Bizantium, Constantinopole, Istanbul - different names, but the city remains the same.
The last time I’ve seen people calling this city Constantinople (or Tzar-city, as Russian interpretation of the name) was in the 9th class. In the literature classes. When the poets were using old names of Istanbul just to get a proper rhythm in the poetry.
As it appeared for some of the Cypriots, they’ve got offended when I called the biggest Turkish city by name which is used since 15th century - Istanbul. I was told that in all Greek maps they use Constantinople as the only correct name for Istanbul.
That was a bit shocking for me. In other words, 15th century name stayed unchanged.
I’ve got few questions: is it just another example of anti-Turkish aggression, or they still use 15th century maps in geography classes? And if they use it, do they know that the Earth is not flat?..