...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

672 statements
131 feature instances
118 referencing feature instances

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	type	FeatureClass
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	label	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	page	IstanbulNotConstantinople
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	comment	Whenever there's a fantastic Earth, or a world like our own yet very different, it's a safe bet that the author has messed with the names. Renaming things and places after what they could have been called is a very effective way to bring a touch of the exotic into the mundane, be it in The Time of Myths (Hyperborea for Greenland, Avalon for England), After the End (Amazon Desert, Empire of Denver, Whatever States of America), Alternate History or in another dimension. Popular choices are alternate etymologies (eg. Allemannia for Germany), older names (Yamato for Japan), alternate names (Albion for Britain or Columbia for the USAnote But then you have to make up something else for Colombia and British Columbia — that is, assuming they're mentioned at all), names in the local tongue (Sakartvelo for the country Georgia, Nippon for Japan, Gitchegoomee for the native American name of the lake that Americans and Canadians know as Superior), things from local mythology (Jotunheim for Norway), possible corruptions and derivatives (Drontheim instead of Trondheim, though this one actually happened), and just taking the easy route and swapping some letters around. According to a popular theory, İstanbul itself is an example of the latter; the Greek name Konstantinoupolis got shortened to "Stanpol", which then evolved to "Istanbul". A common trend in alternate histories with early divergence points is to have Remus defeating Romulus in Rome's mythical founding rather than the other way around, leading to the creation of Reme and the Reman Empire. As a general rule for most Anime featuring an alternate Japan (specifically those that take place during the Feudal Period), the country will often be renamed "Hinomoto", an alternate reading of the kanji for "Japan". Best not to think about it too hard when characters from these different worlds meet, though. What are the chances, after all, that those two universes happen to have alternatively named or defined locations while maintaining a mutually intelligible language? The trope name comes from the song of the same name written by Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon — a huge hit for The Four Lads in the fall of 1953, then re-popularized in 1990 by the cover version performed by They Might Be Giants. See also Fantasy Counterpart Culture. Super-Trope to Planet Terra. Please Select New City Name often provides names to choose from (and real life examples should rather go there). Airstrip One is when a place is renamed in a dehumanizing soulless manner. Also compare Different States of America, which may involve renaming.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	fetched	2024-01-24T10:30:52Z
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	parsed	2024-01-24T10:30:52Z
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingComment	Dropped link to AtlasAltera: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingComment	Dropped link to CivilizationIII: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingComment	Dropped link to CivilizationIV: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingComment	Dropped link to HollywoodNewEngland: Not an Item - FEATURE
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingComment	Dropped link to InsistentTerminology: Not an Item - FEATURE
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingComment	Dropped link to MirrorUniverse: Not an Item - FEATURE
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingComment	Dropped link to RealLife: Not an Item - FEATURE
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingUnknown	CivilizationIII
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingUnknown	CivilizationIV
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingUnknown	AtlasAltera
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	isPartOf	DBTropes
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_11d0af1	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_11d0af1	comment	The His Dark Materials series executes this very impressively, using many alternate etymologies and extending to objects in addition to lands. This includes Anglia (England, although England, English and "Brytain" instead of Britain are also mentioned. Scotland also exists but it's not addressed whether it's part of the same country as England in that universe), Muscovy (Russia), Nippon (Japan), skraelings instead of Inuit, the Peaceable Ocean, and the country of Texas in New Denmark. This also applies to objects such bas atomcraft, naphtha lamps, gyrocopters, anbaric lights ("electric" comes from a word for "amber"), and chocolatl (which is closer to the original Aztec word). Scandinavia is not Jotunheim, (it's called the Scandinavian Empire instead!) and the Svalbard archipelago is still the Svalbard archipelago (but it's an independent kingdom controlled by armoured bears). Lapland is also mentioned as possibly independent with a population of witches. The Spanish translation also uses Latvia instead of the Hispanic name "Letonia". The "Country of Texas" did actually exist: Texas used to be a Mexican territory, which later became an independent country; the USA annexed the Country of Texas shortly after that. Muscovy existed as an independent country before Russia as we know it today existed. The series also features Tartars, who are strongly implied to have their own country as well. Evidently Russian unification was rather less successful in the alternate Earth. Also, since in this world America was apparently not only found, but also made widely known by Vikings, it is called New Denmark.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_11d0af1	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_11d0af1	featureConfidence	1.0
His Dark Materials	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_11d0af1
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_13a8a9fe	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_13a8a9fe	comment	Partly subverted in Magic 2.0. When Martin goes back to Medieval England, he is shocked to learn that the English people of this time refer to their capital as Camelot. However, a fellow time traveler named Phillip explains that another time traveler named Jimmy convinced King Stephen to rename London to Camelot and his son Eustace to Arthur, while preferring that people call him (Jimmy) "Merlin". Since Martin's own time is unaffected (he specifically jumps back to ask his parents what the capital of England is and is told it's London), Phillip posits several explanations: something will happen between that time period and modern day to change the city's name back and to wipe the name change itself from historical knowledge; alternatively, since the entire world is a computer simulation, "Medieval England" may simply exist in a separate stream from "modern era", so changes to one don't affect the other.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_13a8a9fe	featureApplicability	-0.3
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_13a8a9fe	featureConfidence	1.0
Magic 2.0	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_13a8a9fe
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_14af238b	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_14af238b	comment	The Years of Rice and Salt: The Plague killed off most of the Christian population of Europe, leading to Arabic/Chinese/Japanese/etc place names such as Yingzhou for North America, al-Alemand for Germany, Skandistan for Scandinavia, Nippon for Japan and so on.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_14af238b	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_14af238b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Years of Rice and Salt	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_14af238b
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_15f82a09	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_15f82a09	comment	Nikolai Dante mentions Britannia and Amerika.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_15f82a09	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_15f82a09	featureConfidence	1.0
Nikolai Dante (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_15f82a09
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1825e407	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1825e407	comment	The Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes mini-series features a Steampunk version of the team known as the X-Society that's based in New Portsmouth, New Albion — a version of San Francisco where California was colonized by the British rather than the Spanish.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1825e407	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1825e407	featureConfidence	1.0
Astonishing X-Men (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1825e407
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1869a077	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1869a077	comment	Samurai Jack: In one episode, both Jack and the owners of a house he is a guest at refer to Tokyo by its old name, Edo. (Justified, of course, as both he and they are from the time period before its name was changed.)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1869a077	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1869a077	featureConfidence	1.0
Samurai Jack	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1869a077
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1973b10a	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1973b10a	comment	Sonic Unleashed has pretty much the Earth itself but with different names, such as Apotos for Greece, Holoska for Alaska, Empire City for New York, and Chun-Nan for China.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1973b10a	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1973b10a	featureConfidence	1.0
Sonic Unleashed (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1973b10a
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1a7918e3	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1a7918e3	comment	Terranigma has "Scandia" for Scandinavia in the localization due to Character Name Limits, though this is an actual older name. Also most of the names of real world cities are replaced with fictional ones such as "Freedom" for New York, "Nirlake" for Chicago, and "Loire" for Paris.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1a7918e3	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1a7918e3	featureConfidence	1.0
Terranigma (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1a7918e3
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1aa9d9f4	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1aa9d9f4	comment	Batman (1966): For no explained reason, London is "Londinium" in the Adam West-era Batman. And its police headquarters is New Ireland Yard. DC Comics at the time (and mostly to this day, at least for US cities) didn't generally use real city names; apparently, this carried over to TV as well. According to another episode, Gotham's (i.e., New York's) neighbouring state is New Guernsey. Which is New Jersey named after a different Channel Island. And a different breed of cow.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1aa9d9f4	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1aa9d9f4	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman (1966)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1aa9d9f4
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1de234dc	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1de234dc	comment	In Destroyermen, after encountering the Empire of New Britain Isles, they learn that the Empire has a number of colonies on the west coast of North America (the Empire itself is based on Hawaiian islands). One such colony is named Saint Francis and is located pretty much where San Francisco is in our world.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1de234dc	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1de234dc	featureConfidence	1.0
Destroyermen	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_1de234dc
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_20409a0a	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_20409a0a	comment	The Defenders (2017): Alexandra, one of the centuries-old leaders of the Hand, tells a Turkish restauranteur that his wife's ethnic dish is better than they made it in Constantinople. The man corrects her that it's known as Istanbul, now.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_20409a0a	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_20409a0a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Defenders (2017)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_20409a0a
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21065319	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21065319	comment	Izetta: The Last Witch is set in a blatant mimicry of World War II-era Europe. The in-series names for the countries show pretty good research. Besides Britannia and Germania: Livonia (Poland): The counterpart for Poland, is the name of a nation that lasted from the 1100s to the end of World War I. Livonia was made up of the present-day countries of Latvia and Estonia, and many of the nobles of Livonia became part of the Polish nobility. Additionally, there are some cultural similarities between Latvia & Estonia and Poland. Thermidor (France): After the French Revolution, France adopted the "French Republican Calendar," which was decimal-based. All months and days had new names. One of these new months (between 19 or 20 July and 18 or 19 August) was called Thermidor. Furthermore, the overthrow of Maximillan Robespierre, which ended the Reign of Terror, took place in the month of Thermidor and is today known as the Thermidorian Reaction, the Revolution of Thermidor, or just Thermidor. Westria (Switzerland): Westria is placed as Switzerland, and is similarly neutral. Kingdom of Nord (Norway): Nord is basically Norway in all but name down to the Sognefjorden, and just like the real Norway they're also invaded by Germania and has their monarch and government taking a refuge in Britannia. Romulus Federation (Italy): The Romulus Federation is mentioned as Germania's primary ally, and Eylstadt geographically sits between where Germany and Italy would be, which is why Germania is invading Eylstadt in the first place. In addition, Romulus is the name of one of figures responsible for the creation of Rome. United States of Atlanta (United States of America): Atlanta is the name of one of the USA's largest and most influential major cities. May also be an allusion to Atlantis, one of the theories around it is that it was actually North America. Louisiana: A representative from the country of "Louisiana" was present in Episode 8 which strongly implies that the United States in this universe never really expanded beyond the Atlantic coast. Alternatively, it's the alternative name for Canada, as a healthy proportion of French Colonial Louisiana was part of Canada in the early 18th Century. Volga Federation (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics): The Volga Federation is noted to be a powerful country to the east of Germania which they have a non-aggression pact with. And just like in real life, Germania intends to break the pact. "Volga" comes from the name of the Volga River, which is the longest river in Europe and is considered to be Russia's national river that runs all the way from Central Russia to the Caspian Sea. At the end of the series Volga breaks its non-aggression pact with Germania after Atlanta launches a successful landing into occupied Thermidor, similarly to how Stalin was planning to break Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and invade Nazi Germany as soon as they would launch their ultimately cancelled Operation Sea Lion. The ending also heavily implies that Volga and Atlanta are now headed towards Cold War.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21065319	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21065319	featureConfidence	1.0
Izetta: The Last Witch	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21065319
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21e2f10d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21e2f10d	comment	Dragon Quest III's world map is based on the real world map, with locations having similar names to their real world counterparts. For example, Portoga is Portugal/Spain, Baharata is India, Isis is Egypt and Zipangu is Japan, among others.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21e2f10d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21e2f10d	featureConfidence	1.0
Dragon Quest III (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21e2f10d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21f00169	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21f00169	comment	The Lord Darcy mysteries are set in the Angevin Empire, an Anglo-French superpower in a world where Richard The Lion Heart's heirs kept their royal status into the 20th century. The basic geography is the same, but many regions' names have evolved differently. For instance, New England is all of North America (with Nova Borkum in place of NYC), and Mechiceo is an Angevin duchy.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21f00169	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21f00169	featureConfidence	1.0
Lord Darcy	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_21f00169
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_23529ef4	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_23529ef4	comment	Motorcity: The titular refuge is the remains of old Detroit buried underneath the newer, shinier Detroit Deluxe. The trope comes into play when one remembers that the most popular of Detroit's nicknames was "The Motor City".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_23529ef4	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_23529ef4	featureConfidence	1.0
Motorcity	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_23529ef4
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_261c8d3f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_261c8d3f	comment	The Simpsons: Due to being (at least) 100 years old, Mr. Burns is prone to this. For example, in "Mother Simpson", when Burns is at the post office:
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_261c8d3f	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_261c8d3f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Simpsons	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_261c8d3f
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2680f384	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2680f384	comment	In Log Horizon, the five regions in the Japanese server of Elder Tale have their names derived from their corresponding regions in real life Japan. Ezzo Empire corresponds to Hokkaido (Ezo being the old name for Hokkaido), League of Freedom Cities Eastal corresponds to the Kanto region (lit. "east of the gate"), Holy Empire Westeland corresponds to the Kansai region (lit. "west of the gate"), Fourland Dukedom corresponds to Shikoku (lit. "four provinces") and Ninetail Dominions corresponds to Kyushu (lit. "nine provinces").
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2680f384	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2680f384	featureConfidence	1.0
Log Horizon	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2680f384
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_26f6d20d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_26f6d20d	comment	Fitting its pre-colonial setting, Onyx Equinox uses none of the modern Mexican names, instead relying on the indigenous names for locations, properly pronounced at that. For example, Monte Alban is rendered in Zapotec DanibÃ¡an.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_26f6d20d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_26f6d20d	featureConfidence	1.0
Onyx Equinox	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_26f6d20d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2754c6fb	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2754c6fb	comment	Some American States have different names in Timeline-191. North and South Dakota are one state, called Dakota, Oklahoma is called Sequoyah, and when the Union captures part of Texas, they rename it Houston (though the actual city of Houston is still in Confederate Texas). And when the Mormons attempt to secede, they rename Utah "Deseret" (their original name for the state).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2754c6fb	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2754c6fb	featureConfidence	1.0
Timeline-191	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2754c6fb
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_286b0fc9	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_286b0fc9	comment	Castle Falkenstein: Most of Europe - sorry, "Europa" - has the same names and borders as in our reality, but South America is Antillea, and the Atlantic Ocean is the Atlantean Ocean, among other things.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_286b0fc9	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_286b0fc9	featureConfidence	1.0
Castle Falkenstein (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_286b0fc9
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2898a45e	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2898a45e	comment	William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet reimagines Verona as "Verona Beach," based on Venice Beach, California.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2898a45e	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2898a45e	featureConfidence	1.0
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_2898a45e
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_28fe1376	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_28fe1376	comment	Fringe: The alternate Earth uses almost identical place names, except that some are spelled differently.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_28fe1376	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_28fe1376	featureConfidence	1.0
Fringe	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_28fe1376
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_326c0519	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_326c0519	comment	The Thing discovers in Marvel Two-in-One #100 that in a previous issue when he traveled into the past to attempt to cure himself, he hadn't actually created an Alternate Timeline but rather had been sent to a parallel Earth instead after Reed reviewed video footage of Ben's time there and realized that a newspaper read "New Amsterdam" rather than "New York".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_326c0519	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_326c0519	featureConfidence	1.0
The Thing (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_326c0519
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3a313b1d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3a313b1d	comment	Granado Espada plays in a fantasy, monster-overrun version of America, which was named after the two explorers Granado and (drum roll, please) Espada, paralleling how real-world's America is named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Two of the main cities are named after real-life cities: Port of Coimbra is from Coimbra, Portugal, and the City of Auch is from Auch, France.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3a313b1d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3a313b1d	featureConfidence	1.0
Granado Espada (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3a313b1d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3c369743	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3c369743	comment	Captain Britain, particularly under Alan Moore, has a large number of Alternate Universe counterparts to the hero, each with a different name (i.e., Captain Albion, Captain England, Captain Airstrip-One, ad nauseam).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3c369743	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3c369743	featureConfidence	1.0
Captain Britain (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3c369743
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3e8c09b9	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3e8c09b9	comment	Attack on Titan: The geography of the world corresponds to an upside-down and mirrored map of the real world, in which South Africa is known as Marley (which in this universe is a militaristic empire that dominates most of the African continent, part of Europe and South America), the island of Madagascar is named Paradis Island (and it's the place where the Three Walls are situated), a Mid-East Alliance exists and seems Turkish-Ottoman and an Asian nation Expy of Japan exists called Hizuru. For added bonus, "Hizuru" is pronounced identically as the phrase hizuru-kuni which means "land of the rising sun".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3e8c09b9	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3e8c09b9	featureConfidence	1.0
Attack on Titan (Manga)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_3e8c09b9
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40103bc1	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40103bc1	comment	Inverted in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Basim and Hytham refer to Istanbul as Constantinople since it is still under Byzantine control but the Vikings including the Raven Clan call it "Miklagard".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40103bc1	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40103bc1	featureConfidence	1.0
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40103bc1
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40394e51	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40394e51	comment	Fitting for its pre-colonial setting, Lands of Fire uses none of the modern Australian place names, with the indigenous names being used instead. For example, Alice Springs is the Arrernte name Mparntwe, Tasmania is Iutruwita and Mount Conner is Artilla.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40394e51	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40394e51	featureConfidence	1.0
Lands of Fire (Visual Novel)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40394e51
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_44127c7c	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_44127c7c	comment	In the Power Rangers universe, the British were the first Europeans to settle the west coast of North America instead of the Spanish. History appears unaffected save for Angel Grove being the name for what we would call Los Angeles.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_44127c7c	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_44127c7c	featureConfidence	1.0
Power Rangers (Franchise)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_44127c7c
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_444f7f18	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_444f7f18	comment	In the Kushiel's Legacy series by Jacqueline Carey, the maps at the beginnings of the book show that it is Europe. The UK is named Alba, Ireland is Eire, Spain is Aragonia, Germany and the northern lands are Skaldia, Italy is Caerdicca Unitas - Venice, or a suspiciously Venetian city, is La Serenissima - the Balkans are Illyria, Greece is Hellas, Egypt and the Maghreb is Menekhet, India is Bhodistan, China is Ch'in, Japan is the Empire of the Sun, Jebe-Barkal is Ethiopia and a bit more, The Flatlands are The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, Vralia is Russia and Drujan and Khebel-im-Akkad are different parts of Ancient Persia. France is called Terre d'Ange (literally Land of Angels) because of the alt-religious Backstory.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_444f7f18	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_444f7f18	featureConfidence	1.0
Kushiel's Legacy	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_444f7f18
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_459c7d42	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_459c7d42	comment	The Lost Boys is set in Santa Carla, rather than Santa Clara, California. (Ironically, Santa Carla looks a lot like Santa Cruz.)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_459c7d42	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_459c7d42	featureConfidence	1.0
The Lost Boys	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_459c7d42
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4be1bdd0	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4be1bdd0	comment	Golden Sun: The world map is extremely similar to Earth, allowing for some continental shifts. A lot of the names harken back to old names, like prehistoric super-continent names, for the areas. Dark Dawn continues the tradition and just gets gratuitous and/or lazy with it. The Japan-analogue people got relocated to a new chain of islands, which they named Nihan. You know, a slightly-mispronounced Nihon? To say nothing of Champa and Ayuthay.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4be1bdd0	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4be1bdd0	featureConfidence	1.0
Golden Sun (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4be1bdd0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4bea6084	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4bea6084	comment	Europa Universalis IV: When a certain nation or culture controls certain provinces (or in Crusader Kings II, even larger titles, like kingdoms and empires), their names will change to a linguistically appropriate counterpart, such as the province of Finland becoming Suomi when held by a Finn or Constantinople becoming Konstantiniyye when Turkish or the empire of Britannia becoming Pyrdain when held by most Celts, and this may also be done manually to provinces and cities. The Art Of War and El Dorado DLCs add a custom client state creator and custom nation creator, respectively, allowing players so inclined to make an Istanbul for any given Constantinople.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4bea6084	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4bea6084	featureConfidence	1.0
Europa Universalis (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_4bea6084
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_51c15d94	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_51c15d94	comment	Risk 2210 A.D. makes a number of renamings, from the good (Republique du Quebec) to the gratuitous (New Avalon). Scandinavia is called Jotenheim. The classic name is the east Africa-encompassing 'Ministry of Djibouti.'
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_51c15d94	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_51c15d94	featureConfidence	1.0
Risk (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_51c15d94
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53b30902	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53b30902	comment	Valkyria Chronicles has 'Gallia' (the Netherlands). And, just like Castle Falkenstein, it takes place on the continent 'Europa'. Geographically and aesthetically it's very Dutch, with many tulips and windmills, though with some rather out of place deserts due to an earlier cataclysm, but it also shares similarities with Switzerland in its neutrality and mandatory military service. The USA is called The United States of Vinland, after what the Icelanders called the region of North America they found on their expeditions, though ironically that was actually Newfoundland in Canada.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53b30902	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53b30902	featureConfidence	1.0
Valkyria Chronicles (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53b30902
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53bd0aaf	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53bd0aaf	comment	In With Strings Attached, in their quest for the first piece of the Vasyn, the four are sent to the city of New Zork on an alternate Earth. Locations there include Crooklyn and Harvem, the latter being the ghetto for the harveys, human-sized intelligent rabbits. The US is called Ameriga; England is Angland. And much to their dismay, though it's 1954, the Beagles have just arrived....
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53bd0aaf	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53bd0aaf	featureConfidence	1.0
With Strings Attached / Fan Fic	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_53bd0aaf
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54115aa	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54115aa	comment	In The Big One by Stuart Slade, Halifax Nova Scotia is renamed Churchill, in reaction to the Lord Halifax-led political coup that sues for peace with Germany and touches off the events of the series.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54115aa	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54115aa	featureConfidence	1.0
The Big One	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54115aa
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5425ce75	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5425ce75	comment	The Grand Theft Auto series has examples of these in most of its versions: The State of San Andreas (California and Nevada), containing the cities of Los Santos (Los Angeles), Las Venturas (Las Vegas), and San Fierro (San Francisco). There is also Liberty City (New York City) and Vice City (Miami).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5425ce75	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5425ce75	featureConfidence	1.0
Grand Theft Auto (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5425ce75
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54d9e24b	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54d9e24b	comment	The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump: This Magitek novel is set in Angels City, on the coast of the Peaceful Ocean, and just north of the Barony of Orange. On the East Coast of the Confederated Provinces are the District of St. Columba and the city of New Jorvik. Other countries mentioned include Alemania and Persia, as well as a Hanese restaurant.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54d9e24b	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54d9e24b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_54d9e24b
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_56fa0ea4	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_56fa0ea4	comment	Civilization: In Civilization III, if you founded enough cities to exhaust the list of names associated with that civilization, the game would start over with "New London" etc., but instead of "New Istanbul" you'd get "Not Constantinople". The Rhye's and Fall of Civilization mod included with Civilization IV's expansions has a dynamic naming system for cities so what at first is Constantinople will become Istanbul when captured by the Turks. (Side note - It actually has Davao and Washington D.C. in the right places - 2x2 tile squares.) Inverted in in Civilization V. Since the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire are both playable civilizations, and have Istanbul and Constantinople as their respective capitals, both cities will exist if both civs are on the board.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_56fa0ea4	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_56fa0ea4	featureConfidence	1.0
Civilization (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_56fa0ea4
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_584365d4	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_584365d4	comment	Most times when a real city or country name is referenced in Melody, a substitute name is used (e.g. Romeo for Rome, Donutistan for the United States). The most notable aversions are on Melodyâ€™s music quizzes: real place names are used exclusively.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_584365d4	featureApplicability	-1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_584365d4	featureConfidence	1.0
Melody (Visual Novel)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_584365d4
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_59da62aa	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_59da62aa	comment	One follower in Fallout: New Vegas expresses an amusing frustration with this trope. Being a Mexican Ghoul who's lived long enough to see the world pre-war, he's insistant you call it 'Tuscon' instead of 'Two Sun' as the local tribals have taken to calling it. And then for that matter there's the titular New Vegas instead of Las Vegas.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_59da62aa	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_59da62aa	featureConfidence	1.0
Fallout: New Vegas (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_59da62aa
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5a5d6ab3	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5a5d6ab3	comment	Stravaganza: The main setting is alternate universe version of Italy known as Talia. Likewise, the UK equivalent is Anglia. There are also various city-states throughout Talia with Italian-esque names with similar meanings to their counterparts (e.g. Venice = Bellezza, Florence = Giglia, Siena = Remora). Remora is mentioned to have been founded by Remus, thence the name.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5a5d6ab3	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5a5d6ab3	featureConfidence	1.0
Stravaganza	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5a5d6ab3
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5b72f209	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5b72f209	comment	Echo (and it's related visual novels The Smoke Room and Arches) thrives on this. It is essentially our world with anthropomorphic animals, but the place names have alternate names for some reason. A fully comprehensive list can be found here, with notable examples including Pueblo for Arizona (or Utah?), Batavia for Netherlands, Huxia for China and Southlands for Australia. Although not taking place in the same universe, Glory Hounds also uses the same country terminology.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5b72f209	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5b72f209	featureConfidence	1.0
Echo (Visual Novel)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_5b72f209
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_61de95d6	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_61de95d6	comment	Freelancer takes place in the future. The ships, and then the factions that sprung up from those ships, are the Liberty [USA], Bretonia [United Kingdom], Rheinland [Germany] and Kusari [Japan]. The fifth ship, the Hispania [Spain], broke down along the way and was lost. You can find it, if you're so inclined.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_61de95d6	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_61de95d6	featureConfidence	1.0
Freelancer (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_61de95d6
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62570927	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62570927	comment	Marvel Universe: The Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes mini-series features a Steampunk version of the team known as the X-Society that's based in New Portsmouth, New Albion — a version of San Francisco where California was colonized by the British rather than the Spanish. Captain Britain, particularly under Alan Moore, has a large number of Alternate Universe counterparts to the hero, each with a different name (i.e., Captain Albion, Captain England, Captain Airstrip-One, ad nauseam). The Thing discovers in Marvel Two-in-One #100 that in a previous issue when he traveled into the past to attempt to cure himself, he hadn't actually created an Alternate Timeline but rather had been sent to a parallel Earth instead after Reed reviewed video footage of Ben's time there and realized that a newspaper read "New Amsterdam" rather than "New York". The Squadron Supreme limited series plays this trope to the hilt, with every geographic location renamed from its real-life counterpart. Mt. Rushmore becomes Presidents' Mountain, New York City is Cosmopolis in the state of New Troy, Washington D.C. becomes Capitol City, Magelland, and on and on and on.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62570927	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62570927	featureConfidence	1.0
Marvel Universe (Franchise)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62570927
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62f94c6	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62f94c6	comment	As far as Christopher Nolan is concerned, Gotham is actually Chicago — until The Dark Knight Rises, anyway.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62f94c6	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62f94c6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Dark Knight Trilogy	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_62f94c6
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_63e72a51	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_63e72a51	comment	2000 AD: Judge Dredd: Some of the Mega-Cities follow this naming convention, like Hondo City (Hondo is an ancient name for the main Japanese island, Honshu) and the Ruhr Conurb (named after the Ruhr Valley, the largest metropolitan area in Germany), while others are named after actual current cities, like Luxor (Egypt) and the now-defunct Brasilia (Brazil). The first arc of Kingdom takes place in the "cold place", Anarchticy — that's Antarctica to you and me. Subsequent stories visit Tazzy Island and Auxtralia.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_63e72a51	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_63e72a51	featureConfidence	1.0
2000 AD (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_63e72a51
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_644a9fe2	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_644a9fe2	comment	Soldier of the Mist: Places in the ancient world are identified by the literal meaning/folk etymology of their names. For example, Boetia is Cowland, Athens is Thought, and Sparta is Rope in the "Silent Country".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_644a9fe2	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_644a9fe2	featureConfidence	1.0
Soldier of the Mist	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_644a9fe2
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_654ab3ee	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_654ab3ee	comment	Assassin's Creed: Revelations: This comes up at least once, given the setting (i.e. Constantinople itself), naturally. Specifically, the game is set shortly after the Ottomans occupied the city. Most still call it Constantinople, but offhand references are made to some young people starting to call the city Istanbul.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_654ab3ee	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_654ab3ee	featureConfidence	1.0
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_654ab3ee
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_67c02f03	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_67c02f03	comment	His more traditional alternate history novels feature this too, mainly for objects — nukes become "exploding-metal bombs" (in the World War series) or "superbombs" and "sunbombs" (Timeline-191), suicide bombers become "people bombs," the Molotov cocktail is the "Featherston Fizz," and the Army's heavily armored frontline combat vehicles are "barrels," not tanks. A laser is called "skelkwank" in the World War series (having been borrowed, along with invention, from the Race).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_67c02f03	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_67c02f03	featureConfidence	1.0
Worldwar	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_67c02f03
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_69d28332	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_69d28332	comment	Damnation Decade, a Green Ronin d20 System RPG based on tropes from 1970s sci-fi TV and movies, renames everything: America gets the slight change to Americo, Gordon Lightfoot and Edmund Fitzgerald get their names swapped, and then it gets weird (Richard Nixon becomes "Stanton Spobeck," for one).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_69d28332	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_69d28332	featureConfidence	1.0
Damnation Decade (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_69d28332
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_6c1d09b2	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_6c1d09b2	comment	Fallout 2 has New Reno. However, for the most part this trope is averted, with names like The Boneyard (Los Angeles in Fallout) or the original city names (Washington D.C. in Fallout 3). Regions tend to be renamed too: California is known as New California or the Core Region, the D.C Area is the Capital Wasteland and the area around Boston is known as the Commonwealth. It's mentioned in passing that Sacramento is now known as Sac-Town. One follower in Fallout: New Vegas expresses an amusing frustration with this trope. Being a Mexican Ghoul who's lived long enough to see the world pre-war, he's insistant you call it 'Tuscon' instead of 'Two Sun' as the local tribals have taken to calling it. And then for that matter there's the titular New Vegas instead of Las Vegas.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_6c1d09b2	featureApplicability	-1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_6c1d09b2	featureConfidence	1.0
Fallout 2 (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_6c1d09b2
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_72146c5e	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_72146c5e	comment	Tales of the Branion Realm, by Fiona Patton, is set in an alternate Britain named Branion, with a similar map. Since the series focuses on nobility, many of the original names can be determined from the titles. For example, the heir to the throne is the Prince of Gwyneth (Wales) and Duke of Kraburn. If it wasn't obvious from the map that Kraburn is Cornwall, Kraburn has a major port named Halmouth (Falmouth). The second in line to the throne is the Duke of Yorbourne, which from the map clearly represents York. Other countries include Gallia, Danelind, and Tiberia (home to the Pontiff of a Catholic-analogue religion).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_72146c5e	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_72146c5e	featureConfidence	1.0
Tales of the Branion Realm	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_72146c5e
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_73afd310	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_73afd310	comment	Pebble in the Sky: Earth has changed in the tens of thousands of years since "present day". Washington has become "Washenn", Chicago has become "Chica", St Louis has become "Senloo", San Francisco has become "Senfran", and Buenos Aires has become "Bonair".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_73afd310	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_73afd310	featureConfidence	1.0
Pebble in the Sky	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_73afd310
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7884ec15	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7884ec15	comment	Seinfeld: When Elaine's boss Mr. Peterman has a nervous breakdown, he runs away to Myanmar, which he insists on calling Burma.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7884ec15	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7884ec15	featureConfidence	1.0
Seinfeld	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7884ec15
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_78ec49bd	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_78ec49bd	comment	Young Wizards: In So You Want To Be A Wizard, the main character reads in her wizard's manual about "alternate earths where the capital of the United States was named Huictilopochtli or Lafayette City or Hrafnkell or New Washington". For that matter, it isn't specified whether all of these are actually Washington, D.C. under different names. The capital could be located elsewhere.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_78ec49bd	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_78ec49bd	featureConfidence	1.0
Young Wizards	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_78ec49bd
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7aaf9e41	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7aaf9e41	comment	Batman: Gotham City, since Gotham is an old name for New York. There was a 19th-century book which, playing on American jealousy of European cities which liked to boast about their hundreds of years of history, was a fictional history of NYC, giving it the name "Gotham". Whether or not Gotham City is New York in the comics has varied through the years; currently, they're different cities in-universe, but writers still play with parallels. As far as Christopher Nolan is concerned, Gotham is actually Chicago — until The Dark Knight Rises, anyway. In the novelization of No Man's Land, New York is explicitly stated to be separate, incidentally, and implied to be slightly smaller and nearby.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7aaf9e41	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7aaf9e41	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7aaf9e41
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7c31fdd7	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7c31fdd7	comment	Valkyrie Profile has its own version of Japan named Yamato.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7c31fdd7	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7c31fdd7	featureConfidence	1.0
Valkyrie Profile (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_7c31fdd7
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_803072ec	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_803072ec	comment	Harry Turtledove and Richard Dreyfus do this in The Two Georges with Boston, Oregon (rejected in real life by a coin flip; you probably know the city as Portland).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_803072ec	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_803072ec	featureConfidence	1.0
The Two Georges	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_803072ec
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_83c5459c	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_83c5459c	comment	Trinity Blood: Albion for England. The capital is called Londinium, the Latin name for London. Since this is England in the 31st century, it's unclear why they've reverted to old Greek and Latin names. Though given that the Methuselah essentially recreated the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Europe (even renaming Istanbul back to Byzantium), perhaps the British wanted to highlight that they've been around longer than the vampires by adopting even older names?
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_83c5459c	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_83c5459c	featureConfidence	1.0
Trinity Blood	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_83c5459c
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_86c3beca	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_86c3beca	comment	Girl Genius is set in an alternate "Europa", but uses this trope inconsistently. Gay Paree is still "Paris", but the political geography has nothing whatever in common with Earth's, and Albia... refers to the reigning monarch, not the kingdom of Britain.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_86c3beca	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_86c3beca	featureConfidence	1.0
Girl Genius (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_86c3beca
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_877eac68	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_877eac68	comment	The Familiar of Zero takes place in Tristain (Belgium), with other countries being called Gallia, Germania, Albion, and Romaly. Saito, the Trapped in Another World protagonist, is from our Japan, but doesn't seem to make the European connection. He does recognize the language being spoken at the school as French, however.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_877eac68	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_877eac68	featureConfidence	1.0
The Familiar of Zero	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_877eac68
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8847c632	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8847c632	comment	Inverted in in Civilization V. Since the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire are both playable civilizations, and have Istanbul and Constantinople as their respective capitals, both cities will exist if both civs are on the board.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8847c632	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8847c632	featureConfidence	1.0
CivilizationV	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8847c632
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8910a978	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8910a978	comment	In Another World with My Smartphone: Touya Lampshades this when he learns from Yae that the capital of Eashen is Oedo (Edo being the original name for Tokyo).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8910a978	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8910a978	featureConfidence	1.0
In Another World with My Smartphone	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8910a978
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_89949e84	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_89949e84	comment	In Thirteenth Child, by Patricia C. Wrede, America is Columbia, and the three systems of magic are Avrupan (European), Aphrikan (African) and Hijero-Cathayan (Cathayan referring to Chinese, "Hijero" being unclear but possibly being equivalent to Hindu).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_89949e84	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_89949e84	featureConfidence	1.0
Thirteenth Child	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_89949e84
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8aaa3994	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8aaa3994	comment	The Tales of Alvin Maker is set in an alternate North America. Many names remain familiar, but are in variant spellings, such as "Hio," "Irrakwa" and "Wobbish." All these are originally Native American words, and the familiar forms are transliterations by Francophone explorers. In this world, the Anglophones seemingly got there first, so the transliterations are a bit different. As for New Amsterdam, it never became New York.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8aaa3994	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8aaa3994	featureConfidence	1.0
The Tales of Alvin Maker	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8aaa3994
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8b5820ed	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8b5820ed	comment	Red Dead Redemption has New Austin (Texas), Nuevo ParaÃso (northern Mexico) and West Elizabeth (California).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8b5820ed	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8b5820ed	featureConfidence	1.0
Red Dead Redemption (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8b5820ed
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8d32e966	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8d32e966	comment	The Squadron Supreme limited series plays this trope to the hilt, with every geographic location renamed from its real-life counterpart. Mt. Rushmore becomes Presidents' Mountain, New York City is Cosmopolis in the state of New Troy, Washington D.C. becomes Capitol City, Magelland, and on and on and on.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8d32e966	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8d32e966	featureConfidence	1.0
Squadron Supreme (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8d32e966
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8da0ea80	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8da0ea80	comment	The first generation is an even straighter example, explicitly being an alternate version of Japan's Kanto region, due to the series originally having an Earth All Along approach to the setting. One of Mew's Pokedex entries mentions it being from South America, while Arcanine's Pokedex entry states that it's a legend in China. Lt. Surge was even stated to be an American military veteran and had the nickname "The Lightning American."
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8da0ea80	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8da0ea80	featureConfidence	1.0
PokÃ©mon Red and Blue (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8da0ea80
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8df5521b	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8df5521b	comment	There's also Metropolis. DC eventually settled on Metropolis being in Delaware and Gotham in New Jersey, on opposite sides of the Delaware Bay. This conforms pretty well with everything that had been established beforehand (that New York City exists and is located near Gotham, and that Gotham and Metropolis are also fairly close to each other but separated by a body of water). Both are representations of New York, though different views of it. Gotham is the seedy, dirty New York stereotype and Metropolis is the important melting pot of cultures major city of the world type.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8df5521b	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8df5521b	featureConfidence	1.0
Superman (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_8df5521b
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_904b99b7	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_904b99b7	comment	The Chrestomanci books have a fair few. World 12A in Charmed Life has Atlantis (North America); in Conrad's Fate the Series 7 worlds have Ludwich instead of London, the Thames is the Little Rhine, the Low Countries are Frisia, and Moscow is Mosskva. Though in Series 7, Britain is part of continental Europe...
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_904b99b7	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_904b99b7	featureConfidence	1.0
Chrestomanci	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_904b99b7
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_91cf7917	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_91cf7917	comment	Foundation Series: In-Universe in "The Mule", the Encyclopedia Galactica entry explains how planet Delicass is renamed Neotrantor after Old Trantor has been destroyed in the Great Sack.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_91cf7917	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_91cf7917	featureConfidence	1.0
Foundation Series	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_91cf7917
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_96773bf2	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_96773bf2	comment	In The Number of the Beast, Hilda wonders if they crossed over into the universe where the fourth planet is named Barsoom instead of Mars.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_96773bf2	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_96773bf2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Number of the Beast	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_96773bf2
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9d80ed84	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9d80ed84	comment	The Signal (2007) is set in Terminus, which used to be the name of Atlanta, Georgia, the city the movie is filmed in.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9d80ed84	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9d80ed84	featureConfidence	1.0
The Signal (2007)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9d80ed84
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9e04770d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9e04770d	comment	Out There does this quite often: The main action takes place in Portstown (Boston), with occasional sojourns to Los Vicios (Las Vegas) or Oceanic City (Atlantic City). It is a bit jarring to see Boston called "P'Town," especially since in Real Life it's a nickname for Provincetown. Also, Wally Green plays for the Arch City Starlings (St. Louis Cardinals). Creator R.C. Monroe has explained that he does this because, if he used the actual cities, he believed that people who are actually from those cities would notice inconsistencies between the real-world city and the fictional city. If he used fictional city names, that would no longer be a problem.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9e04770d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9e04770d	featureConfidence	1.0
Out There (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9e04770d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9f89a5f0	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9f89a5f0	comment	PokÃ©mon takes place on an alternate Earth, with the game maps being based on real world regions in Japan, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Spain/Portugal. While some liberties are taken on occasion, the most blatant being a desert in the middle of a region based on the New York City metropolitan area, every location in a given game tends to have an existing counterpart in our reality. The first generation is an even straighter example, explicitly being an alternate version of Japan's Kanto region, due to the series originally having an Earth All Along approach to the setting. One of Mew's Pokedex entries mentions it being from South America, while Arcanine's Pokedex entry states that it's a legend in China. Lt. Surge was even stated to be an American military veteran and had the nickname "The Lightning American."
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9f89a5f0	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9f89a5f0	featureConfidence	1.0
PokÃ©mon (Franchise)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_9f89a5f0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a03824e8	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a03824e8	comment	The DCU: Batman: Gotham City, since Gotham is an old name for New York. There was a 19th-century book which, playing on American jealousy of European cities which liked to boast about their hundreds of years of history, was a fictional history of NYC, giving it the name "Gotham". Whether or not Gotham City is New York in the comics has varied through the years; currently, they're different cities in-universe, but writers still play with parallels. As far as Christopher Nolan is concerned, Gotham is actually Chicago — until The Dark Knight Rises, anyway. In the novelization of No Man's Land, New York is explicitly stated to be separate, incidentally, and implied to be slightly smaller and nearby. There's also Metropolis. DC eventually settled on Metropolis being in Delaware and Gotham in New Jersey, on opposite sides of the Delaware Bay. This conforms pretty well with everything that had been established beforehand (that New York City exists and is located near Gotham, and that Gotham and Metropolis are also fairly close to each other but separated by a body of water). Both are representations of New York, though different views of it. Gotham is the seedy, dirty New York stereotype and Metropolis is the important melting pot of cultures major city of the world type. In the Mirror Universe Earth-3 or the Antimatter Universe, America is called Amerika. Yes, that is the German word for America, to highlight how evil this Earth is. The name Amerika however was only associated with the Crime Syndicate's Earth from JLA: Earth-2 onwards, which was when Earth-3/the Antimatter Universe was established to be a universe where the rule that The Good Guys Always Win was flipped and superheroism is the equivalent to supervillainy. Though this isn't an Earth where the Nazis conquered the world. That's Earth-10. It was noted in the Marvel Comics/DC Comics Crossover Avengers/JLA (or JLA/Avengers, depending on which company published which issue) that DC-Earth, with its fictional American cities (in addition to the above, there's also Star City, Central City, Coast City, BlÃ¼dhaven, and probably a few others) and also having most if not all of the real American cities they're based on, is actually somewhat larger than Marvel-Earth (Marvel often goes in for fictional countries on other continents — like Latveria in Europe and Wakanda in Africa — but adds no major cities to its USA), thus leaving room for DC's fictional and real-world cities to co-exist. Kamandi, set After the End, has a world map that looks like this◊. The "United States of Lions" are perhaps especially notable.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a03824e8	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a03824e8	featureConfidence	1.0
The DCU (Franchise)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a03824e8
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a1970a85	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a1970a85	comment	Fading Suns: The Empire's capital of Byzantium Secundus was originally named New Istanbul.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a1970a85	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a1970a85	featureConfidence	1.0
Fading Suns (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a1970a85
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a4a6b86a	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a4a6b86a	comment	Code Geass: The Britannian Empire, which encompasses a chunk of what used to be The British Empire. This notably doesn't include Britain itself, but with the entirety of the Americas to make up for it; the backstory is that it is the British Empire, with the alternate history being that the American Revolution failed, but Britain then lost the Napoleonic Wars, resulting in the royal family taking refuge in the American colonies and renaming themselves as the Holy Britannian Empire.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a4a6b86a	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a4a6b86a	featureConfidence	1.0
Code Geass	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a4a6b86a
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a5d7ab2d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a5d7ab2d	comment	Warrior Kings is heavily revisionist (but not in a "this is how it should have gone" way), with the Catholic church becoming a military and political state rivaling Rome and the real Holy Roman Empire. To be more clear, most of mainland Europe is ruled by the Empire (The Catholic Church). Germany is denoted as Gallicus. England is Angland, the pagan warlords in the islands to the north (Svalbard?) are in Skane, despite the real Skane being in southern Sweden.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a5d7ab2d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a5d7ab2d	featureConfidence	1.0
Warrior Kings (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a5d7ab2d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a71cb0e6	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a71cb0e6	comment	Airborn is an Alternate History where the biggest change is the rise of airships as the major form of long-distance transportation. The history only diverges from ours in the early 20th century or so, but one of the changes is the renaming of Vancouver (supposedly the airship capital of the world) as Lionsgate City. Several other places have very minor name changes, such as the Pacificus and Atlanticus oceans, Europa, and the Republic of Colorado.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a71cb0e6	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a71cb0e6	featureConfidence	1.0
Airborn	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_a71cb0e6
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_ac978b2	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_ac978b2	comment	Caliphate, by Tom Kratman, has Europe morph into the European Caliphate in the 2100s. As a result, many places' names were corrupted if not outright changed. Like Baya for Bavaria, Grolanhei for Grosslangheim, Affrankon for Franconia, Slo for Oslo, among others.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_ac978b2	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_ac978b2	featureConfidence	1.0
Caliphate	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_ac978b2
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b389ac77	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b389ac77	comment	Cryptonomicon, which takes place in a world just a little bit different from ours, calls Japan "Nippon", which is, more-or-less, the Japanese name.note A more accurate transliteration would be "Nihon." "Nippon" is an older version in that name, which is still used in some places, like Okinawa. Snow Crash, by the same author, does the same.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b389ac77	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b389ac77	featureConfidence	1.0
Cryptonomicon	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b389ac77
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b6f4562d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b6f4562d	comment	Kamandi, set After the End, has a world map that looks like this◊. The "United States of Lions" are perhaps especially notable.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b6f4562d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b6f4562d	featureConfidence	1.0
Kamandi (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b6f4562d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b7df9e37	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b7df9e37	comment	Creepshow: Played for laughs in the episode "The Man in the Suitcase". When Alex is arguing for stealing as much gold from the titular character as possible and fleeing the country, he suggests heading for Constantinople. Despite being in an immense amount of pain, the man in the suitcase still takes the time to point out that the city's called Istanbul now.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b7df9e37	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b7df9e37	featureConfidence	1.0
Creepshow	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b7df9e37
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b8eb4fe5	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b8eb4fe5	comment	Sakura Wars is set in Japan during the Taishou period. Because it's Alternate History, however, the first character of "Taishou" is written with an extra stroke.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b8eb4fe5	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b8eb4fe5	featureConfidence	1.0
Sakura Wars (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_b8eb4fe5
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bc9d8d9f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bc9d8d9f	comment	American Flagg! often uses this trope for throwaway gags that highlight the intriguing ways in which the world has changed without going into great detail about it — e.g., "the People's Republic of Great Britain".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bc9d8d9f	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bc9d8d9f	featureConfidence	1.0
AmericanFlagg	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bc9d8d9f
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcadd7cb	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcadd7cb	comment	Warhammer 40,000: Though they haven't seen use since the unification of Terra ten millenia or so before the game's setting, there are occasional mentions of places like Albyon, Jermani, the Yndonesic Bloc and Nova Yoruk.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcadd7cb	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcadd7cb	featureConfidence	1.0
Warhammer 40,000 (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcadd7cb
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcb32dc6	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcb32dc6	comment	Shadowrun features, among other things, a Modern Mayincatec Empire called Aztlan ruling most of Mexico and Central America and an elven nation called Tir na nOg replacing Ireland.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcb32dc6	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcb32dc6	featureConfidence	1.0
Shadowrun (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bcb32dc6
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be55b9c7	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be55b9c7	comment	Cyber City Oedo 808 has Tokyo revert to its former name of Oedo by 2808.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be55b9c7	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be55b9c7	featureConfidence	1.0
Cyber City Oedo 808	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be55b9c7
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be7b1b5e	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be7b1b5e	comment	In Beyond Thirty, the primitive inhabitants of After the End Europe have lost all knowledge of their history. The inhabitants of Britain refer to their island as "Grubitten": a corruption of "Great Britain". Much of continental Europe has fallen to the Abyssinian Empire and the city of New Gondar has been constructed on the ruins of Berlin.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be7b1b5e	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be7b1b5e	featureConfidence	1.0
Beyond Thirty	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_be7b1b5e
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bff01809	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bff01809	comment	Warhammer is rich with Fantasy Counterpart Cultures, a few of which are named along these lines: Bretonnia, a kind of Arthurian-influenced take on medieval England and France, likely draws its name from the French region of Brittany. There's also the sacred isles of Albion, clearly derived from the British Isles. Estalia is Spain with its name being a slight modification of Espana, the native name for Spain. Likewise, Tilea is Italy. Norsca, Cathay, Ind, and Araby are pretty self-explanatory. The name of Kislev, a country correspondng to Slavic Eastern Europe, is probably derived from Kiev (aka Kyiv, capital of Ukraine and former capital of the Kievan Rus'). Its two other major cities (other than its capital which is also named Kislev) are Praag - derived from Prague - and Erengrad, a port city that connects Kislev to the Empire and Bretonnia - a dead ringer for Russia's Saint Petersburg, which was called Leningrad at the time Warhammer was created. Meanwhile, the main river of Kislev, Lynsk, sounds both like the Siberian river of Lena and the Belarusian capital of Minsk.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bff01809	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bff01809	featureConfidence	1.0
Warhammer (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_bff01809
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c09dccc5	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c09dccc5	comment	Illium and Olympos have a fair few. Thousands of years have changed Ulan Bator in Ulanbat, and a mishandled black hole has made Paris into the Paris Crater.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c09dccc5	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c09dccc5	featureConfidence	1.0
Illium	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c09dccc5
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c0eae17	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c0eae17	comment	Total War: An earlier version of the engine allowed for cities to be renamed by scripted events. One such case was when an Islamic faction would take Constantinople from the Byzantines. It would be renamed Istanbul. Start with Empire: Total War, the engine no longer allows for this, which is why St. Petersburg is already on the map while Sweden is in control of the territory (it originally was a tiny village called Nyen).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c0eae17	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c0eae17	featureConfidence	1.0
Total War (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c0eae17
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2297a9c	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2297a9c	comment	Judge Dredd: Some of the Mega-Cities follow this naming convention, like Hondo City (Hondo is an ancient name for the main Japanese island, Honshu) and the Ruhr Conurb (named after the Ruhr Valley, the largest metropolitan area in Germany), while others are named after actual current cities, like Luxor (Egypt) and the now-defunct Brasilia (Brazil).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2297a9c	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2297a9c	featureConfidence	1.0
Judge Dredd (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2297a9c
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2d17682	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2d17682	comment	In Julian, by Gore Vidal, Vidal uses modern names for many places that had different names in the late-4th century, such as for Mediolanum (modern-day Milan) and for Lutetia (modern-day Paris). One of the cities he does not do this for is Constantinople itself.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2d17682	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2d17682	featureConfidence	1.0
Julian	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c2d17682
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c381cd95	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c381cd95	comment	The Merchant Princes Series features alternate versions of our earth, which people with a certain genetic trait can travel between. In the first world encountered, North America was colonized by a Germanic people who worship the gods of Norse Mythology; England and Christianity never became dominant in America and might not exist in that world at all. Most of the action that world takes place in a feudal culture corresponding geographically to what is New England in Real Life and most place names are in some Conlang that seems like a mix of German and Scandinavian. In another world protagonists visit later in the series, North America was colonized by the English like in Real Life, but history happened differently in at least two ways: The American Revolution failed or didn't happen at all, but another revolution in Great Britain did succeed. So North America is ruled by a Vestigial Empire ruled by an English king who doesn't rule anything on the east side of the Atlantic. Boston is called New London in this world.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c381cd95	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c381cd95	featureConfidence	1.0
The Merchant Princes Series	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c381cd95
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c40b4b03	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c40b4b03	comment	Charlie Jade: A mild example where one of the realities refers to the South African city of Cape Town as "Cape City".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c40b4b03	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c40b4b03	featureConfidence	1.0
Charlie Jade	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c40b4b03
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c47e2217	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c47e2217	comment	Strike Witches seems to exist in a universe where most European countries kept the names they had as Roman provinces. Britain, for example, is "Britannia". France is "Gallia", Spain is "Hispania", etc. However, some countries have somewhat obscure names (Germany is "Karlsland"note Probably named after Charlemagne, aka "Karl de Grosse" in German, from whose Frankish Empire were the realms of France and Germany born., the Scandinavian countries are "Baltland"note Possibly after the Baltic Sea, which borders the Scandinavian peninsula from the east — though if that's the case, one wonders what this world calls Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania collectively in lieu of "the Baltic States"., and they just got lazy with Orussianote Though it could be based on the Middle Mongolian exonym of the country, "orus", created due to Mongolian phonetics and later loaned to China). Somewhat justified with Suomus, Ostmark, Venezia and Romagna (Finland, Austria-Hungary, North and South Italy), which are based on either historical names for the countries, or the names of the countries in their native languages. Italy, in this universe, was apparently never unified and Venice still seems to hold some of its territories in Eastern Europe. Liberion is a pun on "Liberty", and is an alternate-USA (so alternate that even the continent of North America is shaped like a star), and Fuso is the Japanese pronunciation of "Fusang", an ancient Chinese name for Japan and used in real life. Introduced in other works is "Faraway Land" for Canada, and "Neue Karlsland" for South America.note Apparently an invocation of Argentina Is Nazi-Land; given that Germany never had any American colonies while Argentina and most of the rest of South America are ex-Spanish colonies, "Nueva Hispania" would've made more sense. Here's a map◊ for reference.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c47e2217	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c47e2217	featureConfidence	1.0
Strike Witches	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c47e2217
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c70a1171	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c70a1171	comment	The Conan the Barbarian books and related materials, set in what was constructed to be a feasible vanished age. Scandinavia is not called Jotunheim, but it's called Vanaheim and Asgard, which isn't better. Robert E. Howard claimed things to be the other way around: the different mythological names of people and places he mentions were 'corrupted' over time, becoming the myths we know of today. Some other examples are: Acheron is the Roman Empire, a large Empire ruling over large areas that, after its fall, remained with certain cultural influence over the former provinces. From Europe: Aquilonia is a cross between the Byzantine Empire and Italy (although in name it resembles the French region of Aquitaine, the name is derived from aquilo, Latin for "north wind".) Argos is Ancient Greece. Brythunia is Britain (culturally, geographically is located in what is now Poland). Corinthia is Athens. Hyperborea, Russia and Finland. Zingara is Spain, a similar country is Zamora, another Iberian-like country and the native land of the Gypsies. From the Americas: The Barachan Islands are the Caribbean with their own pirate island; Tortuga and the Picts are like a version of the Native Americans. From Asia: Hyrkania is Mongolia. Turan is Central Asia and Turkey. Vendhya is India. Shem is the northern Middle East (Mesopotamia and Palestine for example) whilst Ophir is Arabia (both names come from the Bible). Khitai is China (is the name of one of the prehistoric Chinese dynasties). Meru is Tibet (Meru is the name of a sacred montain in Tibetan Buddhism). Iranistan is Persia, of course, and Koth is the land of the Hitites. From Africa: Stygia is Egypt, the name is the same of one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld. Zembabwei is Zimbabwe. Punt is Somalia and the Wadai tribe kindgom is base in real life Wadai tribe of Chad.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c70a1171	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c70a1171	featureConfidence	1.0
Conan the Barbarian (Franchise)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c70a1171
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c72021c5	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c72021c5	comment	Deus Ex: The 2027 mod features the Russian Confederation.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c72021c5	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c72021c5	featureConfidence	1.0
Deus Ex (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c72021c5
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c88ea794	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c88ea794	comment	Nation by Terry Pratchett is set in a version of the South Pacific called the Great Southern Pelagic Ocean. "Pelagic" means "open sea". The map at the front of the book also features the "Reunited States".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c88ea794	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c88ea794	featureConfidence	1.0
Nation	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c88ea794
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c8b5a431	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c8b5a431	comment	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress refers to Japan as "Hinomoto" which is an Alternate Character Reading of the kanji that make up the country's name (as opposed to the more widely known "Nippon").
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c8b5a431	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c8b5a431	featureConfidence	1.0
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c8b5a431
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c9fba45d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c9fba45d	comment	Fan Dan Go is set in an alternate England known as Anglise. Its capital city is Londinium, and the city of Lonchester is rather larger than the Real Life Lancaster.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c9fba45d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c9fba45d	featureConfidence	1.0
Fan Dan Go (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_c9fba45d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cb55ac08	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cb55ac08	comment	Seekers of the Sky, by Sergey Lukyanenko, has, among other things, a still-thriving Roman Empire (now called simply the State). Thus, many city names hail from the days of Rome (e.g. Budapest is Aquincum, London is Londinium). God's Stepson (this world's version of the Pope) has his seat in a city called Urbis, which simply means "city" in Latin and is implied to be Vatican. The capital of the State has been moved to Lutetia (i.e. Paris). Russia was never able to throw off the Mongol yoke and its current capital is still Kazan' (Moscow is not mentioned). What is now Israel in our world is called Judea in the duology. Interestingly, the trope's name does not apply. Since the Ottoman Empire is still going strong, its capital is still called Istanbul. Languages are also called slightly differently: Latin is called Romanian, Hungarian is called Magyar, Turkish is called Ottoman, Spanish is called Iberian, French is called Gallic, Hebrew is called Judeic. Surprisingly, this is averted with Vienna (which should probably still be called Vindobona) and Lyon (which Romans called Lugdunum). Both of these are mentioned by their Real Life names. Despite the fact that Budapest is called Aquincum, it still has three main districts called Buda, Ã“buda, and Pest.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cb55ac08	featureApplicability	-1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cb55ac08	featureConfidence	1.0
Seekers of the Sky	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cb55ac08
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cba44a6a	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cba44a6a	comment	Sorcery 101 takes place in an alternate universe, wherein the territory that is our United Kingdom is called Terra, China appears to be called Sipan and the USA and Canada are a single country known as the UPH.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cba44a6a	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cba44a6a	featureConfidence	1.0
Sorcery 101 (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cba44a6a
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd84a03f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd84a03f	comment	His War Between the Provinces series is basically a retelling of The American Civil War in the West from Chickamauga on, only with the map reversed (the rebels are in the north), the colors reversed (because indigo is a major rebel product) and with names either given alternates or horrid puns. General Rosecrans is renamed "Guildenstern." Chickamauga is renamed "The River of Death," and Lookout Mountain, "Sentry Peak." Georgia becomes "Peachtree," and Selma, Alabama is renamed "Hayek."
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd84a03f	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd84a03f	featureConfidence	1.0
War Between the Provinces	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd84a03f
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd9ec312	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd9ec312	comment	House of the Scorpion and The Lord of Opium: Mexico has been renamed AztlÃ¡n at some point between the present day and the time of the novels.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd9ec312	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd9ec312	featureConfidence	1.0
House of the Scorpion	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_cd9ec312
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d13cc83f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d13cc83f	comment	Aegypt Cycle, by John Crowley, approaches this obliquely: protagonist Pierce Moffett is obsessed as a child with the country of Aegypt—not the historical Egypt, but its fantastic analogue in Western myth. "Aegypt" is the Egypt of imagination that was credited as the homeland of the Gypsies (the real-life Romani people are actually originally from India), of Hermetic mythology, and of the countless mystical doctrines that people supposed to have originated there.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d13cc83f	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d13cc83f	featureConfidence	1.0
Aegypt Cycle	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d13cc83f
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d31cdea	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d31cdea	comment	The Hunger Games: Panem is set in what was once called North America after an unexplained apocalypse. The characters are well aware of their history (for the most part) as Katniss knows that Panem was once called North America, and District 12 was in a place called Appalachia. The word "Panem" itself has two sources: As a modification of Pan America (Loosely, "All of America") and also the Latin panem et circenses (Bread and Circuses) from the way the Capitol maintains control through the titular games.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d31cdea	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d31cdea	featureConfidence	1.0
The Hunger Games	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d31cdea
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d42ed1be	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d42ed1be	comment	Job: A Comedy of Justice: Heinlein has a lot of fun with this as the two protagonists get shunted from alternative earth to alternative earth.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d42ed1be	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d42ed1be	featureConfidence	1.0
Job: A Comedy of Justice	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d42ed1be
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d4fa168d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d4fa168d	comment	Fable is set in Albion which is one of the oldest known names for England.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d4fa168d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d4fa168d	featureConfidence	1.0
Fable (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d4fa168d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d55ffc53	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d55ffc53	comment	7th Sea has thinly veiled Renaissance-Enlightenment pastiches: Avalon (the British Isles), Montaigne (France), Vodacce (Italy), Eisen (Germany/the remnants of the Holy Roman Empire), Castille (Spain), Ussura (Russia) and Vendel (a combination of several Nordic and northern European states). There's also the Crescent Empire (the Middle East), Cathay (East Asia) and an island chain to represent the Caribbean.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d55ffc53	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d55ffc53	featureConfidence	1.0
7th Sea (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d55ffc53
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d57d722e	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d57d722e	comment	Ōkami calls its setting, which is Japan during The Time of Myths, Nipponnote The native name for Japan in Japanese even in the localized versions, just to reinforce its Japanese-ness.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d57d722e	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d57d722e	featureConfidence	1.0
Ōkami (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_d57d722e
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_da73d677	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_da73d677	comment	The Quest for Glory series features Spielburg (Germanic town), Mordavia (Transylvania), Silmaria (Greece), Shapeir (Middle East), and Fricana (Africa). Scandinavia is called Jotunheim, but has the justification of having actual Jotuns.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_da73d677	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_da73d677	featureConfidence	1.0
Quest for Glory (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_da73d677
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dac7c837	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dac7c837	comment	A Wizard in Rhyme, by Christopher Stasheff, stars a grad student from "our" world transplanted to an alternate medieval Europe. He lands in France, called "Merovence" after the Merovingian dynasty that once ruled there. Other nations are likewise renamed using historical influences: Spain is Ibile, Austria is Allustria, etc. And Rome is Reme because, in this universe, Remus won.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dac7c837	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dac7c837	featureConfidence	1.0
A Wizard in Rhyme	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dac7c837
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dbec62fe	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dbec62fe	comment	The Place Promised in Our Early Days is set in an Alternate History where "the Union" occupied Hokkaido after World War II and restored its old name of Ezo.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dbec62fe	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dbec62fe	featureConfidence	1.0
The Place Promised in Our Early Days	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dbec62fe
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dc4ad78c	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dc4ad78c	comment	In the Scholarly Magics series, set in a world like our own but with magic, many of the place names are the same (Paris is still Paris), but some are examples of this (Glasscastle, a site of great magical significance in England, is clearly Glastonbury).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dc4ad78c	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dc4ad78c	featureConfidence	1.0
ScholarlyMagics	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_dc4ad78c
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e0e18eca	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e0e18eca	comment	Decades of Darkness: To start with, New England is a much more extensive term, extended to New York and New Jersey after those two states join their eastern neighbors in seceding to form the Republic of New England. Later, it grows to encompass Michigan and the Canadian Maritime provinces. Knoxville, Tennessee is renamed Columbia after the US moves its capital there after Washington, D.C. is burned down again. The original city was named for the Bostonian Henry Knox, which would not do for a country that had fought and lost two wars in twenty-five years to the secessionist Yankees. Equador is in northern Brazil rather than the west coast of South America, a puppet state under the old Brazilian royal family created by the Americans after their invasion of Brazil. Colonial cities and provinces across Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas have different names. The Canadian province of Alberta is named Caroline after a different British royal, Liberia is located in our world's Namibia, the American film industry is based in the Acapulco suburb of "Hanseltown", the Australian state of Victoria is named Macquarie (Queen Victoria having instead been born a boy in this world; the Victorian era is instead known as the Edwardian era), and likewise, the city of Victoria, British Columbia is instead called Edwardsville. The last one is later renamed Brigham after the US, following its defeat of Canada, props up an alt-Mormon vassal state on Vancouver Island, while it conquers the rest of British Columbia and renames it New Caledonia. Inverted, however, in one very important instance. The government of His Majesty, the Tsar of All the Russias, would like to make perfectly clear that it's Constantinople, not Istanbul.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e0e18eca	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e0e18eca	featureConfidence	1.0
Decades of Darkness	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e0e18eca
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e2448642	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e2448642	comment	The Great Dictator has Osterlich, the pacifist country next to Tomainia. It's an obvious parallel to Austria down to the name with a different spelling: Ã–sterreich is the German/Austrian name for Austria.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e2448642	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e2448642	featureConfidence	1.0
The Great Dictator	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e2448642
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e594d8b6	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e594d8b6	comment	Arrowsmith has the alternate earth version, with Divided States of America and a war between Prussia and Galia. The dragons are cute, though.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e594d8b6	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e594d8b6	featureConfidence	1.0
Arrowsmith (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e594d8b6
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e82c9823	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e82c9823	comment	Most of the location names in Black Cat's Fictional Earth are entirely made up. However, Kyoko is one of the few characters with a Japanese name, and according to her character profile she's from the island country "Jipangu"
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e82c9823	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e82c9823	featureConfidence	1.0
Black Cat (Manga)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e82c9823
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e8437d2d	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e8437d2d	comment	Scythe is set in an Alternate History 1920s Europe and uses different names for all the nations. Rusviet Union is the Russia/the Soviet Union, Republic of Polania is Poland, Saxony Empire is Germany, Crimean Khanate is Turkic Crimea, Nordic Kingdoms are Scandinavia, Clan Albion is the British Isles, and Togawa Shogunate is Japan.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e8437d2d	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e8437d2d	featureConfidence	1.0
Scythe (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_e8437d2d
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f2dc0664	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f2dc0664	comment	Within the Wires: When it declared independence from the British Empire toward the end of the Great Reckoning, New Zealand retook the Maori name Aoteroa, along with Maori names for the island and cities such as TÄ�maki Makaurau (formerly Auckland).
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f2dc0664	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f2dc0664	featureConfidence	1.0
Within the Wires (Podcast)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f2dc0664
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f3e1f424	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f3e1f424	comment	Merlin (2008): Albion pops up, as the series is based on Arthurian legend.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f3e1f424	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f3e1f424	featureConfidence	1.0
Merlin (2008)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f3e1f424
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f4b0cbe2	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f4b0cbe2	comment	In Ranger's Apprentice, by John Flanagan, this is used rather stylishly, for example: Araluen = England, Gallica = France, Celtica = Wales, Hibernia = Ireland, Picta = Scotland, Teutlandt = Germany, Arrida = North Africa (Tripoli or Egypt), Skandia = Scandinavia, Nihon-Ja = Japan, Iberion = Spain, Toscana = Rome/Italy, the unnamed Temujai country = Mongolia (Genghis Khan's name was Temijin), Indus (briefly mentioned in Book 10) probably = India, etc.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f4b0cbe2	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f4b0cbe2	featureConfidence	1.0
Ranger's Apprentice	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f4b0cbe2
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f7d93e4a	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f7d93e4a	comment	Assassin's Creed: Assassin's Creed: Revelations: This comes up at least once, given the setting (i.e. Constantinople itself), naturally. Specifically, the game is set shortly after the Ottomans occupied the city. Most still call it Constantinople, but offhand references are made to some young people starting to call the city Istanbul. Inverted in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Basim and Hytham refer to Istanbul as Constantinople since it is still under Byzantine control but the Vikings including the Raven Clan call it "Miklagard".
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f7d93e4a	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f7d93e4a	featureConfidence	1.0
Assassin's Creed (Franchise)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f7d93e4a
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f9603330	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f9603330	comment	Gamma World: Early products are full of real-world place names that'd been altered, elided, rendered phonetically, or just plain screwed up After the End.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f9603330	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f9603330	featureConfidence	1.0
Gamma World (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_f9603330
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fccc35cc	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fccc35cc	comment	Crusader Kings II: When a certain nation or culture controls certain provinces, kingdoms or empires, their names will change to a linguistically appropriate counterpart, such as the province of Finland becoming Suomi when held by a Finn or Constantinople becoming Konstantiniyye when Turkish or the empire of Britannia becoming Pyrdain when held by most Celts, and this may also be done manually to provinces and cities. Additionally, with the Customization Pack DLC, it becomes possible to manually rename entire duchies, kingdoms, and empires.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fccc35cc	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fccc35cc	featureConfidence	1.0
Crusader Kings II (Video Game)	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fccc35cc
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fe5a4514	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fe5a4514	comment	Craft Sequence, by Max Gladstone, is implicitly set on a version of our Earth with a very different history. Many very similar places exist on it In Spite of a Nail (although many places are also NOT recognizable as counterparts to anything real.) A few do stand out as clear examples of this trope— the city of Shikaw, situated on a very large lake, is one obvious example.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fe5a4514	featureApplicability	1.0
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fe5a4514	featureConfidence	1.0
Craft Sequence	hasFeature	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_fe5a4514

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingCategory2	Alternate History Tropes
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingCategory2	Europe Index
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingCategory2	Naming Conventions
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	processingCategory2	This Index Is Not an Example
Izetta: The Last Witch / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Queen's Blade / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The New Century Multiverse (Audio Play) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Princess Thieves (Audio Play) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Tiger's Eye (Audio Play) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Albedo: Erma Felna EDF (Comic Book) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Captain Britain (Comic Book) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
My Little Pony Micro Series (Comic Book) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Squadron Supreme (Comic Book) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
X-Factor (2006) (Comic Book) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
AmericanFlagg	seeAlso	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Divided and Entwined (Fanfic) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Legend of the Spider-Man (Fanfic) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Legend of the Spider-Man: Reign (Fanfic) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
RDNA-verse (Fanfic) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Simpsons: Team L.A.S.H. (Fanfic) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Alice in Wonderland (2010) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Hohenzollern Empire (Lets Play) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
A Canticle for Leibowitz / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
A Valkyrie Rises Over Europe / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Airborn / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Amerindian Arbalists / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Book of the New Sun / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Bring the Jubilee / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Caliphate / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Children of Earth and Sky / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Chrestomanci / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Decades of Darkness / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
For Want of a Nail / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Forgotten Ruin / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Foundation and Earth / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Foundation's Edge / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Here Lies Arthur / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
His Dark Materials / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
House of the Scorpion / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Kushiel's Legacy / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Lands of Red and Gold / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Left Behind / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Log Horizon / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Lord Darcy / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Nation / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
1983: Doomsday / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Ohga Shrugs / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Remember To Always Be Brave / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Revolving Door / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Rollerskater / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
ScholarlyMagics	seeAlso	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Seekers of the Sky / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Strata / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Stravaganza / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Technomagia i smoki / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Dead Skunk / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Green Knowe Chronicles / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Lord of Opium / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Number of the Beast / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Tales of Alvin Maker / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Timeline-191 / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
War Between the Provinces / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
We'll Meet Again / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
What Madness is This? / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Zhirinovsky's Russian Empire / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
ByzantineEmpire	seeAlso	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Larklight	seeAlso	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
RangersApprentice	seeAlso	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
TB Abrams	seeAlso	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
TheDeathOfTheVazirMukhtar	seeAlso	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
TwentyTwentySeven	seeAlso	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Heroman (Manga) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Strike Witches (Manga) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Demon Girl Next Door (Manga) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Within the Wires (Podcast) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Nebulous (Radio) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Ragnarok (2020) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Castle Falkenstein (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Degenesis (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Delta Green (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Dystopian Wars (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Eberron (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Numenera (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Scythe (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
7th Sea (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Ticket to Ride (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Warhammer (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Fallen London (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Fear & Hunger: Termina (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Ōkami (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
PokÃ©mon Red and Blue (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Power Stone (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Red Earth (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Sunless Sea (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Total War: Warhammer (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Valkyria Chronicles (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Choice of Games / Videogame / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Arches (Visual Novel) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Desire & Decorum (Visual Novel) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Echo (Visual Novel) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Glory Hounds (Visual Novel) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Lands of Fire (Visual Novel) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Melody (Visual Novel) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Smoke Room (Visual Novel) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Alternate History Hub (Web Animation) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
British Cryptids (Web Video) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
The Kenny Chronicles (Webcomic) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
AlternateHistory.com (Website) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Motorcity / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Onyx Equinox / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Granado Espada (Video Game) / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.