@lamptroll@vxaz_79 It's not just geography. In Anatolian Turkish culture, Byzantine influences persist to this day — in daily life, in interpersonal relations, and even in attitudes toward food. Traces resembling Orthodox Christian traditions can even be found in Anatolian Islamic practice.
@Parthian_Shah You're second to none when it comes to talking nonsense. Thanks to Twitter, I now understand better why we call an amateur "acemi" (Persian in English).
@wang_yi55789 Helen and Greek aren't the same. Greeks and Anatolian Turks are genetically mostly Anatolian. The Hellenes Hellenized Anatolian peoples in the first millennium BC. The same people later began to Turkify. Those who didn't became the ancestors of today's Greeks.
@sucolien@k3weqx I accept that China is a manufacturing powerhouse and that no country can compete with it in this regard. However, your products are genuinely of very poor quality. I don't say this to belittle you. As far as my financial situation allows, I stay away from Chinese goods.
@sucolien@k3weqx Our products would not find a market in the Far East; we cannot compete with the low labor costs there. As a rule, we export goods and services to Europe and the Middle East. Beko is the market leader in white goods in Europe by sales volume.
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@redordynec Yanılıyorsun. Atatürk, Türk direniş hareketini başlattığında Osmanlı zaten topraklarını fiilen kaybetmişti. Hatta sadece Anadolu'nun iç bölgelerini Osmanlıya bırakılan Serv anlaşmasını tanımamıştı.
@sucolien@k3weqx We're not comparing ourselves to China. That would be a ridiculous comparison. One has 1.4 billion people, the other 85 million. During my time living in Europe, I saw a lot of Turkish-made products. Beko especially stood out to me. Every home had at least one of their products.
@RousosH@Antiochus191 7. yüzyıla ait olan, 11. yüzyılda kaleme alınan Alper Tunga Destanı'nı bile okuduğumda çok rahat anlayabiliyorum. Görselde de destanın orijinal Latince metni ve İstanbul Türkçesi karşılaştırması var.
@RousosH@Antiochus191 Bahsettiğin bu antik Türkler, 2000 yıl önce yaşamış halklardır. Elbette onlarla herhangi bir kültürel bağımız kalmamıştır. Biz genetik olarak büyük ölçüde Anadolu halkıyız. Ancak belirttiğim gibi, 4500 km uzakta yaşayan bir Uygur Türkü ile tercüme olmadan iletişim kurabiliyorum.
@RousosH@Antiochus191 Yunanistana gittiğimde kendi evimde gibi hissettim kendimi. Bize kültürel ve fiziksel olarak çok benziyorsunuz. Ancak dil olarak Orta Asya halkları ile bağımız çok güçlü.
@RousosH@Antiochus191 Orta Asya Türkleriyle aramızdaki bağ, genetikten çok dil üzerinden kuruluyor. Bugün bir Uygur Türkü konuştuğunda az çok bir şeyler anlayabiliyorum; bu, ortak bir dil hafızasının hâlâ canlı olduğunu gösteriyor. Genetik bağ ise yalnızca yüzde 10-15 civarında kalıyor.
@AppelaiosII In 1000 BC you Hellenized Anatolia's Luvians, Carians and Lydians; 2000 years later the same peoples became Turkified — same process, you just call yours "civilization" and ours "assimilation." You too descend from those once-"lost" indigenous peoples.
@sucolien@k3weqx Turkey has a strong industrial base and globally recognized brands — far ahead of many Middle Eastern and Balkan countries. Just because you can't afford them doesn't mean they don't exist.
@Master19919@k3weqx Minimum wage doesn't reflect the average wage, my friend. I can't find a machine technician for a net $3,000 a month at the olive oil factory. If I were in China, I could find someone for this job for a thousand dollars.