Turkish names for Turkish Provinces

[phonicsmonkey]

sheesha is pretty trendy in london these days - I mean there were always sheesha bars in west london catering to the arab crowd, but now they are springing up in studenty areas like brick lane and such

also here in melbourne there was a "moroccan" themed nightclub opened up about a year ago where you can have a sheesha

I don't smoke anymore though, so I can't partake...

so anyway, turkish names for turkish provinces eh? great idea!

(sorry for the hijack)

[Shahed]

It's a GREAT way to hang out hence it's successful as a business. Sheesha, groovin music, nice cocktails, lounge decor... not to mention even catwalk models will try sheesha coz of it's chic & chill value!.

I name everything in Arabic if playing Egys. BUT now I'll evetually have to do the same playing Byzs, on a rampage to PWNBBQ the world with flamethrowers !

[phonicsmonkey]

I'm too lazy to rename anything - but in my Britannia hotseat campaign I might start renaming all the Irish cities in Gaelic

that could be fun

[Shahed]

That would be cool.

How do you pronounce Saethwyr ? Sae thee wiir ? or Sae th er ?

[phonicsmonkey]

I think it's more like Sye - thoor

but I'm no Welsh (or Gaelic) language expert

[mir]

Sheesha's also become very popular in Que El (my little pun on KL).

You can get them almost everywhere now. There was even a little cafe (and am sure there loads of them around now) that called itself The Bazaar and served sheesha and coffee. No tables or chairs, just lounge around on carpets and huge pillows on the floor...

Renaming cities is fun. And realistic too. Cities in history have more than one name (sometimes several even) thanks to different cultures/languages/conquests/etc.

[Seyduna]

hmm, i reckon leave Istanbul out - the city arent renamed (again) until Turkish conquest in 1453.

The conquest of Istanbul doesnt have the same ring as the conquest of THE Constantinople, IMHO.

Until 1920, Istanbul was called Konstantiniyye which is derived from Constantinople. The name Istambol, which Sinan quoted, was used since 11th century. However, among the local people in Asia Minor the name Dersaadet, which means 'gate to happiness' in English, was much more frequent.
I prefer using Dersaadet over Istanbul, actually.

[mir]

I just Wiki-ed "Istanbul" and it turns out there's a list of names by which it was known... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Istanbul

I like Istanbul or Deraliye best (Deraliye refers to The Sublime Porte). Reminds me of my "lost" Sipahi of the Porte. :(