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		cetinkaya on July 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ISO name change for Türkiye Hindistan comes from Hindustan (India in Persian), not from the bird hindi (turkey).

dizhn on July 14, 2022 [–]

Good to know. But it doesn't matter in the context of this discussion. It still means Land of Turkeys in Turkish. Not really of course, just like Turkey does not mean turkey in English.

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