"Is Turkey Renaming Istanbul Constantinople?
Chances of Turkey and the Kurds reaching a rapprochement are at their highest in 25 years. But is Turkey really ready to end Turkification?
BY NICK DANFORTH | SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
Last month, Turkish President Abdullah Gul broke a long-standing national taboo: He called the remote village of Guroymak by its Kurdish name, Norshin.
The president's opponents say renaming Istanbul Constantinople on highway signs will inevitably follow. Or worse. For many Turks, saying Norshin leads to saying Kurdistan, and saying Kurdistan leads to recognizing an independent Kurdish state stretching across Iran, Iraq, and southeastern Turkey. "
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