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4380.       teaschip
3870 posts
 20 Jan 2010 Wed 09:14 pm

 

Quoting Elisabeth

 

 

 Teas, I wasn´t aware that you needed an invitation!  Just stop in anytime. 

 

 Yeehaw!!  Is that how you say it in Texas....{#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}I´ll see you in a couple weeks!  I´ll even babysit for you...

4381.       Trudy
7887 posts
 20 Jan 2010 Wed 09:17 pm

 

Quoting teaschip

 

 

 Yeehaw!!  Is that how you say it in Texas....{#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}I´ll see you in a couple weeks!  I´ll even babysit for you...

 

I think Elisabeth is not a real Texan, as she didn´t say ´Yeehaw´ even once....!!

4382.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 20 Jan 2010 Wed 09:31 pm

 

Quoting Trudy

 

 

I think Elisabeth is not a real Texan, as she didn´t say ´Yeehaw´ even once....!!

 I do believe I said "ya´ll" a few times!

 

4383.       armegon
1872 posts
 20 Jan 2010 Wed 11:41 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHPWDQw3J4Y  {#emotions_dlg.wtf}

4384.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 22 Jan 2010 Fri 06:13 pm

Topics regarding Turkish men are still the hottest thing on TC!  God Bless Tourism!{#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}

4385.       Trudy
7887 posts
 22 Jan 2010 Fri 08:07 pm

 

Quoting Elisabeth

Topics regarding Turkish men are still the hottest thing on TC!  God Bless Tourism!{#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}

 

Well, (some) Turkish men blame that they are ....... lol lol

4386.       Trudy
7887 posts
 22 Jan 2010 Fri 08:40 pm

I have the feeling that we Dutch are not very welcome anymore in Turkey..... {#emotions_dlg.eeek}

 

A travel agent launched a new advertising campaign with - at least - not too popular pictures. {#emotions_dlg.shame}

 

That´s what I read on forums here. I found an article in the Turkish version of Hürriyet (couldn´t find it in the English one) but as I can´t read all that, someone willing to translate and give a summery? 

 

D-reizen in Turkey

4387.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 22 Jan 2010 Fri 08:53 pm

 

Quoting Trudy

I have the feeling that we Dutch are not very welcome anymore in Turkey..... {#emotions_dlg.eeek}

 

 

 They are tired of you marking up their marble floors with your clogs!!  {#emotions_dlg.razz}

4388.       Trudy
7887 posts
 22 Jan 2010 Fri 09:01 pm

 

Quoting Elisabeth

 

 

 They are tired of you marking up their marble floors with your clogs!!  {#emotions_dlg.razz}

 

So no more dudus for me?

4389.       Gülümseme
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 22 Jan 2010 Fri 11:01 pm

 

Quoting Trudy

I have the feeling that we Dutch are not very welcome anymore in Turkey..... {#emotions_dlg.eeek}

 

A travel agent launched a new advertising campaign with - at least - not too popular pictures. {#emotions_dlg.shame}

 

That´s what I read on forums here. I found an article in the Turkish version of Hürriyet (couldn´t find it in the English one) but as I can´t read all that, someone willing to translate and give a summery? 

 

D-reizen in Turkey

 

You had the key idea, for a bit more detail and summary of tranlsation see below  

 

A new campaign was launched which used the head of Ataturk from Turkish bank notes merging them with photos of young women and bikinis  (and others)

 

Holland´s largest tour company caused great offence amongst Turks with its latest advertisement campaign.

 

The dispaly of bill boards in all four corners of the country and decorating streets  with posters of women wearing bikinis but with the head of Ataturk caused a strong reaction

 

With these pictures the D Reizen has insulted Ataturk

 

Seeing the reaction of the campaign in Holland the President of the Ataturk association Yılmaz Çalışkan said  " We can not understand how D- Reizen has made such a big mistake"  The boards must be removed immediately.

 

D - Reizens Commercial Affairs General Manager  Ton Vendrig  said we did not mean to do this the intention was not to offend (this idea) . Normally these advert posters would remain hanging on display through the month of January, however with the reaction that was given regarding the poster the decision was taken to remove them. The most the posters would remain was 3 days,. He also  apologised to all of Turkey.

 

 

 



Edited (1/22/2010) by

4390.       barba_mama
1629 posts
 23 Jan 2010 Sat 02:22 pm

I haven´t seen the billboards, I just saw the commercial on tv, and I thought it was a nice idea. But then again, it was a lot of different paper moneybills, and I didn´t watch for Ataturk´s head and the bikini.  I guess if you only see his head, and a bikini under it as a still image, it will look a bit weird. I wouldn´t go so far as to say it´s a big insult or something. Just an honest mistake, taking a very popular destination and money that most people recognize from the tv-commercial.



Edited (1/23/2010) by barba_mama

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