Author
OGAN, Aziz
Author Original
OGAN, Aziz
Publication Date
1940-10
Publication Place
Ankara -
Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House
Type
Periodical
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - UOC Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1415153
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_f10ea7e60fcd4d20815f9bd8a612af92
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Date
1940-10
Notes
According to superstition, the foundation of Byzantium, which has been inhabited since ancient times, is attributed to the Megarians. Say: The people of Megara apply to the oracle of Deli about where it would be appropriate to establish the new city they intend to establish. The soothsayer briefly tells them: "Build it opposite the city of the blind." Following this enigmatic prophecy, M. e. The Megarians, who set out with their chief named Byzas around 658, arrived at the blue shores of the Bosphorus after a long walk. While they were looking around from the point where the Topkapı Palace was located, they caught sight of Kadıköy, which was then called Halkidonya, which was a colony of the Phoenicians, and they did not see the beauty of their location and were astonished by the choice of Halkidonia, and their people were amazed by the blind arrogance of the oracle. They understood the meaning of the answer he gave, "the land of the blind", and they founded the city here and named it Byzantium after the Byzantium who ruled it.
