To: Eleutheria5
Yeah, my question was, why are they even visiting Turkey, or I guess it’s spelled Turkiye now?
To: Robert DeLong
In Arabic, it’s Turqawa. In Esperanto, however, it’s Suck-iye.
4 posted on
06/17/2022 5:32:31 AM PDT by
Eleutheria5
(All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
To: Robert DeLong; Eleutheria5
Istanbul is a very popular tourist destination for all nationalities. Western Turkey used to be very liberal, certainly by muslim country standards (although prior to Erdogan, islam was officially not the state religion of Turkey; Ataturk set modern Turkey up as a secular republic. How that has worked out is another matter.) But as you travel east in Turkey, it gets more fundamental. Further the Aegean Coast in Turkey is beautiful, and there are any ancient sites, Ephesus being a prime example.
I met an Israeli couple traveling in Turkey back in the 80s. They had no misgivings.
6 posted on
06/17/2022 5:35:53 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
To: Robert DeLong
> I guess it’s spelled Turkiye now? <
On a related note, here’s a short historical quiz:
Q. Why did Constantinople get the works?
A. That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.
https://youtu.be/Uqnb_nU7RBE
14 posted on
06/17/2022 6:05:11 AM PDT by
Leaning Right
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