Comments on: The Eastern Archdeaconry Synod in Izmir http://rickyyates.com/the-eastern-archdeaconry-synod-in-izmir/ Ricky Yates - A blog and more Tue, 22 May 2012 13:32:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ricky Yates » Blog Archive » Farewell to Turkey http://rickyyates.com/the-eastern-archdeaconry-synod-in-izmir/comment-page-1/#comment-5198 Ricky Yates » Blog Archive » Farewell to Turkey Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:23:30 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=654#comment-5198 [...] Islamic republic, is best illustrated by one sight I saw and by two reports given at the Eastern Archdeaconry Synod in Izmir. With these I will end my blogging about my recent time in [...] [...] Islamic republic, is best illustrated by one sight I saw and by two reports given at the Eastern Archdeaconry Synod in Izmir. With these I will end my blogging about my recent time in [...]

]]> By: Ricky http://rickyyates.com/the-eastern-archdeaconry-synod-in-izmir/comment-page-1/#comment-3511 Ricky Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:39:08 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=654#comment-3511 Hi Karen - Smyrna and Constantinople are Greco-Roman names. Smyrna appears in the Bible being one of the 7 Churches to which the Book of Revelation is addressed. Constantinople is of course, named after the Emperor Constantine who converted to Christianity. With the establishment of the Republic of Turkey following the end of WW1, part of establishing a Turkish identity was to give every place a Turkish name. It is no different to what happened at the same time with the establishment of Czechoslovakia post 1918. German names dating from the Austro-Hungarian Empire were all replaced by Czech ones. Thus Prag/Prague became Praha, the River Moldau became the Vltava and the spa towns of Marienbad and Karlsbad became Mariánské lázne and Karlovy Vary respectively. Hi Karen – Smyrna and Constantinople are Greco-Roman names. Smyrna appears in the Bible being one of the 7 Churches to which the Book of Revelation is addressed. Constantinople is of course, named after the Emperor Constantine who converted to Christianity. With the establishment of the Republic of Turkey following the end of WW1, part of establishing a Turkish identity was to give every place a Turkish name.

It is no different to what happened at the same time with the establishment of Czechoslovakia post 1918. German names dating from the Austro-Hungarian Empire were all replaced by Czech ones. Thus Prag/Prague became Praha, the River Moldau became the Vltava and the spa towns of Marienbad and Karlsbad became Mariánské lázne and Karlovy Vary respectively.

]]> By: Karen http://rickyyates.com/the-eastern-archdeaconry-synod-in-izmir/comment-page-1/#comment-3508 Karen Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:38:25 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=654#comment-3508 I once vacationed in New Smyrna, Florida. I had no idea where the name came from. Now I know. Smyrna and Constantinople are great names. Why did they toss such great names? I once vacationed in New Smyrna, Florida. I had no idea where the name came from. Now I know. Smyrna and Constantinople are great names. Why did they toss such great names?

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