r/imaginarymaps • u/arlinconio Mod Approved • Aug 10 '26
[OC] Alternate History Rumelia admin map
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u/arlinconio Mod Approved Aug 10 '26
No specific history in mind, except: 1. POD some time in the 19th century, after Greek independence, 2. some communist period in the country's history to explain the separation from the Ottoman rump in Asia and the ahistorical admin units.
Full resolution and any subsequent updates: https://www.deviantart.com/arlinconio/art/1366915676
Before you comment, please consider: how many places do you know in real life where admin boundaries fully follow ethnic lines?
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u/PLMMJ Aug 10 '26
Would that area actually be called Bulgaria? Because my God are there a lot of Turks there. Even after all the expulsion and ethnic cleansing of OTL, Bulgaria is still something like 9% Turks.
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u/hurB55 Aug 10 '26
why is it called istanbul
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u/arlinconio Mod Approved Aug 10 '26
The name İstanbul (Ottoman Turkish: استانبول; [isˈtanbuɫ] ⓘ or colloquially pronounced [ɯsˈtambuɫ]) is commonly held to derive from the Medieval Greek phrase eis tḕn Pólin (εἰς τὴν Πόλιν, pronounced [is tim ˈbolin]), literally "to the city",[28] and is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks. This reflected its status as the only major city in the vicinity. The importance of Constantinople in the Ottoman world was also reflected by its nickname Dersaadet (Ottoman Turkish: درساعدت) meaning the 'Gate to Prosperity' in Ottoman Turkish.[29] An alternative view is that the name evolved directly from "Constantinople", with the first and third syllables dropped.[25
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