Ask a Turk

[Azkonus]

I think (or more correctly old Turkish people think) that bird is from India.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

So why did y'all name your country that? Or did you name it that at all? How do Turks refer to their country?

 

[Azkonus]

We call it Türkiye. (second letter is ü as in über in german.)

Best one i think is in Italian: Turchia

 

[Agent327]

For the sound you mean? I think Türkei (German) and Turkije (Dutch) also comes pretty close. (And there's no association with the turkey.)

 

[Azkonus]

Türkei (German) is not that close because it is like turk- (plus) I (as in first singular person in English).

 

[Agent327]

From your explanation I gathered Türkiye is pronounced like Türkei. So a combination of Türk- (German) with -ey (English) +e (as in English "uh") would be a phonetic approximation, no? (To me, being Dutch with a German mother, reading Türkiye is not a problem - although Türkei/Turkije are pronounced quite differently.)

 

[Oerdin]

That's because you kicked the Greeks out in 1955. :/

You forgot the the expulsion of the Greeks in 1920. The Turks have been good at ethnic cleansing.

 

[plarq]

You forgot the the expulsion of the Greeks in 1920. The Turks have been good at ethnic cleansing.

That's war, baby, the Greeks wanted Asia minor, while the Turks also wanted to keep it.

 

[Pannonius]

That's war, baby, the Greeks wanted Asia minor, while the Turks also wanted to keep it.

No, that's ethnic cleansing. The two often come together, but they're not the same thing.

 

[philippe]

the Ionic cities are all just a bunch of agitators anyway.

 

[Pannonius]

the Ionic cities are all just a bunch of agitators anyway.

and so they deserve to be destroyed?

 

[Cutlass]

How many languages are spoken in Turkey and what part of the population speaks English or some other European language?

 

[Aleenik]

If Turks are so much unlike Arabs and more like Europeans, why dont the Turks Openly Condemn the Terrorist supporting nations like Iran or Syria and the like. Also-Do the Turks Recognize Israel and do the Turks recognize the Palestinian Liberation Organization and if so do they support it? Do the Turkish Government support Hamas?

 

[aronnax]

If Turks are so much unlike Arabs and more like Europeans, why dont the Turks Openly Condemn the Terrorist supporting nations like Iran or Syria and the like. Also-Do the Turks Recognize Israel and do the Turks recognize the Palestinian Liberation Organization and if so do they support it? Do the Turkish Government support Hamas?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Israel#Turkey

Alongside the United States, Turkey is a close ally of Israel. Turkey was the first Muslim-majority nation to formally recognize the State of Israel, only one year after the Declaration of the Jewish State (March 28, 1949). Israel has been a major supplier of arms to Turkey. Military, strategic, and diplomatic cooperation between Turkey and Israel is accorded high priority by the governments of both countries, which share concerns with respect to the regional instabilities in the Middle East.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#International_perception_of_Hamas

Opinions of Hamas are divided in Egypt and Kuwait, and Hamas is viewed negatively in Turkey and Lebanon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreig...#States_that_recognize_the_State_of_Palestine

89. Russia - 90. Serbia[4] - 91. Turkey - 92. Ukraine - 93. Vatican City

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Turkey#Syria

Turkey has condemned Syria for supporting the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations,

And, like European Nations, no one wants to antagonise Iran cause of the economy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Turkey_relations

Both countries are part of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Turkey receives many Iranian tourists each year and economically benefits from Iranian tourism.[1]
Bilateral trade between the nations is increasing. In 2005, the trade increased to $4 billion from $1 billion in 2000.

While Im not a Turk, Turkey is my second most favourite nation and I will not let its reputaion be clouded in ignorance.
I hope that clears any "Turkey is evil!!" thoughts...

 

[Aleenik]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Israel#Turkey



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#International_perception_of_Hamas


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreig...#States_that_recognize_the_State_of_Palestine



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Turkey#Syria


And, like European Nations, no one wants to antagonise Iran cause of the economy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Turkey_relations


While Im not a Turk, Turkey is my second most favourite nation and I will not let its reputaion be clouded in ignorance.
I hope that clears any "Turkey is evil!!" thoughts...

ya I dont think Turkey is evil all i knew is a few basic things just wanted to kno more..I could have used wikipedia but i figured a person who lives their perspective would be 100% better

 

[aronnax]

ya I dont think Turkey is evil all i knew is a few basic things just wanted to kno more..I could have used wikipedia but i figured a person who lives their perspective would be 100% better

Sorry then. Its just that on these forums, there are some people who seems to be only able to associate Turkey with nothing but those damned genocides in the 1920s.

It really irks me.

 

[Mowque]

Honestly, when i think of Turkey, i think of Indiana Jones, and the scene where the Turkish president wants the car.

 

[Aleenik]

Sorry then. Its just that on these forums, there are some people who seems to be only able to associate Turkey with nothing but those damned genocides in the 1920s.

It really irks me.

Though they where bad, its in the past..its not like we still all hate germany cuz the nazis of the past killing jews, in civ i play as ottos or turkey in scenarios sometimes but personaly my fav countries in real life include many, but I really enjoy history of France and I like South Koreas Seoul citie's looks

When I think Turkey, I think Istanbul and that big Mosque there instantlly..and the Ottoman Empire comes to mind at same time

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

If Turks are so much unlike Arabs and more like Europeans, why dont the Turks Openly Condemn the Terrorist supporting nations like Iran or Syria and the like. Also-Do the Turks Recognize Israel and do the Turks recognize the Palestinian Liberation Organization and if so do they support it? Do the Turkish Government support Hamas?

These things have nothing to do with being "non-Arab." There are terrorists in many non-Arab nations. And you don't think many of the Arab nations actually SUPPORT the PLO or Hamas, do you?

 

[Aleenik]

These things have nothing to do with being "non-Arab." There are terrorists in many non-Arab nations. And you don't think many of the Arab nations actually SUPPORT the PLO or Hamas, do you?

I dont know, but I know that most dont openly condemm them, and the reason It has to do with being Arab or non arab becuz..as wikipedia shows..opinions of people like Hamas are mixed in many arabic nations, but in Europe however, its overwellmingly against them