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randunelyesterday at 6:07 PM1 replyview on HN

Shouldn't you spell it Tuerkiyesh government, then?


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OkayPhysicistyesterday at 6:35 PM

Turkish isn't pronounced "Turkey-ish". It's just "turk-ish" as in, "of or relating to the ethnic group the 'Turks'". "Turkiyesh" (Turkish is perfectly phonetic, they don't play games with vowels combining to make all sorts of sounds like English) would be a different thing, being of or related to the country Turkiye.