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Yesterday on Turkish social media, #AdalarDenizi was trending as replacement name for Aegean Sea, and #BatıAnadolu (Western Anadolia) was trending to replace the Aegean Region names.
Nope it is not like that. You go tell your heartbreaking stories to Greek friends who, after taking Western Thrace in 1919, massacred the Bulgarians there and renamed toponyms. Dedeagach became Alexandropolis and Gümülcine turned Xanthi. Bulgaria did not replace Turkish toponyms like Tatar Pazardzyk, Kardzhali which are still in use. In Greece, not a single Turkish toponym was left.
Here a Turkish a 1000-years old usage was dropped in 1941 during a Hellenic cultural coup in Turkey, and now Turks are calling to revert it back to its original.
There is no replacement here but a restoration.
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