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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the new name of Constantinople?
A
Persepolis
B
Persia
C
Turkey
D
Istanbul
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Constantinople is an ancient city in modern-day Turkey that’s now known as Istanbul.

Detailed explanation-2: -Names of Constantinople Byzantium took on the name of Kōnstantinoupolis ("city of Constantine", Constantinople) after its refoundation under Roman emperor Constantine I, who transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 and designated his new capital officially as Nova Roma ( ) ‘New Rome’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The city of Constantinople is an ancient city that exists today in modern Turkey as Istanbul.

Detailed explanation-4: -On this day in 1930, the name of the city Constantinople was officially changed to Istanbul by Ataturk’s government, which requested all countries to use the Turkish names for their cities. The renaming of cities in Turkey began in 1916 with Enver Pasha, one of the perpetrators of the Christian Genocides.

Detailed explanation-5: -New Constantinople is a human colony world in the Thrace system, governed by the Unified Earth Government.

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