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laszlojamfyesterday at 2:14 PM3 repliesview on HN

The title just goes to show that

1. the turkish government had reasons for trying to get people to use "Türkiye" instead.

2. It's still not working.

I 100% thought this was about birds until clicking


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randunelyesterday at 6:07 PM

Shouldn't you spell it Tuerkiyesh government, then?

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embedding-shapeyesterday at 4:18 PM

> I 100% thought this was about birds until clicking

Same, I was really curious reading about the hair transplant industry organized by turkeys and got really disappointed :(

stavrosyesterday at 6:26 PM

No, that's not it. The problem is that "How turkey" means a bird, but "How Turkey" means the country.