Let's say you had an interest in aviation and spesifically WWI air campaign in Gallipoli. You had information that a German air squadron attached to Ottoman Air Command (6th Air Squadron) was positioned near Galata. Can you find it. Where is this once Greek village of Galata? The name was changed to Sutluce. Why? Galata means under one interpretation "lots of milk"[1]. So a name change was carried out. Maybe milk is abundant yet historic responsibility is non existent.
[1] There are several theories concerning the origin of the name Galata, istanbul. According to the Italians, the name comes from Calata (meaning downward slope) as the neighbourhood is sloped and goes downwards to the sea from a hilltop. The Greeks believe that the name comes either from Galaktos (meaning milk, as the area was used by shepherds in the early medieval period) or from the word Galat (meaning Celtic in Greek) as the Celtic tribe of Galatians were thought to have camped here during the Hellenistic period before settling into Galatia in central Anatolia.
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