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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
In Portuguese is called Perú
So there are two countries named Turkey? 🤔
in portuguese the country peru is called peru, the turkey (bird) is called peru, and turkey (country) is called turquia
so only one is actually called turkey, sadly
edit: none of the peru have a ú, i'm dumb
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
This thread needs a diagram.
In Australia it's called landgoose
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.
Same, but "kalkon" in swedish.
I felt slightly smug before I learned that haha
People hate us turks for various reasons.
They visited turkey as tourists and were exploited through high prices, haggling, rude and impatient service sector workers
They met some of the brainwashed assholes that are sucking up to the current dictator
They have an immigrant community of turks in their country that don't assimilate
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.
Because the current state of the country is a fucking disaster for various perspectives
BECAUSE TÜRKİYE NUMBER VAN BAYBEE, DATS VHY I LIVE DIASPORA TIME! IS NICE!
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.
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
Well I thought I'd ask. With that I've already done more than the latin kingdoms 1445 onwards.
Nah it's terrible here. I hate this country and can't wait to leave especially as a queer person
What is/are these tv series?
idk either. maybe anon is from turkey and thinks they're more popular than they actually are?
It’s probably “what’s fatmagül’s fault?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatmag%C3%BCl'%C3%BCn_Su%C3%A7u_Ne%3F
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.'
The German word for this bird is "Pute". I guess it's called after the French.
"Pute" specifically means the domesticated version of the "Truthuhn".
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.
In turkey the bird is named Hindi, after India. In the Netherlands is called after Calicut. In Portugal, it's called after Peru, however in Arabic it's an Ethiopian rooster. In Malaysia is called a Dutch bird.
The explanation is that people through America was India, hence calling it after India a lot (Peru being what Portugese thought was America).
However the people who first encountered the bird they thought it loaded like a particular woodfoul that was imported from Turkey, calling it a turkey bird.
India and other Asian countries only know it from European trade, calling it either Turkey, Dutch chicken or something else like fire bird (china).
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.
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.
Those are seperate points
It's probably "what's fatmagül's fault?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatmag%C3%BCl'%C3%BCn_Su%C3%A7u_Ne%3F
We should rename the bird to türkiye.
There's a flock of türkiyes over there!
I hate Turkey because some weird guy keeps fooling around with my ice cream. I paid for it damn you
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.
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.)
Just doesn't feel right to carve up an Ottoman Empire for Thanksgiving.
Constantinople.
Maybe I forgive you in 600 more years. Probably not.
Ok so we found the Greek
This is so dumb. They weren't originally named after a bird, they were named after a type of footstool.
the genocidal impulses towards Armenians and Kurds don't help
Islam.
I have no problem with Islam, I have a huge problem with religion in government.
Dictatorship.
Do people actually hate Turkish people? I know they can be obnoxious in online games, but in real life they are pretty wholesome. And I think It's generally the same for all Turkic peoples, but I haven't met many.
Well, there's the human rights violations, the denial of the genocide they committed, the complete tyrant that's ruining their country...
Greece isn’t fond