Talk:Turkey

Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2015

Please change the kurdish percentage under demographics to 18% as the cia world factbook says which is given as source. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html 87.164.0.237 (talk) 08:26, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Done Cannolis (talk) 13:02, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Move discussion

A move discussion with connection to this article is open at Kurdish languages' talk page. Khestwol (talk) 23:52, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

You should post it to portal of Turkey. kazekagetr 23:37, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Motto

Turkey is a parliamentary representative democracy and Turkey's constitution governs the legal framework of the country. Due to that conditions, Motto of the Turkey should be rewritten again as "Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation". Please check the Wkipedia page: Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.255.97.45 (talk) 10:43, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 August 2015

88.104.185.225 (talk) 19:15, 2 August 2015 (UTC)Turkey is responsible for helping the forces of Islamic state perpetrate genocide against the Kurdish people.

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 22:05, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Banning the term 'Turkish Kurdistan' in this article

Turkish Kurdistan does not have to be an administrative division within the boundaries of today's Turkish Republic in order for it to be mentioned in the article. Turkish Kurdistan can simply have a geographical and historical connotation, and that's good enough for Wikipedia. Even the main page of Turkish Kurdistan calls it "unofficial name for the southeastern part of Turkey." So why should we prohibit in this article? Also, the map is a good indicator of the complex demographics of Turkey. I don't see why it should be removed. Étienne Dolet (talk) 19:52, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

The map is important, and useful to our readers. We mention the Kurdish minority in the article so a map showing where they are located is useful. This region is also in the news a lot these, so it's doubly useful. I also see no valid reason to no include it. Btw "Heimdallr of Assir" whatever is a sock of "Lord of Rivendell", so no need to take him seriously. Athenean (talk) 20:01, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Also, Heimdallr of Æsir made this revert with the following edit-summary:

Is it Turkish Kurdistan or Western Armenia? Both of them have the same map. You guys should better make up your mind, or you will start fighting each other over your conflicting irredentist dreams, which will never become true.

Firstly, edit-summaries are not places to insult and inflame political tension. This is not a WP:BATTLEFIELD. Please refrain from doing so. I'd rather just comment on the substance of the edit-summary: the whole Turkish Kurdistan or Western Armenia debate. Both Armenian and Kurdish irrendentists view the Treaty of Sevres as their legal basis to the land found in Turkey. Kurdish land granted to the Kurdish delegation in Sevres is separate from the land granted to the Armenians. As you can see with a simple look at the map of the Treaty of Sevres, Kurdistan is just south of the land granted to Armenia. To put it simply, Armenians and Kurds do not claim land from one another. But I do not want to sway off-topic here. I would like to discuss my first comment, we can then move on. Étienne Dolet (talk) 20:10, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

The Treaty of Sevres (1920) was never ratified by the Ottoman Parliament and was later superseded by the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) following the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1922). Learn to live with this fact. Heimdallr of Æsir (talk) 22:08, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

The so-called Turkish Kurdistan and Western Armenia have the exact same map. Which one is true? The definition "Turkish Kurdistan" is misleading, because in Iraq and Iran, there are official regional administrations with the name "Kurdistan" (Iraqi Kurdistan and Iranian Kurdistan have official status and defined borders; but no such region or administration exists in Turkey, with no defined borders.) 88.251.101.249 (talk) 22:19, 13 September 2015 (UTC)