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Unsuitable name?
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15 Nov 2008 Sat 05:47 pm |
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this is very weird and i hate it.
Extremely weird 
Imagine if we insisted all Osmans and Mehmets in the UK had to change their name! 
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15 Nov 2008 Sat 05:47 pm |
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this is very weird and i hate it.
It is a bit isn´t it?  - can´t see why myself.
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15 Nov 2008 Sat 05:51 pm |
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this is very weird and i hate it.
Extremely weird
Imagine if we insisted all Osmans and Mehmets in the UK had to change their name!
I didn´t think they actually had to CHANGE their names (like by a kind of deed poll) - but you´ve got me wondering now - I will have to ask them.
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15 Nov 2008 Sat 05:53 pm |
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this is very weird and i hate it.
Extremely weird
Imagine if we insisted all Osmans and Mehmets in the UK had to change their name!
Oops. For years the most populair names in Amsterdam for newborns are Mohammed and Mehmet. Sorry parents, you MUST choose real Dutch names for your son as: Klaas, Jan, Piet, Meindert, Teun, Koos..... 
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15 Nov 2008 Sat 05:56 pm |
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I didn´t think they actually had to CHANGE their names (like by a kind of deed poll) - but you´ve got me wondering now - I will have to ask them.
actually many non-turks were forced to change their names into turkish. dont ask me why.
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15 Nov 2008 Sat 06:05 pm |
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actually many non-turks were forced to change their names into turkish. dont ask me why.
Because everything western is BED BED BED!
(Unless you are tourists with money.....)
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15 Nov 2008 Sat 06:09 pm |
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actually many non-turks were forced to change their names into turkish. dont ask me why.
And yet in the tourist resorts the bar/boat boys love to tell you their ´English´ names! Tom, Simon and Jimmy seem to be the favourites!
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16 Nov 2008 Sun 06:07 pm |
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any answers to my question?
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17 Nov 2008 Mon 01:59 pm |
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wow.... i didn´t know that choosing a western name would be an issue. i couldn´t imagine having another name other than what i have now.
i have one question... how about giving two names? most Turkish people i know only have one name. Would it be acceptable if... having a first name in Turkish and a second name differently? For example hmmm... Ahmet Emileo and Familyname.... i´m curious...I have never seen/heard something like that. probably not a good idea.
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17 Nov 2008 Mon 07:12 pm |
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why not? why isn´t it a good idea? i have two names Samantha Justine, and i know of a turkish guy who has two names as well, but both Turkish names. So combining a Turkish name, and english name is not a good idea? hmmmm i´m really curious why....
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18 Nov 2008 Tue 10:39 am |
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why not? why isn´t it a good idea? i have two names Samantha Justine, and i know of a turkish guy who has two names as well, but both Turkish names. So combining a Turkish name, and english name is not a good idea? hmmmm i´m really curious why....
Well, Of course nothing can stop you from doing it. But we like it if somebody changes their name and uses a Turkish name when they decide to live in Turkey (just like we appreciate it if somebody speaks our language). Chance are even if you don´t change your name, we eventually would call you with a (similar sounding) Turkish name. That would only mean that we think you are one of us now.
Last night I was watching TV and there was a news about former Fenerbahçe player "Mehmet" Aurelio (originally from Brasil but he´s also got Turkish nationality and his real name is Marco Aurelio). He plays for Real Betis in Spain now. They showed his shirts purchased by Real Betis fans and it reads Mehmet Auralio on them. And guess what is written on the plate of his car. TC 1881. And guess what it means. TC means Turkish Republic in Turkish and 1881 is the birth year of Atatürk. We like this kind of things.
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