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Offline Jochen

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History in Turkish
« on: March 11, 2023, 01:31:23 pm »
Dear friends!

Recently, I have been working on Iberian coins and Punic legends. In the process, I came across this interesting page by one Polat Kaya: https://www.polatkaya.net/PHOENICIAN%20CITY%20OF%20GADES%20Part%203.htm
a terrible example of Turkish chauvinism.

Not only does he claim that the Carthaginians belong to the Turkic peoples, that Spanish Cadiz is a Turkish city and that Punic is a Turkish dialect, but also that Herakles, for example, is a Turkish god: Herakles comes from "er akli us", which means "wise man" in Turkish. He also does not wear a lion's scalp but a wolf's head, and this has always been a symbol of Turkish identity in Asia and Europe (I remind you of the "Grey Wolves"!).

He also notes that the English word "EYE" is pronounced exactly like the Turkish word AY, which means "moon". Which is no coincidence!

I guess history will have to be rewritten once again.

Jochen

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Re: History in Turkish
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2023, 03:08:31 pm »
Yes Jochen, by the same occasion I came along that same site !
I would advise: keep the url in memory for when one is a bit down.
Read ... and have a good laugh  :laugh: ::)!

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Re: History in Turkish
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2023, 03:11:24 pm »
Wasn't there a guy around here some years back who claimed that all ancient coins (or was it just Greek?) were Hebrew?  😄

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Re: History in Turkish
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2023, 03:31:28 pm »
And another one, who argued: this all forum was a farce, because our ancient coins were in reality only a thousend years old.

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Re: History in Turkish
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2023, 05:51:03 pm »
Actually, how can some people argue that their coins are 2,500 years old when we only have the year 2023 now? ;)
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Re: History in Turkish
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2023, 08:48:50 am »
And there was a fellow with a Caracalla from Carrhae who insisted it was a coin of Attila the Hun's father.

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Re: History in Turkish
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2023, 09:06:33 am »
Do not bake them to brown, David  :D !

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Re: History in Turkish
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2023, 06:07:02 pm »
There is a beautiful scene in the movie "My big fat Greek wedding" where the main character's father - a Greek ex-pat in Toronto - claims that you can tell him any word and he will tell you the Greek origin and he starts with - Kimono.

But of course that is a comedy......

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Re: History in Turkish
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2023, 06:19:45 pm »
Well, that's a no-brainer. Clearly, Kimon not only designed the most beautiful coins of all time but also these beautiful garments, which he then named after himself!

Rupert ;-)
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