do they have like a lot of turkeys there or something?
2006-09-17 08:09:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The Turkish name Türkiye subdivides into two words: Türk, means "strong" in Old Turkic and usually signifies the habitants of Turkey or a member of the Turkish nation; and the suffix -iye which means "owner" or "related to". The root appears commonly among early Altaic tribal ethnonyms, and also appears notably in the name of Turkmenistan. A common point of confusion that arises is the relationship between the country and the bird called "Turkey". European explorers who first encountered the bird in the New World named it as such, mistakenly believing it to have come from Turkey. The term "Türk" or "Türük" predates this by a long way, an example being the Göktürks (Sky Turks). Ironically, the Turkish name for the bird, turkey, is "Hindi" (meaning "Indian") which can be attributed to the belief that it originated in India
2006-09-17 08:11:48 · answer #1 · answered by daisymay 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Turkeys, the birds, were named after the country by settlers in the New World who mistakenly believed the birds came from Turkey.
Turkeys, the birds, are native to North America, just as racoons or moose are. Turkey, the country, is much much older than North America, which was only colonized a few hundred years ago.
2006-09-17 08:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by trash1ey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Turkish and we don't eat Turkey in here and the name 'Turkey' doesn't have anything to do with the bird. The original name is 'Türkiye' and Turkey must be the way Americans translated it.
2016-03-27 06:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is only called "Turkey" in English. It was named after the person that founded it (sort of): Turkamen. I don't know what it is called in Turkish.
2006-09-17 08:31:49 · answer #4 · answered by Pete 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes that's where turkeys come from. NOT. Look it up on the internet. www.ask.com
2006-09-17 08:11:43 · answer #5 · answered by WendyD1999 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, actually the bird was named after the country.
2006-09-17 08:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of coffee
2006-09-17 08:21:26 · answer #7 · answered by samson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because goose was already taken
2006-09-17 08:12:58 · answer #8 · answered by Larry m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋