good, probably much tastier too
maybe evencertainly healthier.
Fixed that for you. Anything is healthier than American “food”. Even British foods, possibly.
Pretty ironic, considering that Turkey under Erdogan is just as close to dictatorship as the US under Trump…
Turkiye also has a large military industry looking to sell to the EU, a large military, and wants control over the black sea (which involves weakening Russia), and wants to be as friendly to the EU as possible to eventually get that coveted EU membership.
Yeah, an opportunistic authoritarian, but a useful one in this dire emergency.
So you’re fine when authoritarianism benefits you ?? I am learning more & more
Yes, we do, as does anyone who lives in the real world.
I would like to see everyone stop eating anything Italian just because we have a literal fascist running the government.
Wait until they hear about Erdogan.
Virtually no one here likes Erdogan whatsoever, but our interests in relation to Ukraine and weakening USA/Russia aligns in this particular case. Turkey is a large country that actually borders the EU and has the largest non-European diaspora living here; keeping somwhat cood relations makes sense, even if I’d never want to see them join the Union and know we can never fully trust them.
As we lost our biggest ally, trading with another large country with a significant military makes perfect sense. Besides, Turkish food is actually great, especially compared to murican trash
Totally get that, and I won’t ever make any false equivalence or both-sides arguments.
I was just surprised they went with Turkish instead of, say, Mexican or Spanish, or another country not as problematic.
Well, seeing as it’s written in German: Germany’s and Austria’s largest national minorities are Turks. Estimates are tough, but at least 3 million people (probably more like 5 million) in Germany have Turkish ‘migrationshintergrund’ and up to 500 000 people in Austria. Many have been there since the early 1960s, and, although it hasn’t been all smooth sailing, Turkish culture and food has a significant place in both countries. So with that in mind I think this choice makes sense. Mexican food is lovely imo, but Germans don’t have particular ties to the culture, people or food. (Not to mention the fact that whenever there’s “Mexican” food in Europe broadly it’s a watered-down version of tex-mex, which I do still like anyway)
- He is a million times better than Trump and has far far less blood on his hands than either Trump or Biden
- Turkiye isn’t engaging in economic warfare against Europe
- Turkiye welcomed Syrian and Ukrainian refugees escaping the wars
- Turkiye supports Ukraine in various ways such as drones
Turkiye is a Muslim country as well as a European country, so it is in an odd place to be but also bridges both worlds.
Edit: I know about the Kurds, I am from the Middle East. Turkiye had a history of racist nationalism that Erdogan actually campaigns against. Turkiye and Erdogan are not angels or innocent but are a far lesser evil than many others.
He literally blocks all new NATO membership and you claim he has no blood on his hands?
Edit: and I assume he has finally taken action towards earthquake building safety? Or is that still just god’s will?
Edit2: funny that you have time to talk to me about cookie flavors but pretend these questions don’t exist
You didn’t mention the Kurds. Turkey’s action towards Kurds is one of the main reasons to dislike Turkey.
It’s not making headlines but Kurds and Turkiye stroke the biggest peace deal over the last month. PKK agreed to dissolve itself.
I would have replaced it with a Mexican food aisle
Mexican on the bottom half of shelves, Canadian on the top half of shelves.
no, most of the good canadian stuff would be fridge/freezer, or is already in another aisle. and im sorry, but mexican food is a contender for ‘world’s best’. canadian food is just fine; maybe ill crave poutine on a cold day.
edit, to canadians: losing a ‘best cuisine’ to mexico is like losing a boxing match to muhammad ali in his prime. there is no shame in this. they’re just better than you. they’re probably better than everybody.
I’m scared of the spin angle from a Turkish knockoff The Boys.
It might unironically be more in line with the comics though.
I would be surprised if they didn’t already done that, seeing how prolific is their movie production series
(Since a couple years TV channels in my European country are broadcasting dozens and dozens Turkish tv series dubbed in local language, and my country has no ties with Turkey, only 0.3% of the immigrants are Turkish)
