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Perun said:
I'm on my holiday at the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. I think they call it the Black Sea because it's the black sheep of seas given that it's full of Russians. Even I'm spoken to in Russian here. <_<
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Excuse me, Black Sea certainly is not full of Russians.
 
Better, but still not nearly as generic as Ivan and Tatyana. (Neither is Selçuk, to be honest)

I'd go with something like Zeynep.
 
Well, in Germany, the two stereotypical Turkish names are Ali and Ayşe. But I was trying to go for genuine Turkish names. Even if Gülbahar is actually Persian. So I went with names I actually knew to exist. Maybe Oğuz and Funda would have been better. Wha'eva.
 
Perun said:
Well, in Germany, the two stereotypical Turkish names are Ali and Ayşe. But I was trying to go for genuine Turkish names. Even if Gülbahar is actually Persian. So I went with names I actually knew to exist. Maybe Oğuz and Funda would have been better. Wha'eva.
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I think that unless you used Mustapha, Ahmet or Atatürk as a generic Turkish name, there's no harm done.
 
Perun said:
Well, in Germany, the two stereotypical Turkish names are Ali and Ayşe.
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That's true here as well, but ironically neither of them are the most popular names in usage.

It's nitpicking anyway, I appreciate the effort for genuineness.

JudasMyGuide said:
I think that unless you used Mustapha, Ahmet or Atatürk as a generic Turkish name, there's no harm done.
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Both Mustafa and Ahmet are excellent picks for a generic name, actually. It's Kemal btw, not Ahmet, and that also would've been a good choice. :D
 
The Flash said:
Both Mustafa and Ahmet are excellent picks for a generic name, actually. It's Kemal btw, not Ahmet, and that also would've been a good choice. :D
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I know, I wanted to have a different third name there as well.

For ultra-genericness, call your Turkish person Mustafa Ahmet Abdullah Atatürk and picture him in a fez.

He banned those in 1925 :ninja:
 
Picturing a Turkish person with a fez would likely get you insulted/beaten up in Western parts of the country. You'd probably be championed as someone who recognizes the "true culture of Turks" in rural areas of inner regions though. :p
 
Well, I thought we were talking about the preconceptions of us Westerners (Occidentals?) who - being such worldlings after all - hardly make a distinction between Turkey and Saudi Arabia anyway... ;)


BTW - that's silly. Fez looks chic. And you also must remember Steely Dan...

"No I'm never gonna do it without the fez on // Oh no // That's what I am // Please understand // I wanna be your holy man"
Those of you who know "the fez" is an outdated slang term for a condom, please don't spoil the fun :ninja:
 
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JudasMyGuide said:
Well, I thought we were talking about the preconceptions of us Westerners (Occidentals?) who - being such worldlings after all - hardly make a distinction between Turkey and Saudi Arabia anyway... ;)
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That's the worst nightmare of a secularist Turk. Seriously, if you ever want to troll them, just ask them if they ride camels or if women are allowed to drive cars. I can't guarantee you not being punched in the face though so take that as you may. :D
 
The Flash said:
secularist Turk
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That brings me to a possibly weird question (hope I'm not touching a sensitive issue for you somehow, if I did, I'm deeply sorry)... do you think it's better to be an atheist or a Christian in present day Turkey?

I mean, in theory Muslims should respect the Christians, since, Jesus is one of their prophets and allegedly (and again - in theory) the Bible should be a holy text by itself... But you know how it goes - in practice I don't know whether it's more acceptable to have no religion at all or to have a different one.
 
Christian, without a shadow of a doubt.

There are only two non-criminal groups of people in Turkey that could battle atheists for negative reception: LGBT and Armenians. -Greeks and Jews might have an outside chance-
 
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The Flash said:
Christian, without a shadow of a doubt.

There are only two non-criminal groups of people in Turkey that could battle atheists for negative reception: LGBT and Armenians. -Greeks and Jews might have an outside chance-
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Holy fuck. I mean, I kinda suspected that but...

Again, no offence intended, but have you ever thought about just running away?
 
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