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The article needs substantial work to meet the FA criteria: better referencing (including citing the uncited content, as well as improving the quality of refs so that promotional claims are cited to independent sources), updating many sections that are out of date. There is also massive overload of images in contrary to MOS:IMAGELOC. (t · c) buidhe 21:25, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article is semi-protected, and I have no intension editing such a page unprompted, so I give my oppinion here

I think an article should start with its formalities and links to other articles close to the subject.

I think the introduction should be:

Istanbul (/ˌɪstænˈbʊl/ IST-an-BUUL,[7][8] US also /ˈɪstænbʊl/ IST-an-buul; Turkish: İstanbul [isˈtanbuɫ] (About this soundlisten)), formerly known as Constantinople (previous capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Roman/Byzantine Empire and was originally Byzantium an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity, is the largest city in Turkey ...

because very important traces from very important past eras are available in the site (the past cities were not destroyed and there has been a continious development of it). The other eras are described in other articles and so these articles should be linked to immediatly this way.

After the formalities go on and put up history and other aspects of the city. The introduction should be cleaned from history things and put in a history section, becaus eof the subject it must be devided into subsections. The introduction after the first formalities should describe shortly the present city, that is an important commercial centre and large city of Turkey and Europe.

The article should describe the present city and the past eras should mainly be taken care of by links in the formalities and the history section (as they are supposed to be described there). However present day remains (sites, institutions and activeties) from the past history shsould be decribed in the article becauase they are turist attractions of the present and listed in subsections dependent on the era. As a turist I should be able to track the most important present sites dependent on my perspective in the present day city.

--Zzalpha (talk) 22:13, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to remove the image of 'Colomn of Constantine', 'Statue of Atatürk in Büyükada' and 'Syrian nationals in districts of Istanbul' and 'Pera Museum in Beyoglu'. I find these ones least relevant to the article. Metuboy (talk) 12:01, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's clear that you are trying to make disinformation nationalism with adding "ancient greek.." bla bla thing. It's not allowed according to any Wikipedia policies. Look at the Gdansk article for some education. Old name of the city should be remove.

78.190.2.75 (talk) 18:51, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Istanbul, Constantinople, and Byzantium Pages

I propose that the Wikipedia pages for Istanbul, Constantinople, and Byzantium be unified into a single comprehensive entry. While each name represents a distinct historical phase, they all refer to the same city. A unified page would provide readers with a coherent narrative that emphasizes the continuity of Istanbul’s identity and allows for a better understanding of its cultural and historical evolution. By integrating key events, figures, and thematic elements under one article, we can eliminate redundancy, improve user experience, and create a valuable resource for anyone seeking to learn about this historically rich city. I believe this change would enhance the overall quality of the information presented and reflect the interconnectedness of the city’s past. Lardlegwarmers (talk) 03:19, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Name

It's Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολη), not Instabul. 46.177.152.130 (talk) 14:04, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely not. The name of the city is Istanbul. Constantinople is the old name, that is no longer used in English to refer to the modern city of Istanbul. 81.173.126.239 (talk) 22:54, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "Constantinople" to "Istanbul". Constantinople is not the official name of the city, Istanbul is. 81.173.126.239 (talk) 22:50, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. There are 47 instances of Constantinople in the article; which text is to be changed? LizardJr8 (talk) 00:25, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

image improvements

can somebody replace the 'topkapi palace' with dolmabahce palace? topkapi is also visible in the first picture, the 'historical peninsula' one, so it can be mentioned there. also, it's worth mentioning the yalıs in the last picture, the one with the ortakoy mosque. 83.9.117.65 (talk) 20:39, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]