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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 13, 2022 16:55:43 GMT
"At least six people have been killed and 53 wounded in an explosion in a busy area of central Istanbul, Turkish authorities have said. The blast happened at about 16:20 local time (13:20 GMT) on a shopping street in the Taksim Square area, the Turkish city's governor Ali Yerlikaya said. It is unclear what caused the explosion, which appears to have been captured on social media videos." www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63615076Nastye. |
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Post by mids on Nov 13, 2022 17:33:11 GMT
My neighbour's Turkiyish. Nice blokye.
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Post by flatandy on Nov 13, 2022 19:52:55 GMT
I wonder what's going on. There are all kinds of possible culprits in Turkey at the moment, including the government, but also lots of people who have been oppressed by the current government. It feels a bit strange for it to be in central Istanbul, though. Taksim Square is more like the kind of place that's most moderate in the country.
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Post by mids on Nov 13, 2022 20:01:43 GMT
It's usually the Kurdyish in that neck of the woods, isn't it?
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 13, 2022 20:52:00 GMT
It struck me that the BBC were keen to avoid using the words Turkey or Turkeye. It doesn't seem to have been widely adopted. I'm happy with it, but I wonder if there's another agenda at play.
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Post by flatandy on Nov 13, 2022 23:48:05 GMT
I object to it. Because I’m a reactionary old arse. I don’t like names I’m not used to.
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Post by flatandy on Nov 14, 2022 0:31:38 GMT
As I've said before, the Turkish call "England" "Ingiltere". Turkiye in English is Turkey. I'm happy for the Turks to call it Turkiye, just like I'm happy for the French to call blighty Royaume Uni. Some places have different names in different languages.
Only in some instances does it become relevant, like crappy racist transliteration like Mumbai, or residual imperial terminology like Kyiv. But Turkey doesn't really fall under either category.
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Post by Repat Van on Nov 14, 2022 7:37:09 GMT
It struck me that the BBC were keen to avoid using the words Turkey or Turkeye. It doesn't seem to have been widely adopted. I'm happy with it, but I wonder if there's another agenda at play. Huh?? |
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Post by Repat Van on Nov 14, 2022 7:37:55 GMT
I object to it. Because I’m a reactionary old arse. I don’t like names I’m not used to. Has a post been deleted - this seems a random response to something? |
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Post by ootlg on Nov 14, 2022 7:38:32 GMT
Taksim's the sort of 'middle class' area of Istanbul where a lot of tourists stay. Apparently as mids says, it's the PKK. But it could be just another excuse to smash the Kurds. Mark you, Kurds are troublesome cnuts. We had some as neighbours in north London. Nasty fcukers... well, the blokes were. The women all seemed terrified of them.
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 14, 2022 7:59:58 GMT
It struck me that the BBC were keen to avoid using the words Turkey or Turkeye. It doesn't seem to have been widely adopted. I'm happy with it, but I wonder if there's another agenda at play. Huh?? Yep, to be expected. |
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 14, 2022 8:07:21 GMT
As I've said before, the Turkish call "England" "Ingiltere". Turkiye in English is Turkey. I'm happy for the Turks to call it Turkiye, just like I'm happy for the French to call blighty Royaume Uni. Some places have different names in different languages. Only in some instances does it become relevant, like crappy racist transliteration like Mumbai, or residual imperial terminology like Kyiv. But Turkey doesn't really fall under either category. Yeah, maybe that's the line being taken. I guess it's one of those evolving things: you often hear a Yanks using a hard G in Los Angeles these days (although I suspect that even that is a halfway house to a Hgh sound). |
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Post by wetkingcanute on Nov 14, 2022 8:42:56 GMT
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Let the Kurds have their Whey!
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Post by mids on Nov 14, 2022 8:48:45 GMT
Them joining the EYU doesn't seem very likely these days.
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 14, 2022 9:11:02 GMT
Turkeu?
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Post by Repat Van on Nov 14, 2022 9:56:25 GMT
Did you not read the article you posted? |
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Post by ootlg on Nov 14, 2022 10:57:47 GMT
You mean the one with the word 'Turkey' in the headline?
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Post by ootlg on Nov 14, 2022 11:09:30 GMT
Wouldn't like to be in her place right now. I knew personally two people who'd been arrested by Istanbul police. Not nice.
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Post by mids on Nov 14, 2022 12:50:48 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 14, 2022 12:58:30 GMT
Wouldn't like to be in her place right now. I knew personally two people who'd been arrested by Istanbul police. Not nice.
I wonder if that's an approved restraint method. |
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