%0 Journal Article
%T The etymology of İstan­bul: making optimal use of the evidence 
%A Stachowski, Marek
%A Woodhouse, Robert
%J Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
%V 2015
%R 10.4467/20843836SE.15.015.2801
%N Volume 20, Issue 4
%P 221-245
%K generics as placenames, transcription, transliteration, vowel harmony, emphatic consonants
%@ 1427-8219
%D 2015
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-etymologica-cracoviensia/artykul/the-etymology-of-istanbul-making-optimal-use-of-the-evidence
%X 
	The discussion of the origin of the Turkish city name İstanbul that began well over a century ago has divided scholars into two groups: those who accept the Greek phrase εἰς τὴν πόλιν (or similar) as the source of the name, vs. those who try to trace it back directly to Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις ~ Κωνσταντινόπολις. The writings of both parties are encumbered by poor Turcology, inaccurate attention to early records and an overly narrow view of medieval Anatolian Greek phonetics. More scrupulous examination of all three types of evidence has revealed a more interesting picture than has previously been suggested.