Abstract:The inadequacy of the studies in the field of toponymy in Turkey and the late start compared to the west led to a lack of information about the sources of our place names. This situation has created a false perception that many of our old place names are of foreign origin, and this has led us to the ease of attributing the origin of our place names to foreign sources. As in almost every country in the world, place names have been changed in our country, and in the process of changing place names, thousands of … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.