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Tatlısu Frengi
@Totololito
Historical trivia, artworks, photos, maps, music... Don't take it too personally if I start arguing with you. Fransız kalmaya çalışan bir Fransız göçmen.
Apr 7, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Wait until you find out that "lascar" is a 🇫🇷 slang word which roughly translates as a low-life, rascal, cunning but unprincipled man, derived from the term used for Indian mercenaries enrolled in European navies (hence the connection with Persian, possibly via 🇵🇹 'lascarim') 1/ Image It does not stop here though. In recent years, 'lascar' has been adopted and popularized in the slang of 🇫🇷 banlieues and Hip-Hop culture and has taken the broader meaning of 'hoodlum'. As such it is frequently used in Rap songs. ⤵️
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Feb 21, 2020 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
"Nobody will understand this text!"

On #MotherLanguageDay, DHIBRA, a network monitoring minority languages rights in 🇹🇷 released a statement refering to the extinction of Ubykh, a Caucasian language whose last native speaker, Tevfik Esenç, passed away in 1992. [THREAD] Image For further information about the statement that was released by DHIBRA and the signatories, @kepenekevrimm reported in English for BIANET bianet.org/english/human-…
Feb 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
The Prinkipo/Büyükada 🇬🇷 Orphenage, allegedly the world's second largest wood construction, closed down in 1964 and lated seized by the 🇹🇷 state is about to crumble according to a recent press report. Here it is in its original glory on a Max Fruchtermann postcard. [THREAD] Image It was originally designed in 1898 as a luxury hotel for the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the firm that operated the Orient Express, by Levantine architect and founder of the architecture department at the Ottoman School of Fine Arts, Alexandre Vallaury. Image
Jan 27, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I compiled 'thank you' tweets found on Turkey's FM official feed in response to foreign officials extending their solidarity in the wake of the #Elazıg earthquake:

'Brothers': 🇮🇶🇦🇫🇲🇻🇯🇴🇸🇴🇵🇰🇮🇩🇦🇱🇽🇰
'Friends': 🇻🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻🇫🇮🇲🇰
'Dear Colleagues': 🇧🇭🇬🇧🇨🇿🇲🇹🇳🇴🇵🇾🇸🇮🇳🇵🇧🇪🇪🇸🇧🇬🇷🇴🇸🇪🇪🇪
'Neighbor': 🇬🇷 Image FYI this is based on tweets from Çavuşoğlu's personal account only. Will update this map with institutional handles later today.
Nov 18, 2019 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
@kenancruz Prior to Dilaçar, another Armenian should be remembered as a pioneer of Turkish studies: Bedros Keresteciyan (1840-1909), a polyglot who worked as head of Translations for the Ottoman Finance Ministry, wrote the first etymological dictionary of Turkish. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedros_Ke… @kenancruz Here's a link to a pdf version of the 1971 reprint of "Matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue turque" (yes it was written in French, one of the many languages mastered by Bedros Efendi, who had studied in Paris) libgen.unblockall.org/book/index.php…
Aug 28, 2019 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
Following my previous thread on Burkina Faso, I figured it would be interesting to continue investigating the darker side of Turkish businesses operating in Africa. Guess what, I found some pretty nasty stuff about Albayrak Holding's activities in Guinea [sorry it's long] ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Perhaps best-known for owning pro-AKP newspaper Yeni Şafak, Albayrak Grubu was originally founded as a construction company in Trabzon in 1952 before expanding to various industries and services such as textile, sugar, waste management, publishing, etc. albayrak.com.tr/en/sectors-and…