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Constantinople to Istanbul
Exhibition· Greater London

Constantinople to Istanbul

  • 📅Sat 07 Nov 2026 – Sun 09 May 2027
  • 📍V&A South Kensington — All events
    Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL, London, London
  • 🎫From €25

The city of Constantinople, the historic capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, was officially renamed Istanbul by Turkey in 1930 under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as part of his modernization and nationalist reforms following the founding of the Turkish Republic.