Major earthquake in Turkey/Syria kills thousands

Virgil

 
Banned
Protestant
The "Türkiye" rebrand is so cringe. Way to basically admit that you were that bothered by the fact that you share your English language country name with an animal. At least when Iran did it, it was a completely different name from Persia.

It's like swapping Russia for Rossiya. Unfortunately the West tolerates this silliness (see also Kyiv and the forced Ukrainization of place names and even dishes like chicken Kiev).

But even the West has limits. I don't think Hungary should even bother proposing Magyarország.
Wasn't it the other way around? I don't remember the CCP wanting to rename China to Zhōngguó in official usage because their country name is associated with porcelain. This is really just a childish tantrum at the fact that English is the dominant language of the world.

"Magyarland" sounds like a good compromise for Hungary, though.

On a serious note, why didn't the Turks just use "Anatolia" instead?
 

Mr Freedom

Woodpecker
Orthodox Inquirer
Wasn't it the other way around? I don't remember the CCP wanting to rename China to Zhōngguó in official usage because their country name is associated with porcelain. This is really just a childish tantrum at the fact that English is the dominant language of the world.

"Magyarland" sounds like a good compromise for Hungary, though.

On a serious note, why didn't the Turks just use "Anatolia" instead?

Because of ethnic nationalism that spread like a wave throughout the Ottoman Empire from the 19th century till its demise

Everybody wanted a state for their people so Turks decided it was high time for their own.

Funnily enough most Turks today are not actual Turkic peoples but a mix of Balkan Muslims, Levant Arabs, Georgians, Armenians, Caucasus Muslims who assimilated into and/or adopted the Turkic/Turkish identity.

Real Turks look like the central Asian people of Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan.
 

Johnnyvee

Ostrich
Other Christian
Big earthquake in Turkey today:



Then some kind of massive explosion:



2300 dead and no doubt rising, that's pretty tragic. Norwegian state broadcaster NRK blames Russia...

"...Russian attacks have made the infrastructure so weak that it cannot withstand an earthquake, he says to NRK..."

 

grenade001

Woodpecker
Catholic
On a serious note, why didn't the Turks just use "Anatolia" instead?
Greece would make major waves if that was even proposed.

Greece has recent history in this field. It made the country of Macedonia change its name to "North Macedonia", as there is a Greek province with the same name.

If it wasn't for NATO trying to keep Turkey in the fold, Greece and Turkey would still be at each other even today.
 

budoslavic

Eagle
Orthodox
Gold Member








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