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I think that request passed the UN last year its being adapted by countries now, ao looking forward to more of these
by tapland 3y ago
I think that request passed the UN last year its being adapted by countries now, ao looking forward to more of these
- mr_toad 3y agoSince the bird was named after the country shouldn’t the name of the bird change too?
- celeritascelery 3y agoMy guess is they are doing this whole thing in the first place to get rid of association between their country and a large gobbling bird.
- smcl 3y agoIs that the reason? I thought it was just more of a Erdogan nationalism thing
- fleischhauf 3y agosounds like both no?
- smcl 3y ago> TRT World explained the decision in an article earlier this year, saying Googling “Turkey” brings up a “a muddled set of images, articles, and dictionary definitions that conflate the country with Meleagris – otherwise known as the turkey, a large bird native to North America – which is famous for being served on Christmas menus or Thanksgiving dinners.” Ha, so yeah it seems like that's definitely a part of it.
- kingofpandora 3y agoWhy do you think this is a good thing?