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Two pennies for your thoughts ....!!
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12 Sep 2010 Sun 01:04 am |
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I wonder why "Turkmen" has suddenly been included in the TC lingo? I have been on Turkish Class for 5 years and have not heard it mentioned before. Alpha is using it in every sentence, in case we didn´t see it in the previous one, like a dog with a bone, he refuses to let go of it ... 
might be a fad, or Alphie wants to infuriate Vineyards, who´s allergic to words like Turky, Turkia etc 
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| 6241. |
12 Sep 2010 Sun 01:19 am |
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Hm, I thought a Turkmen was somebody from Turkmenistan?
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| 6242. |
12 Sep 2010 Sun 01:19 am |
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I wonder why "Turkmen" has suddenly been included in the TC lingo? I have been on Turkish Class for 5 years and have not heard it mentioned before. Alpha is using it in every sentence, in case we didn´t see it in the previous one, like a dog with a bone, he refuses to let go of it ...
Alpha has a mind of his own, but most probably no reason at all.. just the way stars have aligned this morning and that´s how they inspired him to praise "Turkishness".
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| 6243. |
12 Sep 2010 Sun 03:44 am |
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Nowadays it is mostly used for north iraqian Turkmens but in fact the Turks who came to Anatolia around 11 century were all Turkmens...
I wonder why "Turkmen" has suddenly been included in the TC lingo? I have been on Turkish Class for 5 years and have not heard it mentioned before. Alpha is using it in every sentence, in case we didn´t see it in the previous one, like a dog with a bone, he refuses to let go of it ...
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| 6244. |
12 Sep 2010 Sun 05:01 am |
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It can get confusing, I´ve also seen the term Tartar used quite a bit...more in the past. Marco Polo uses the term Tartar.
Nowadays it is mostly used for north iraqian Turkmens but in fact the Turks who came to Anatolia around 11 century were all Turkmens...
Edited (9/12/2010) by alameda
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| 6245. |
12 Sep 2010 Sun 07:17 pm |
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Tatars are connected to north Turks aka Kipchaks and Türkmens are connected to south Turks aka Oghuzs. Kipchaks were consisting of lots of nomadic tribes distributed on a big geography and more crowded than Oghuzs. they fought with Oghuzs, Russians and Mongols. Kipchaks had leaded some of the Oghuz tribes to migrate Balkans, Middle east and Anatolia, and Mongols had leaded some Kipchak tribes to migrate East Europe Caucasia. Crimean Tatars for instance are ethnically Kipchaks. Today Tatars also live in TR, Eskişehir is one of the famous place where lots of Tatars live in. Kipchak tribes in Europe also known as "Kumonos" by Byzantians, "Kun" by Hungarians had become christians, Codex Cumanicus was a kind of dictionary written possibly by missionaries to communicate with Kipchak people of Europe.
It can get confusing, I´ve also seen the term Tartar used quite a bit...more in the past. Marco Polo uses the term Tartar.
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| 6246. |
13 Sep 2010 Mon 12:10 pm |
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I guess some people always bring their entourage .. 
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| 6247. |
16 Sep 2010 Thu 11:55 am |
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I changed my mind.. May be later
Edited (9/16/2010) by thehandsom
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17 Sep 2010 Fri 10:27 am |
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I never get why some people go on forums, when they don´t seem to appreciate the reading the opinions of other people. If you hate people so much, why interact with them? Go live on a farm... sheep don´t have an opinion. Or even better, go live in a cave. There is nobody to breathe your air, and you can live in peace...
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18 Sep 2010 Sat 03:18 pm |
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Totally fed up with the continual fight (on here) between Islam and Christianity and the blame game. No wonder there are so many wars in the world - religion is the root of most of them.
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18 Sep 2010 Sat 04:07 pm |
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Totally fed up with the continual fight (on here) between Islam and Christianity and the blame game. No wonder there are so many wars in the world - religion is the root of most of them.
Sadly, as much as I detest these "religious wars" it is a fact that if they didn´t argue about religion, it would be something else. It is man´s nature (especially MALE´s nature) to be territorial and patriotic. These little boys belong in a school playground...
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