Talk:Turkey

Being 'simple english', I speculated that more people would know the word civilisation to be spelled as civilization, even though both may be correct; so I changed it.

Location map?

Perhaps there should be the same map showing where Turkey is in the world as there is in the main English article. Jzlcdh (talk) 20:50, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Change links too far down

I cannot immediately figure out why the "change" links are incorrectly clustered under "Turkish Lira". Can anyone else fix this?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.189.189.73 (talk • contribs)

Changed the language in population

Did not realize this was simple wikipedia. Apologizes.

History

Turkish history started in Central Asia, not Anatolia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fullswingsong (talk • contribs)

This is not about Turkish history. The article is supposed to be about "Turkey" but it is used by nationalist vandals from peoples beaten, in the past, by Turks to vomit their hatred about us, the Turks, within lines. Never mind: History finds its way out, it will never need Wikipedias. --User:E4024 (talk) 19:46, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Lord Osman and his Empire

"Lord Osman built a new empire named after himself": Who is Lord Osman? Is he from Britain? Is the Ottoman Empire about Mongolians, Armenians and Greeks? Were there no Turks? Are there Turks in Turkey BTW? What is the necessity of writing such a nonsense article, is there an obligation to have a text about Turkey in simple wikipedia? I recommend using volunteer time writing about turkey, the bird, it would be more of interest to the readers. Of course hoping that people will not abuse the bird article to say how bad the Turks are... --E4024 (talk) 19:59, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Osman 1 is Turkish, Not British. If he was , then the Ottoman Empire Could of Just been part of the British Empire. you see what I'm saying. 98.39.142.89 (talk) 21:02, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

PKK terror organisation dispute

I have provided sources and removed bias content. Also Black Sea is also a sea in turkey.95.0.32.95 (talk) 10:32, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

You must discuss things on the talk page if people disagree with you. Stop trying to encourage edit warring between others when you can't edit the page. --Ferien (talk) 10:34, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

yeah, You are so Right 98.39.142.89 (talk) 21:06, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

The Black sea is not IN Turkey, But outside or Bordering it or Else the Whole sea could have already consumed the peninsula already. 98.39.142.89 (talk) 21:05, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

I’m not here for edit warring just want to improve articles. But they where non pov edits and and I made it neutral because the PKK is recognised as a terrorist organisation by many countries even the European Union that I have a source, also Black Sea is also a sea in turkey.95.0.32.95 (talk) 10:40, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

References

Firstly, not all your changes were about the PKK or Black Sea, you made other unnecessary POV changes as well. Plus, as you can see on w:Kurdistan Workers' Party the labeling of the PKK as a terrorist organization is controversial. Therefore you'll notice the article says "Kurdish militant political organization".

And saying "Please revert to my latest version" on a talk page is literally encouraging others to edit war on your behalf. BRP protected it because there was a content dispute/edit warring and instead of trying to discuss it through, you are only talking about half the changes you made and asking people to revert for you already. --Ferien (talk) 10:51, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

I did not make it controversial because I said by some countries around the world but you could use those sources. We should state that the PKK is a disputed terror organisation. It will be much better. And yes I agree with you forget about the other edits.95.0.32.95 (talk) 10:53, 31 December 2021 (UTC)95.0.32.95 (talk) 10:52, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

The world Militant should not be used and a political party is more accurate way to describe it. Also we should add the countries that do recognise it as a terror group such as EU and United States.95.0.32.95 (talk) 10:59, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

That section should be reworded.95.0.32.95 (talk) 11:17, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Circumcision party (sünnet düğün)

I wanted to inform about the circumcision celebrations as it is a big event in turkey and north Cyprus and for Turkish tradition in general. Even poor families save money for there sons' circumcision party. The boys get a special costumes extra for it. I posted sources but the user @Deppiyy doesn't allow to stay in the Article it and deletes it and calls it vandalism. Why it is call vandalism, to give information for a important part in Turkish culture? That's rude !!!

here examples, as you can read in English how important circumcision is: https://www.turkeytravelcentre.com/blog/turkish-circumcision-ritual-party-sunnet/

--Nalanidil (talk) 12:35, 8 March 2022 (UTC)(Capitalized proper nouns, MathXplore (talk) 12:54, 8 March 2022 (UTC))

If you are sure about the notability, why not make an independent article instead of writing here ? Remind this is the simple English version, so posts that will make the article too long or complex will not be welcomed. MathXplore (talk) 12:39, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

In addition, remember that blogs may not be accepted as references. MathXplore (talk) 12:39, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Also see Wikipedia:NPOV, not everyone gets circumcised Deppiyy (talk) 12:52, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

You can see in the Article I posted other sources, this one was only a example. And in my opinion, I didn't must create an own article about it, it should be include under culture in the Article only. Here other sources http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/turkey1/, and if you google it, you see so much articles about Turkish circumcision celebrations and how important it is in Turkish culture.(Capitalized proper nouns, MathXplore (talk) 12:54, 8 March 2022 (UTC))

--Nalanidil (talk) 12:47, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Generally speaking, such important topic shall have an independent article. But if you really want to write it here you may do it by being careful not to mix up the context. Also not forget simple English please. MathXplore (talk) 12:54, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

This User @Deppiyy mixed up two things, Turkich circumcision party and circumciison in gerneral, where is your sources that in turkey circumcision is not important and not a part of culture @Deppiyy?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nalanidil (talk • contribs) 13:02, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

I never said that, why are you rephrasing my statement? Deppiyy (talk) 13:05, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Oh yes yo do that, It seems you didnt read your own statemants. YOU claimed not every men in is circumcised in which case? this is a generally statemant you can put on the circumcision page, but what have this to do with the Turkish circumcision party in this article??? YOU changend and removed circumcision party, an important cultural part in the turkish society in the article, and compare it with circumcision topic generally. This are two different things. Have a look and read about important turkish circumcision is in the turkish society, you can google it.

--Nalanidil (talk) 13:09, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

@Nalanidil: - The source you provide is not reliable, as it is a blog. I have not found any significant evidence that circumcision is an important part of Turkish culture and I am tempted to remove it. Please provide a reliable source here in the talk page so it can be reviewed. Paging Eptalon, Deppiyy, and MathXplore for their opinions and viewpoints. Thank you, Griff (talk) 08:32, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

@Griff, is that supposed to be a joke? you can't find anything about boy circumcision in turkey by googling? that's not your concern. So you deny the existence of Turkish men being circumcised, ? I brought more than just this one source. If you have no knowledge about Turkey and Turkish culture, inform you. Circumcision of boys is a necessity in Turkey. And as I said, google yourself and you'll find what you're looking for. Ha, I can't believe it, now these users here claim boy Circumcision is not important in Turkey.

You people here just want to make Turkey and Turkish culture bad. But educated people know how important circumcision is for boys in Turkey.

Here another sources about circumcision in turkey,

http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/turkey1/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12823332/

Nalanidil (talk) 11:53, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

I have removed the content that was based on blogs, re-worded the section, and added citations from reliable sources. Let me know if there are any issues. Griff (talk) 13:05, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Türkiye is the official Name

Türkiye is the official Name, see: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/2/un-registers-turkiye-as-new-country-name-for-turkey Nalanidil (talk) 20:18, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Geography of Turkey

Turkey have nothing to do with the Middle East.

Turkey Geopgraphy is divided in an European part (East Thrace) and Asia Minor also named Anatolia.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/is-turkey-in-europe-or-asia.html Nalanidil (talk) 13:24, 20 December 2022 (UTC)