.  My friend studied in Turkey for 3 months and he loved it and can't wait to go back.  I liked it alot and would go back.  Grand Bazaar is way cool.
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Yes. The christians in Turkey are largely ethnic Greeks or Armenians. There have been many claims that the Turks have attempted genocide of Armenians. The early church was well represented in the area that is now Turkey but only remnants remain.\n\nWhy? Because believers will meet and worship wherever they are (openly or underground).\n\nThe link discusses what might happen for the church if Turkey is admitted to the European Union.
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to start with, domes, mosques, Bosforo, Marmara, Pamukale, part in Europe and part in Asia. all people talking turkish not turke
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The Great Schism happend in the year 1054 in Constantinople and it divided definately Chrinstians for the western Catholics with the bishoph of Rome (pope) as a head of the church and the eastern Orthodox Church with a Patriarch of Constantinople. The reason was a conflict between different roman and greek customs and "filioque"(the origin of Saint Spirit)\nThere was also a Western Great Schism (1378-1417), when there were 2 popes (one in Rome, the other in Avignon), and from the Synod in Pisa 1409 to the Synod in Constance 1414-1418 3 popes.
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The Fatih Sultan Bridge, also known as the Second Bosporus Bridge (in Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü or 2. Boğaziçi Köprüsü), is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey spanning the Bosporus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi). The bridge is situated between Hisarüstü (European side) and Kavacık (Asian side). It is a gravity-anchored suspension bridge with steel pylons and inclined hangers. The aerodynamic deck is hanging on double vertical steel cables. It is 1,510 m long with a deck width of 39 m. The distance between the towers (main span) is 1,090 m (World rank 2004: 13th) and their height over road level is 105 m. The clearance of the bridge from the sea level is 64 m, to allow passage to the aircraft carrier Enterprise and the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II, the tallest ships afloat.\n\nAn international consortium of three Japanese companies, one Italian and one Turkish company carried out the construction. Design work was by Freeman Fox & Partners. It was completed on July 3, 1988 and opened by Prime Minister Turgut Özal who drove his official car by himself as the first to pass. The cost of the bridge amounted to USD 130 million.\n\nMehmed II (also known as el-Fatih (الفاتح), "the Conqueror", in Ottoman Turkish, or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481) (Arabic: محمد الثاني) was first the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. He was also the first Ottoman ruler to claim the title of Caesar of the Roman Empire (supreme ruler of all Christians), besides such usual titles as King, Sultan (ruler of a Muslim state), Khan (ruler of Turks), etc. He made this claim after his conquest of Constantinople (1453), and assumption of that imperial regalia along with his own
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The "spread by the sword" argument is out of date and is a quick answer with no real depth. Furthermore, it doesn't answer the question. If you're looking for contemporary views of Christianity in Turkey and want 'first hand' accounts I suggest doing a simple search for forums based in Turkey that talk about religion. Take these with a grain of salt however, because they are obviously not accurately representative of the population as a whole. Another method you can take is to browse current newspapers in Turkey that are available online and search for headings that relate to Christianity or Christian events. That's a starting point, but if you're looking for in depth research you may want to look beyond this. Hope your homework goes well!
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there is no church for the Muslims or Islam.. churches are for Christians.. its a holy place to perform their prayers.. as for the Muslims, the holy place to perform their prayers is called mosque..
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ı am a turk , and yes,, turkey used pope as well.... it was a gun to entering europe... we like all the religionss...
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ok... so what was the muslim doing in st. petersburg?\n\n(SAINT PETER is christian)\n\narent there muslemic cities or countries?\n\nDo your care about christians being murdered for thier believes in Sudan?\n\nWhats your point?
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It is a hard question.  Hagia Sophia was stolen.  It is stolen property, but so is Isreal if you ask the Palestinians.  Let the religious leaders of Turkey and the civil leaders decide.
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correcting the first poster, Islam means submission (to God).\nIsalm, like other Judeo-Christian religious sects has the precept'thou shalt not kill', read up on th efive pillars of Islam, proper muslims give a tenth of all the own to charity, more than most ppl. However, Muslim from the beginning had an agressive edge to it as it mixed with the local religions (why theres genies and stuff there, traditional Persian stuff got mixed in) and its this desire to convert that made it spread so far in the first place (from middle east all across north africa and to India in a remarkably short time). \nPeaceful? perhaps, expansionist? definitely, but then what religion doesnt want to expand?
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First, what is ancient Islam?  Second, Hagia Sophia was built under the Eastern Roman empire in the 6th century under the reign of Justinian 1.  In Constantinople.  It was a cathedral of the Eastern Orthodox faith.  When the Ottomans successfully took the city in the 15th century, and the Turks have had it ever since.  It is now called Istanbul.  \n\nBut basically it is an interesting crossroads church.  It was the seat of the Metropolitan (kind of like a pope) of the Eastern Orthodox church unti 1200, when it became Roman Catholic for a short while, before returning to the eastern church.  Of course after the fall of Constantinople, it became Islamic.  After the secularization program of Attaturk, it was converted into a museum.  \n\nThere have been a lot of changes since the Turks took over...see the site below for reference.\n\nTo answer your question, Hagia Sophia was only called that after the 15th century...hardly ancient.
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Russian "Muslims" are not the same muslims we generally think of.\n\nMuselmen have been in Russia for centuries, and their religious beliefs are as similar to other "sects" of Muslims as the Catholics are to the Russian Orthodox (or the R-O to the Ukrainian-Orthodox). \n\nThis Muslim growth is from the Russian population, now that they can practice religion, not from "immigrating muslims".\n\nMany similarities, but very non-violent.
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http://www.theottomans.org/english/family/selim1.asp   All the Ottoman emperors were muslim look at him