YannickNoahFR (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ben pkk'yi hic bir zaman savunmadim! sadece pkk'yi anlamaya calistim !

sroina (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ok, I will start writing the new constitution tonight, and in the morning I will submit it to the Board of Ministers... :) We were discussing linguistics, now you are telling me about the history of Turks... As I said, this is not a place for that kind of discussion. I recommend you to strip off the hatred you have inside for everything related to Turks, and be more objective!! And less aggressive...

3azzuz08 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

change the constitution!! It is not a holy book !!!!But then again you prove me right!! How can you change the constitution when turks don't change their mentality?!! It is high time turks to come to terms with its bloody history and to start accepts others who differ with them. Believe me, today there is no turk left to be blamed for the massacre of 1.5 millions armenians!! Come to terms with history and be a loving nation in the area instead of being hated so much!!

sroina (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Obviously you did not understand why I provided that example phrase. In Turkish, choice of words largely depends on political, cultural and sometimes religious inclinations of individuals. I see that you wish to expand the scope of the discussion, which I believe YouTube is not a place for. ;) But just to give you a hint: This is the 66th article of the Turkish Constitution. "Everyone bound to the Turkish State through the bond of citizenship is a Turk" (hri[dot]org/docs/turkey/con2d[dot]html)

3azzuz08 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Then linguistically you agree with me. That turks use at least 80% of none altaic words! The example you gave is 100%!! One thing keeps me wondering!! How come turks with such international language don't have an international brains!! Turkish mentality has been the same for the last 100 years!! Even today you hear "Turkye turklarinder" !! Where this leaves over 20 millions kurds in occupied Kurdistan!! Kurds even struggled for a homeland under the Ottomans!!!

sroina (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@3azzuz08, :) Just read more on the factors that affect the dynamics of interaction between languages, which you severely underestimate. One last thing: Turkish has "native" counterparts for most of the Arabic words in common use. For instance; "ask" is Arabic, "sevi" is Turkish, "hikaye" is Arabic, "oyku" is Turkish, "Allah" is Arabic, "Tengri" (Tanri) is Turkish... Just contemplate upon the power of this phrase: "Sampiyon Fenerbahce". French (sampiyon) + Fener (Greek) + Persian (Bahce)

saeedshan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i dont knw turlish language but i like it

3azzuz08 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Influence of latin on English!!!!! English is founded on latin and germanic. Latin,germanic, slavic,sanskrit and iranian are all sub-families to the indoeuropean family og languages.Again, all languages do borrow from one another! But to have a language like turkish that has over 80% borrowed words means only there is something linguistically very rare!! Weakness in the sense of language I mean, not anything else! I'm trying to state a fact! no need to feel inferior!!!

bermuda5000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

pkk nin anasi kuzey irakta sikilirken babasinida imralida sikiyorlar. pkknin anlami pust kaltak kampidir. pkkliyim diyen pusttur ve sikiktir.

Sindabad47 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hi all there .I am an arab from Algeria.We have many ties with turkish history.I love Turkish language even I don't understand it.I find it very romantic like my language.