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Anon is Turkish (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 27 points 6 days ago

Ask Serj Tankian how he feels about the government of Turkiye.

A not insignificant amount of people probably know as much, or more, about System of a Down than they do about Turkiye... and thus likely know Turkiye as 'that beautiful, diverse country that is unfortinately still run by an autocrat who won't acknowledge past/ongoing ethnic repression and genocide.'

[-] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 19 points 6 days ago

I hate Turkey because some weird guy keeps fooling around with my ice cream. I paid for it damn you

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Turkish ice cream is delicious.

[-] PurpleSkull@lemm.ee 17 points 6 days ago

Constantinople.

Maybe I forgive you in 600 more years. Probably not.

[-] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 7 points 6 days ago

Ok so we found the Greek

[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 days ago

The bird is named after the country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)#Names

(So now when they've renamed the country, the bird ought to be renamed too.)

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Just doesn't feel right to carve up an Ottoman Empire for Thanksgiving.

[-] lowered_lifted@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

the genocidal impulses towards Armenians and Kurds don't help

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is so dumb. They weren't originally named after a bird, they were named after a type of footstool.

[-] Owlboi@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago

Islam.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago

I have no problem with Islam, I have a huge problem with religion in government.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

Dictatorship.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

ow the edge

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 172 points 1 week ago

Maybe it's because of it's autocrat leader?

[-] riwo 105 points 1 week ago

to me its also the turkish persecution of and brutal fight against the kurdish movement, where they will go as far as bombing civilians even outside their own country and work with islamist militias

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Don't forget the Armenian Genocide.

[-] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

bombing civilians even outside their own country and work with islamist militias

To be fair that's what most of NATO is/were doing.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Right? That country started backsliding democratically a while ago. They’ve suffered from nationalism, populism, and conservatism that landed them essentially a right wing authoritarian. The fact that trump likes Erdogan should be warning enough that all is not well in Turkey.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

On a business trip, with some HQ people we visited the partially owned branch of our company in Ankara last year.

We had a super nice and MBA-educated host from investor relations lead us through the day. It was all going well, until a few drinks into dinner, he shared how the CIA funded the terrorist Gülen to ruin the country, and that’s why they have high inflation, etc. I of course smiled along, but was surprised he thinks this way.

I am originally from an eastern European authoritarian country, and 99% of my experience have been that white collar people are cynical and hate the shit government, even if they have to go along with the bullshit propaganda to keep their jobs.

Also, their capital Ankara is quite the shithole, sorry. It has sparkling skyscrapers, but it’s orders of magnitudes behind in livability compared to even to poor European capitals in the Balkans. Blackouts in a luxury hotel, asphalt breaking off the road an hitting our car, concrete jungle of multi-lane roads with no walkability, fast asshole-style driving (not even letting ambulance pass) causing massive traffic.

It’s just a very different world and culture.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Taxi drivers in Turkey are a fucking nightmare to deal with

[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 17 points 1 week ago

All drivers in Turkey are a nightmare to deal with.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 97 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That bird Is called Turkey in English
It's called India (translated) in Turkish, and many European languages
In India it is also named after Turkey
The Arabic word for it translates to East Africa
Malaysians call it Dutch Chicken
In Cambodia its French chicken

And the fucking bird comes from North America

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 34 points 1 week ago

In Portuguese is called Perú

[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

just to clarify, the bird is called peru. Peru (another country) is called Peru and Turkey is called Turquia

i felt the need to clarify because i feel people might think you meant Peru is how we call Turkey (country).

edit: it's both peru with a normal u, not a ú

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

This thread needs a diagram.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

In Australia it's called landgoose

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[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 15 points 1 week ago

It’s called India (translated) in Turkish, and many European languages

TIL that "kalkun" (danish word for turkey, the bird) actually comes from Calcutta, as in the modern day city of Kolkata in India. Wow.

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[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

People hate us turks for various reasons.

  1. They visited turkey as tourists and were exploited through high prices, haggling, rude and impatient service sector workers

  2. They met some of the brainwashed assholes that are sucking up to the current dictator

  3. They have an immigrant community of turks in their country that don't assimilate

  4. They are or have connections to a historical group of people with bad blood with turks (serbs, greeks, armenians) NB : I do not think that those people are bad.

  5. Because the current state of the country is a fucking disaster for various perspectives

  6. BECAUSE TÜRKİYE NUMBER VAN BAYBEE, DATS VHY I LIVE DIASPORA TIME! IS NICE!

[-] PurpleSkull@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago

They have an immigrant community of turks in their country that don’t assimilate

Everyone in Germany relates. Though the public image of Turks in Germany was vastly improved after OTHER arabic/african immigrants started coming.

Also, give back Constantinople.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Everyone in Germany relates.

but Hans is still willing to claim the kebab as the greatest thing since hamburger steaks.

Also, give back Constantinople.

No

[-] PurpleSkull@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

Well I thought I'd ask. With that I've already done more than the latin kingdoms 1445 onwards.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

I think it's because of schwarma. Mmm.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 week ago

Nah it's terrible here. I hate this country and can't wait to leave especially as a queer person

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 34 points 1 week ago

What is/are these tv series?

[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

idk either. maybe anon is from turkey and thinks they're more popular than they actually are?

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[-] FreeBeard@slrpnk.net 27 points 1 week ago

The German word for this bird is "Pute". I guess it's called after the French.

[-] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Oder Truthahn

[-] Guttural@jlai.lu 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The French word is "dinde", and the ethmology IIRC is "from India" (d'Inde)

Now, in French, "pute" is a derogatory term for a prostitute.

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[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

What is the most popular tv series in nato?

Figured that would be EuroVision or whatever that music competition is called. Which is not from the US.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

  1. Those are seperate points

  2. It's probably "what's fatmagül's fault?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatmag%C3%BCl'%C3%BCn_Su%C3%A7u_Ne%3F

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 23 points 1 week ago

Let's think about the country and see if we can come up with any possible problems somebody might have with it.

Yes it's in NATO but I'm pretty certain that NATO simply has them because they would prefer to have them inside pissing out.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago

We should rename the bird to türkiye.

There's a flock of türkiyes over there!

[-] Siethron@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I hate Turkey because I played Kinght Online back in the day and it went from most people speaking English (as it was a global mmo) to everyone speaking Turkish basically overnight.

So basically the Turks conquered the online territory I was part of.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

classic turco/mongolian hijinks. good on the lads.

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