The Turkish Thread

[Kemalist]

Having been inspired by our beloved neighbour's thread, which was also inspired by this form of Shofercia; I've decided to open one for my nation. I would like to have an idea about the general perception of Turkey and Turkish people here. But there is no need for fake compliments; I want to know what your exact opinions are; no matter how harsh and offending they might be. Here is a quiz (Adapted from the Greek thread)

Nationality:
Your views on the Turkish people:
Your views on the Turkish goverment:
Have you ever been in Turkey:
Which Turkish political party would you support:

And I would also like to add some important questions (no using Google please, and feel free to pass on some or all);

1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to?
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to?
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country?
4- Do you think Sharia plays any role in the Turkish judicial system?
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female)
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union?

EDITED: Question #4 revised for misleading.

Thanks in advance for your interest.

[Divair]

Nationality: N/A. As for citizenship, South African and Israeli.
Your views on the Turkish people: Neutral, same as every other people.
Your views on the Turkish goverment: Meh.
Have you ever been in Turkey: Yes.
Which Turkish political party would you support: CHP

1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to? Europe and the Middle East.
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to? Their own, I suppose.
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country? Not so much in terms of the government, but definitely the people.
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system? Somewhere in between.
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female) I suspect you can.
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union? If Turkey complies with some of the demands set by the EU, then yes, it'll be very beneficial for both Turkey and the EU.

[DrakoBlaria]

Nationality: Greek
Your views on the Turkish people:
Your views on the Turkish goverment: I dont like Erdogan and he doesnt like me either
Have you ever been in Turkey: No but I plan on visitng the City and praying in Hagia Sophia, maybe also go to Smirna to see where my grandfathers used to live
Which Turkish political party would you support: I only know about Erdogan and Grey Wolfes. I support niether

1) Asia
2) Turkic
3) Yes
4) Minor but the more east you go the more radicals you may meet. I believe West Turkey is completely 'civilised'
5) In the West, yeah.
6) I dont support the existance of the EU but even if I did, no. Turkey has no place in Europe.

[Arglorand]

Nationality: future Scot.
Your views on the Turkish people: judging by you and all the other Turks I know, they seem like any other nation - namely, there's tons of cool people among you.
Your views on the Turkish goverment: Erdogan is a fucking troll... Besides that, meh.
Have you ever been in Turkey: Yes, actually. Three times. When I was a kid and flights were cheap.
Which Turkish political party would you support: CHP


1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to? Europe and Asia, and the Middle East.
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to? Mostly ethnic Turks, of Turkic origin, closely related to the Azeris. Some Kurds, Greeks, Armenians.
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country? No. Not any more than my table is Christian. The people might be mostly Muslims, but Turkey as a country is not Islamic.
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system? No role.
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female) Yes. I've seen people do all those things.
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union? Yes.

[Czechanada]

I actually think that Turkey should belong in the same area as the Caucasus.

[SaintB]

Nationality: USA
Your views on the Turkish people: Delicious
Your views on the Turkish government: A little dry but quite nice with gravy.
Have you ever been in Turkey: No, but I often stuff it with bread and such.
Which Turkish political party would you support: Politics and turkey don't really go well; its why i don't attend thanksgiving dinner with my father's side of the family.


Sorry I could not resist....

[DrakoBlaria]

Nationality: USA
Your views on the Turkish people: Delicious
Your views on the Turkish government: A little dry but quite nice with gravy.
Have you ever been in Turkey: No, but I often stuff it with bread and such.
Which Turkish political party would you support: Politics and turkey don't really go well; its why i don't attend thanksgiving dinner with my father's side of the family.


Sorry I could not resist....

[Phocidaea]

Nationality: American.
Your views on the Turkish people: I don't really know. Generally sane? Not terrible? Better than some?
Your views on the Turkish goverment: They've kept it from becoming a theocratic third-world hellhole like most of their southern neighbors. Not perfect, though, what with the denying genocides and feuding with Greece.
Have you ever been in Turkey: No.
Which Turkish political party would you support: Republican People's Party, I guess.

1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to? The Middle East/West Asia, although they also can make a good claim to be in Europe.
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to? Turks...
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country? Politically, not really; culturally, yes.
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system? Minor, although I tend to be optimistic about things I don't know.
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female): Yes. I can't imagine it's easy, though.
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union? Sure.

[Acq]

Nationality: German
Your views on the Turkish people: Meh.
Your views on the Turkish goverment: I am not a big fan of Erdogan and his meddling in German politics. How are his plans on instituting a presidential republic working out?
Have you ever been in Turkey: No and I don't plan to in the near future.
Which Turkish political party would you support: I am sympathetic to the CHP's cause.

1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to? Middle East. A small part is in Europe.
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to? The Turkish obviously.
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country? I would say so, heritage-wise. As much as the US/France/Germany/etc are Christian countries for the same reason.
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system? From what I understand it plays a minor role.
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female) Yes, but I doubt that it would be feasible in the more Eastern/rural parts.
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union? No, on principle. I don't want the EU to border countries like Syria, Iran and Iraq.

[Novaya Tselinoyarsk]

Nationality: U.S.
Your views on the Turkish people: Neutral, the Turkish people as a whole don't account for any negatives like every other 'people' on the planet.
Your views on the Turkish goverment: Neutral, they've made some stupid mistakes, but what government hasn't?
Have you ever been in Turkey: No.
Which Turkish political party would you support: I don't follow Turkish political parties

And I would also like to add some important questions (no using Google please, and feel free to pass on some or all);

1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to?: Middle East.
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to?: Turks.
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country?: By majority, yes no doubt.
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system?: I cannot say I've looked much into it.
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female): Same as above.
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union? : Only if they follow every guideline set by the EU, but I don't much support the EU to begin with.

[Kemalist]

I actually think that Turkey should belong in the same area as the Caucasus.

I don't really get the point here.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Nationality: USA
Your views on the Turkish people: Delicious
Your views on the Turkish government: A little dry but quite nice with gravy.
Have you ever been in Turkey: No, but I often stuff it with bread and such.
Which Turkish political party would you support: Politics and turkey don't really go well; its why i don't attend thanksgiving dinner with my father's side of the family.


Sorry I could not resist....

Yay!

[DrakoBlaria]

So... no Turkish history?

[Czechanada]

I actually think that Turkey should belong in the same area as the Caucasus.

I don't really get the point here.

Well, Turkey is not exactly in the Middle East and not exactly in Europe, is adjacent to the Caucasus mountains, and the peoples living in the Caucausus are Turkic, and the Turks are Turkic.

[Arglorand]

I don't really get the point here.

Well, Turkey is not exactly in the Middle East and not exactly in Europe, is adjacent to the Caucasus mountains, and the peoples living in the Caucausus are Turkic, and the Turks are Turkic.

Georgians aren't Turkic. Armenians aren't Turkic. Chechens aren't Turkic, Ingush aren't Turkic, Avars aren't Turkic, Ossetians aren't Turkic, Abkhazians aren't Turkic. Circassians probably aren't Turkic either, but I can't remember.

Only the Azeris and Lezgins are Turkic among the peoples of the Caucasus.

[DrakoBlaria]

Avars are turkic

[Transoxthraxia]

Nationality: Baltic/Canadian.
Your views on the Turkish people: Moderate, strong people.
Your views on the Turkish goverment: Don't know enough about it.
Have you ever been in Turkey: Just once, Constantinople.
Which Turkish political party would you support: Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi

And I would also like to add some important questions (no using Google please, and feel free to pass on some or all);

1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to? Both Asia and Europe.
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to? The near-extinct Turkic/Altaic one.
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country? Yes.
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system? I don't know off by hand, but I assume no.
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female) As above, I don't know, but I assume yes.
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union? No, because I think the EU is a big pile of steaming shit. This applies to all countries, not just Greece. Whoops. Turkey.

[Arglorand]

Avars are turkic

They are? Brb, checking.

[Kwadai]

Nationality: Irish/German
Your views on the Turkish people: There very nice
Your views on the Turkish goverment: I don't have any problems with it
Have you ever been in Turkey: No
Which Turkish political party would you support: I don't know them well enough

And I would also like to add some important questions (no using Google please, and feel free to pass on some or all);

1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to?: Mediterranean
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to? : Turks
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country? : Yes
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system? Major
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female): No
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union?

[Risottia]

... no matter how harsh and offending they might be.

Urgh, NSG can become pretty offensive sometimes, so I'd remember everyone that NS rules still apply. /notamod

Nationality: Italian
Your views on the Turkish people: as any other human group... Maybe overall a bit too nationalistic sometimes.
Your views on the Turkish goverment: sometimes the current cabinet has shown a small tendency to reduce secularity, but overall Turkey seems to be honestly making an effort towards implementing all of the values and principles of both CoE and EU, so, fine. Also, they're proving that Turkey can become a major stability factor in the region, and that's good.
Have you ever been in Turkey: no. On my wish-list, though.
Which Turkish political party would you support: dunno. Will look and answer later.


1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to? Mediterranean: Asia (Anatolia, Near East) and Europe (Balkan peninsula)
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to? A mix of Uralo-Altaic, Mediterranean, Semites and Indo-European
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country? Depends on the definition of "Islamic country". Surely Italy is more of a "Christian" country than Turkey is an "Islamic" one. So, basically, no, it's not.
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system? Iirc, no role.
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female) Considering how strongly secular Turkey is, mostly yes. I wouldn't ask for alcohol or pork in a Turkish home, though, unless my guest offered me some - I wouldn't want to hurt eventual religious sensibilities. But that's the same reason I wouldn't ask for meat on Friday from my guest in a mostly Catholic country.
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union? I don't think Turkey is ready right now, but surely they're making a good effort towards compliance with EU accession criteria; so, if they want to join, why not?

[Czechanada]

Well, Turkey is not exactly in the Middle East and not exactly in Europe, is adjacent to the Caucasus mountains, and the peoples living in the Caucausus are Turkic, and the Turks are Turkic.

Georgians aren't Turkic. Armenians aren't Turkic. Chechens aren't Turkic, Ingush aren't Turkic, Avars aren't Turkic, Ossetians aren't Turkic, Abkhazians aren't Turkic. Circassians probably aren't Turkic either, but I can't remember.

Only the Azeris and Lezgins are Turkic among the peoples of the Caucasus.

Balkars? Karachays? Kumyks? Nogais? Turkmens? Meskhetian?

[Transoxthraxia]

Georgians aren't Turkic. Armenians aren't Turkic. Chechens aren't Turkic, Ingush aren't Turkic, Avars aren't Turkic, Ossetians aren't Turkic, Abkhazians aren't Turkic. Circassians probably aren't Turkic either, but I can't remember.

Only the Azeris and Lezgins are Turkic among the peoples of the Caucasus.

Balkars? Karachays? Kumyks? Nogais? Turkmens? Meskhetian?

All of those are minorities compared to the one's mentioned.

[Ottozum Empire]

Nationality: Turk (and proud)
Your views on the Turkish people: nice people
Your views on the Turkish goverment: good
Have you ever been in Turkey: i live in Istanbul ( Not Constantinople,that is sooo 600 years ago
Which Turkish political party would you support: Socialist.



1- Which geographical region do you think Turkey belongs to? Asia,europe (an bit)Middle east,balkans (an bit)
2- What ethnic group do you think Turks belong to?: Turkic
3- Do you think Turkey is an Islamic country?: yeah
4- Do you think Sharia plays minor or major role in the Turkish judicial system? MINOR
5- Do you think you can freely consume alcohol, eat pork and wear bikini in Turkey? (if you're a female): yeah i saw people doing it but i am a devout Muslim
6- Do you support Turkey's membership of the European Union?: Yep. Turkey could help the EU,even when the greeks are begging the eu not to join.

[Arglorand]

Avars are turkic

They are? Brb, checking.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avar_language

There. I checked. The language's a Northeast Caucasian language, quite not Turkic.

You must have confused the Caucasian and Eurasian Avars.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Avars
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avar_people_(Caucasus)

[DrakoBlaria]

Actually Constantinople was renamed OFFICIALY quite recently, not 600 years ago.

And I think this apps are for foreigners...