Turkey demands that the whole world only uses the term Türkiye

[Zebra]

do you follow this order from the Turkish government?

well, I dont!

I dont like this order

 

[Zebra]

sorry .... i wanted to put this poll in the Asian section

Could a moderator put it there?

sorry about this

 

[JGalt]

 

[jackflash]

do you follow this order from the Turkish government?

well, I dont!

I dont like this order

The official online global "Countries & Societies Of The World" spells it "Turdkey". Like trip that KEY on the side of the porcelain tank & launch those turds ahoy!!!

 

[Meathead]

do you follow this order from the Turkish government?

well, I dont!

I dont like this order

Except for the things the Byzantine Greeks built, Turkey's a shithole and we should call it exactly that.

 

[Cellblock2429]

do you follow this order from the Turkish government?

well, I dont!

I dont like this order

/----/ As soon as Turks spell America correctly.

 

[Zebra]

Germany has many names in different languages

We dont demand that everybody should write Deutschland

 

[JGalt]

Germany has many names in different languages

We dont demand that everybody should write Deutschland

I call it "German Land."

Which is what you call it, except you spell it different.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Germany has many names in different languages

We dont demand that everybody should write Deutschland

/----/ "We dont demand that everybody should write Deutschland"
Only because you guys lost the Battle of Britain and ran out of fuel during the Battle of the Bulge. Otherwise, we'd all be speaking German.

 

[Meathead]

Germany has many names in different languages

We dont demand that everybody should write Deutschland

In CZ Germany is called Nemecko. Apparently in old Czech it meant those who don't speak since they were unable to communicate with the Krauts when the first came across them, unlike the other
Slavic speakers, Poles, Ukrianians and so on.

 

[citygator]

Arent you the goons who think everyone should be calling the Gulf of Mexico some made up name now?

 

[Cellblock2429]

Arent you the goons who think everyone should be calling the Gulf of Mexico some made up name now?

/----/ Gulf of Mexico is a made-up name. In fact, all names are made up.

 

[Meathead]

/----/ Gulf of Mexico is a made-up name. In fact, all names are made up.

Good point. Actually, I think it should be called the Gulf of the Americas, which it is.

 

[JGalt]

Arent you the goons who think everyone should be calling the Gulf of Mexico some made up name now?

Just think: You're stuck with having to call it the "Gulf of America" from now on, or else run the risk of being wrong.

 

[martybegan]

do you follow this order from the Turkish government?

well, I dont!

I dont like this order

They will get that from me when they stop calling Constantinople Istanbul.

 

[Zebra]

In CZ Germany is called Nemecko. Apparently in old Czech it meant those who don't speak since they were unable to communicate with the Krauts when the first came across them, unlike the other
Slavic speakers, Poles, Ukrianians and so on.

all Slavic languages call the Germans something like Nemec..... etc

 

[JGalt]

They will get that from me when they stop calling Constantinople Istanbul.

 

[citygator]

Just think: You're stuck with having to call it the "Gulf of America" from now on, or else run the risk of being wrong.

Well then I look forward to seeing you use the new international spelling of Türkiye so you dont run the risk of being wrong.

 

[Zebra]

btw .... the Turks have got their many üüüüüüs from the German alphabet .....

 

[Polishprince]

I can't blame the Turk government , who wants to have their country associated with a bird on people's Thanksgiving dinner table.

But they should have picked a name that didn't have an umlaut in it (the 2 dots above the u)

They should just rename their country the "Ottoman Republic" to distinguish it from their Ottoman Empire days. Much like the Central African Empire transformed into the Central African Republic.