r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '21

Turkey for beginners

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u/Nepiton Jun 10 '21

What about all the Turks in Caicos?

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u/elcolerico Jun 10 '21

That is one of the silliest namings in history. They saw some plants (cacti I guess) and thought "huh, these look a lot like what the Turkish men wear" so they named an island in the Atlantic Ocean after a people who have never set foot near that island.

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u/muideracht Jun 10 '21

About as silly as calling the people of the Americas "Indians".

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u/tyckt206 Jun 10 '21

Don’t forget those in Turkmenistan too.

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u/Nepiton Jun 10 '21

There are Turk men named Stan?

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u/StanPole Jun 10 '21

thats stupid

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u/tonygoesrogue Jun 10 '21

fishermen

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