In ancient times, on the territory of today's Istanbul, there was a city called Chalcedon, in the name of which one can easily read the Kartvelian toponym "Halketi" - "country of the halki" or, more precisely, "halhi", which in Georgian means "people". It means the same in the Turkic language, by the way. But in the 8th century BC, when Chalcedon was built, the Turks, according to the generally accepted point of view, were at best in the region of Mongolia.
The name of the ancient Greek city of Chalkida too can be interpreted as the Kartvelian toponym "Khalketi". The well-known pair "Colchida-Colckheti" gives this right. "Chalketi" or, more precisely, "Halheti" means "country of people", since "halhi" (ხალხი) in Georgian means "people".
The same refers to Chalkidiki, except that the toponyms also inclsudes the Laz adjective suffix "-iki".
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