Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants

“Hotel booked for Istanbul! DEAR TURKEY: Apologies in advance for belting this song as soon as I get there.”

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Hotel booked for Istanbul! DEAR TURKEY: Apologies in advance for belting this song as soon as I get there.

colleenaf 12 Feb 2013

Not for the faint hearted?

delwil61 4 Apr 2013

So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks (Blame Trivia Crack for this one... )

blackrose 6 Mar 2015

Watching the preposterously named Simon Sebag Montefiore's TV series on Byzantium reminded me of this daft cover of a 1950s novelty hit.   1

UncannyUK 21 Dec 2013

In honour of my friend @slgreyhorror signing with awesome Turkish publisher Ithaki Yayinlari

moxygirl 13 Dec 2011

Why the name change? Apparently, It's nobody's business but the Turks...   4

d0minic 4 Jan 2013