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15 Jun 2006 Thu 07:50 pm |
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Quoting erdinc: Well, I think if you are Turkish and have no problem with the word Turkey then you can just continue using it. I have a problem with that word and I'm not using it. I don't find it funny that a silly animal and my country have the same name. Sooner or later we will get that word officially changed. |
AMEN! 
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15 Jun 2006 Thu 08:57 pm |
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 10:24 am |
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yeah! 
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 04:23 pm |
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 04:45 pm |
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Quoting Kadir37: Quoting k_georgia: Its great Kadir!!!! But there is no greek written  (( Turkey in Greek language is such a beautiful word |
We are neighbours.
 
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We are brothers 
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 04:51 pm |
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 05:45 pm |
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 06:29 pm |
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Quoting scalpel: my country already has an official name: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti |
We are not talking about the Turkish official name. We are talking about the English official name. I thought it was obvious. Officially our country's name in English is "Republic of Turkey" and I'm not happy with that name. Turkish children living abroad are not happy either.
Here are some official websites that mention the phrase "Republic of Turkey".
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/turkey.html
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g7430+ct000944))
Quoting scalpel: no matter what they call us, I wouldn't mind |
"Turkey" is not just what they call us, but we ourselves call us "Turkey" as well.
This image is from an official website as you can read on it.
http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/Default.aspx?17A16AE30572D313D4AF1EF75F7A79681D9DD78D03148A6E
This is how a Turkish Passport looks like:
Let me summarize once again as it appears to be too complicated:
Our country's name in English is 'Turkey'. The official name of our country in English is 'Republic of Turkey'.
I hope one day you will live abroad and will have children. When other students call your kids, "turkey, turkey, turkey,... " and your kids come to crying then you can explain them that it's not a bad thing and there are no silly animals.
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 07:03 pm |
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erdinc,
thank u for explaining it for scalpboy ! 
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 09:02 pm |
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Well my friends, I only can say that I love the sound of your country’s name in mine “TurquÃaâ€. I am from Venezuela...
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21 Jun 2006 Wed 08:46 am |
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I completely agree with erdinc and I think Turkia sounds beautiful.. It's very annoying when I say I love Turkey and people think I am talking about a bird. Ugh. Also, I firmly believe it is implicitly used by some to evoke in people's minds associations with a squawking, helpless-acting animal, fit for not much but being eaten.
Turkia is so much nicer. It is used in Arabic too..
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