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Turkey has a notable cultural industry, especially in the music area - the Holly Valance song "Kiss Kiss" was originally sung in Turkish (strangely enough, the original singer is male, while a significant number of the various covers have been sung by women.) Plus belly dancers, which people tend to focus on. The oil wrestling is male-only, so people ignore it. |
Turkey has a notable cultural industry, especially in the music area - the Holly Valance song "Kiss Kiss" was originally sung in Turkish (strangely enough, the original singer is male, while a significant number of the various covers have been sung by women.) Plus belly dancers, which people tend to focus on. The oil wrestling is male-only, so people ignore it. |
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They're also responsible for changing the name of the city of [[Istanbul Not Constantinople|Constantinople to Istanbul]], although the city was known as Kostantiniyye (the Turkish translation of Constantinople) throughout the duration of the Ottoman Empire, after it was captured from the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453. Why we can't say, and [[They Might Be Giants|it's nobody's business but theirs at any rate...]] |
They're also responsible for changing the name of the city of [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)|Constantinople to Istanbul]], although the city was known as Kostantiniyye (the Turkish translation of Constantinople) throughout the duration of the Ottoman Empire, after it was captured from the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453. Why we can't say, and [[They Might Be Giants|it's nobody's business but theirs at any rate...]] |
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(Well, since you press us, it's because "Constantinople" is the Greek name for the city. Beware the [[Internet Backdraft]]). |
(Well, since you press us, it's because "Constantinople" is the Greek name for the city. Beware the [[Internet Backdraft]]). |
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