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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? 🤔
just to clarify, the bird is called perú. Peru (another country) is called Peru (or Perú, i dont remember) and Turkey is called Turquia
i felt the need to clarify because i feel people might think you meant Perú is how we call Turkey (country).
In Australia it’s called landgoose
so like, close, but no cigar.
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
they thought the bird came from Turkey iirc, that’s why it’s named like that. 🦃
In French, Quebec/Canada specifically, it’s called Dinde. A shortening of coq/poule/poulet d’inde.
Which translates to Indian cock/hen/chick.
It’s mainly cus settlers brought it back Europe thinking they were in India.
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 TÜRKİYE NUMBER VAN BAYBEE
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
I think it’s because of schwarma. Mmm.
My Armenian neighbors would like to have a word
they killed our civilians, we have words for this too
“an unfortunate and voluntary relocation”, according to Turkey.
But everyone else can summarize in a single word, it starts with a G
Nah it’s terrible here. I hate this country and can’t wait to leave especially as a queer person
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”.
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).
From “poule d’inde”, litterally “hen from India”, which got shortend as such sthings tend to be. And it replaced the delicious Christmas goose for a while because it was “exotic”.
How is that pu pronounced? Like pew or poo?
How is that pu pronounced?
[ˈpuːtə]
Like pew or poo?
WTF?
Oder Truthahn
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?” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatmagül'ün_Suçu_Ne%3F
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.
We should rename the bird to türkiye.
There’s a flock of türkiyes over there!
The bird is named after the country: 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.
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.
classic turco/mongolian hijinks. good on the lads.
I hate Turkey because some weird guy keeps fooling around with my ice cream. I paid for it damn you
Turkish ice cream is delicious.
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 bird, they were named after a type of footstool.
Islam.
I have no problem with Islam, I have a huge problem with religion in government.
Dictatorship.
ow the edge
the genocidal impulses towards Armenians and Kurds don’t help
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 fascist tyrant that’s ruining their country…
People hate Turkish people because they hate immigrants (for no reason), and there’s some Turkish immigrant community in Europe.
Greece isn’t fond
Whi tf cares that Turkey is part of Nato?
Everybody in Europe. Turkey has the second largest army in NATO after the US. Also its geographical position makes is strategically very important.
They also have the second least reliable military in NATO.
sweden and finland, who both had to change their free speech and trade laws before turkey would let them in.
They should immediately change them back. Fuck Turkey. It’s not like you can get kicked out, which is why Turkey is still in.
Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Maybe it’s because of it’s autocrat leader?
riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months 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 2 months ago
Don’t forget the Armenian Genocide.
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 2 months ago
To be fair that’s what most of NATO is/were doing.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Right? That country started backsliding democratically a while ago. They’ve suffered from nationalism, populism, and conservatism that landed them essentially a dictator. The fact that trump likes Erdogan should be warning enough that all is not well in Turkey.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I had 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, western 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 Güllen to ruin the country, and that’s why they have high inflation, etc. I of course smiled alon, 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
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Taxi drivers in Turkey are a fucking nightmare to deal with
Zacryon@feddit.org 2 months ago
All drivers in Turkey are a nightmare to deal with.