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2007-11-26 00:39:39 · 18 answers · asked by shining_diamond 1 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Turkey
i mean da country
2007-11-26 00:52:24 · update #1
Turkey is called Turkey because that's what it's called. The thing I want to know is "Why is the sky blue?" Once we get that out of the way, then we can get down to proper business, like "What's your favorite color?" If that question ever gets resolved, then, and only then, I will concern myself with whether or not your avatar really looks like you.
2007-11-26 03:20:59 · answer #1 · answered by The Babe is Armed! 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Turks call the country, Turkiye...it's most likely that the Americans didn't know how to pronounce it and simply went with a similar and easier version, Turkey.
2007-11-26 12:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by Qu'est ce que tu penses? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turkey.
The term turkey was originally applied to the "Guinea-fowl", apparently because the bird was imported through Turkish territory. When the American bird we now know as the turkey was introduced to the British in the mid 16th century it reminded them of the " Guinea fowl " from Turkey and they called the bird a Turkey bird.
Source: Ayto Dictionary of Word Origins, 1983.
2007-11-26 08:43:52 · answer #3 · answered by smckech1972 4 · 11⤊ 0⤋
It goes way back to the stupidness of british but if you practically think that's where turks live right?
Turkiye named itself Turkiye(which doesn't mean the bird turkey)
and British named Turkiye Turkey because they add y at the end of every country ..Ex: Germany , Italy, Hungary...
Also I don't get these people India-Hindistan means the head of the turkeys but we don't get confused with that aor with the fact that egypt-misir means corn in turkish... Guess we're smarter...
2007-11-26 22:11:21 · answer #4 · answered by crazygirl158 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
The name for Turkey in the Turkish language, Türkiye, can be divided into two words: Türk, which means "strong" in Old Turkic and usually signifying the inhabitants of Turkey or a member of the Turkish or Turkic peoples,[5] a later form of "tu-kin", name given by the Chinese to the people living south of the Altay Mountains of Central Asia as early as 177 BCE;[6] and the abstract suffix -iye (derived from Arabic), which means "owner" or "related to". The first recorded use of the term "Türk" or "Türük" as an autonym is contained in the Orkhon inscriptions of the Göktürks (Sky Turks) of Central Asia (c. 8th century CE). The English word "Turkey" is derived from the Medieval Latin "Turchia" (c. 1369).[6]
Ref : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
2007-11-26 09:56:14 · answer #5 · answered by Tanju 7 · 11⤊ 1⤋
Well cos English speakers could not pronounce the word 'Türkiye'
that's funny isn't it, specially when they expect everyone to speak English lol
2007-11-26 14:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by DejaVu- RETURNS 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, you tell us. We call the country Türkiye. If there is a mis-wording, it is your problem, not ours.
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2007-11-26 08:56:40 · answer #7 · answered by Totally Blunt 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I protest you for receiving 2 stars
2007-11-26 09:44:49 · answer #8 · answered by .:::Niko:::. 7 · 10⤊ 1⤋
It's called turkey, cos it doesn't look like a chicken, duck, sparrow, emu, it looks like a turkey.
2007-11-26 15:24:52 · answer #9 · answered by alf w 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
answer no 7 is kinda close yes in around 1580 european exploreres mistook it for a turkey cock(similar looking) but smaller than the native american turkey
i need to get out more.................
2007-11-26 08:51:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋