Turken op FOK! #1109 - Makkelijk zeg.

Here are some quick explanations:
Sunflowers and Alcoholics (East Thrace): They are generally happy people who drink a lot, dance a lot and there are sunflower fields everywhere.

Loud Rich People (Istanbul - European Side): There is no certain region of Istanbul where immigrants live, so people from other cities usually just think of Istanbul as the place where rich people live. The European side is home to the historic city (the area inside the ruins of the walls of Constantinople), plus the most popular nightlife attractions in the city, so it tends to be a lot louder and a lot more touristy.

Quiet Rich People (Istanbul - Anatolian side): Upper middle class families who are usually Kemalists and live ordinary Western lives.

Industry (Izmit): Factories. A lot of them, to the point where the air pollution is life threatening.
Coal Miners (Zonguldak): Pretty much everything going on there.

National history and alcoholics (Canakkale): The people are basically the same people as the ones in East Thrace so it's pretty much the same city, but with more national history (The Gallipoli Campaign) and Trojan horses (Troy).

Sexual preferences unknown (Bursa): I tried to choose something like mosques or ski resorts, but it's one of the best known stereotypes in Turkey. I have no idea where it comes from since it is one of the most conservative cities in Turkey, but it is how it is, people from Bursa are homosexuals.

Doesn't exist (Bilecik): I have no idea because it doesn't exist. To be serious, this city is Turkey's Bielefeld joke, it is between many large cities and very close to Istanbul, yet neither I or people I know have met anybody from Bilecik. Secret government experimentation base is a pretty reasonable explanation.

Mostly inoffensive (Eskisehir): One of the nicest cities in Turkey, they have a river and lots of students and one of the best football fanbases in Turkey. I'm not from here, but there isn't much to hate.

China plates (Kutahya): The only thing anybody knows about Kutahya is that they are good at making porcelain tableware.

CHP (Most of the Aegean region): CHP is the secularist/kemalist political party of Turkey, and the second most popular party for what seems to be forever. For reasons I also don't know, the only cities CHP manages to win the elections in are the shore towns of Turkey, mainly in the Aegean region. These people are more liberal, they dance a lot, drink a lot, but unlike East Thrace they grow olive trees and various fruits.

Sausages and geothermal stuff: (Afyon and Denizli) Everybody's least favorite part of the journey from Istanbul to one of the vacation spots in Southern Turkey. They make good spicy sausages, and have fucktons of hotels all promoting some geothermal pools they have.

Good vacation spots (Mugla): Small beach towns with friendly suntanned people no tourists except for the British seem to have discovered. Turks usually prefer going here.

Eh vacation spots (Antalya): A lot of tourists. In summer the population almost doubles, and a million people live here as it is.

Shitty vacation spots (Alanya): Cheap Europeans and Russians go here. Known for awful nightclubs and young adults who can barely speak English looking for sex.

Bananas (Mersin): They grow bananas, and they are strangely proud of it.

No idea (Burdur/Isparta): I really don't know whether people live here or not.

No idea/no idea also/nope (Some cities that probably don't have a collective population of 500000 people): Lots of small provinces in this region. No idea why they exist.

Are we sure this place exists? (Karaman): I am born and raised in Turkey, and I just found out that this city exists. It's apparently pretty big.

Going back to Istanbul jokes (Ankara): Second largest city in Turkey that is home to 5 million people and the government buildings. It is also exceptionally boring and it only gets worse when everybody makes the exact same joke about the place some literary person did a hundred years ago. They ask the guy his favorite thing about Ankara and he replies "The road back to Ankara." And now you can't mention Ankara and not see someone mention this joke like it's the most original joke in existence.

Large (Konya): Conservative people who have literally nothing to do.

Tourism (Nevsehir): Home to the world famous stone dicks of Turkey[2] .

Heh (Yozgat): Yozgat is definitely the most irrelevant province of Turkey, pretty much a Turkish North Dakota. This is the reaction most people give when they hear the person they are talking to is from this place.

Roasted chickpeas/Apples (Corum/Amasya): These are also cities.

Relatively less entertaining fishermen (Western Black Sea): A cornerstone of Turkish humor is making fun of Eastern Black Sea fishermen who have large noses and funny accents, so these people are usually forgotten. I'm sure they are nice people though.

Rivers (Ordu): There is a song about Ordu's rivers, and we know nothing else about them.

Hazelnuts (Giresun): The least important city from the great Black Sea quartet. They grow hazelnuts.

Football and dumb fishermen jokes (Trabzon): Extremely conservative group of people who happen to have a good football team. If you want to know if a person you are talking to is from here, don't worry, they already told you after telling you their name. Also the fishermen in the jokes I mentioned are all from here specifically.

Tea (Rize): Some guy brought Indian tea here like 50 years ago, and now they do nothing else but grow tea.

Georgia (Artvin): They mostly speak Georgian and are allowed to enter Georgia without a passport. Forests and waterfalls, generally a nice place.

Also Large (Sivas): A large province only differing from the original large city Konya in the sense that it is colder (and home to one of the greatest tragedies in Turkish history[3] ).

Cheap people (Kayseri): Frugal people nobody likes, and they don't like anybody in return.

Kebabs (Adana): Home to the only Turkish stereotype everybody knows of.

Diversity (Antakya): The city every politician points to when they are accused of favoring a certain ethnic group. Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Aramians, Muslims, Christians, Jews, they all live in harmony and eat kunefe[4] .

Baklavas (Gaziantep): Amazing dessert, pretty irrelevant city.

Mountains (Bingol and stuff): Many small provinces here with small populations and large mountains.

Watermelons (Diyarbakir): Largest city with a significant Kurdish population, they grow watermelons.

Less spicy kebabs (Urfa): Real kebabs are spicy, and kebabs without red pepper are called Urfa kebab. If you prefer this over Adana kebabs, stop being a pussy and learn to love the pain.

Also diversity (Mardin): Amazing city where most street signs are in Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and Aramaic. So diversity.

Na na na na (Batman): Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na BATMAAAN! Although seriously, we have a city called Batman[5] .

Terrorism (Southeastern Anatolia): Predominantly Kurdish cities where the armed conflicts between the Turkish army and Kurdish separatist organizations happen. Best place to go to if you want to get a taste of the Middle Eastern experience where you can die from a rocket strike every step you take!

Cold (Van): This place is cold, and they have a large lake they think is a sea.

Colder (Erzurum/Kars): Really fucking cold. Unless you are there to ski, no reason to be there.

sylvesterrr	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 13:59
	- De vorige delen van deze reeks. - Wie zijn hier NIET welkom? Flamers, trollers en Turken/moslim-bashers. . Kortom, mensen die zich niet volwassen kunnen gedragen. Houd het netjes en gezellig! Veel plezier in het Turkentopic, . - Statistieken van de Turken op FOK!-reeks. - SPOILER: Memleketler! - En iedere vatanda die ik vergeten ben, ben geen turk maar hier komtie dan.
sylvesterrr	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 13:59
	Doei.
Mathemaat	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 14:16
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 13:59 schreef sylvesterrr het volgende: Mooi weertje! Te moe om te genieten
Klinkerbotsing	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 15:26
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 14:16 schreef Mathemaat het volgende: [..] Te moe om te genieten Mietje! Vandaag om 8:30 eerste les en daarna projectbespreking. En daarna kregen we een yogales van anderhalf uur. Zo leuk, dat yoga.
expans	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 15:33
	Er reageren meer non-Turken dan Turken, wat is deze Daarom nomineer ik hierbij deze twee als themesong voor het topic Mustafa Yıldızdoğan - ölürüm Türkiyem Mustafa Yildizdogan-Ne Mutlu Turkum Diyene - Gaan jullie akkoord met deze vooroordelenkaart? SPOILER Here are some quick explanations: Sunflowers and Alcoholics (East Thrace): They are generally happy people who drink a lot, dance a lot and there are sunflower fields everywhere. Loud Rich People (Istanbul - European Side): There is no certain region of Istanbul where immigrants live, so people from other cities usually just think of Istanbul as the place where rich people live. The European side is home to the historic city (the area inside the ruins of the walls of Constantinople), plus the most popular nightlife attractions in the city, so it tends to be a lot louder and a lot more touristy. Quiet Rich People (Istanbul - Anatolian side): Upper middle class families who are usually Kemalists and live ordinary Western lives. Industry (Izmit): Factories. A lot of them, to the point where the air pollution is life threatening. Coal Miners (Zonguldak): Pretty much everything going on there. National history and alcoholics (Canakkale): The people are basically the same people as the ones in East Thrace so it's pretty much the same city, but with more national history (The Gallipoli Campaign) and Trojan horses (Troy). Sexual preferences unknown (Bursa): I tried to choose something like mosques or ski resorts, but it's one of the best known stereotypes in Turkey. I have no idea where it comes from since it is one of the most conservative cities in Turkey, but it is how it is, people from Bursa are homosexuals. Doesn't exist (Bilecik): I have no idea because it doesn't exist. To be serious, this city is Turkey's Bielefeld joke, it is between many large cities and very close to Istanbul, yet neither I or people I know have met anybody from Bilecik. Secret government experimentation base is a pretty reasonable explanation. Mostly inoffensive (Eskisehir): One of the nicest cities in Turkey, they have a river and lots of students and one of the best football fanbases in Turkey. I'm not from here, but there isn't much to hate. China plates (Kutahya): The only thing anybody knows about Kutahya is that they are good at making porcelain tableware. CHP (Most of the Aegean region): CHP is the secularist/kemalist political party of Turkey, and the second most popular party for what seems to be forever. For reasons I also don't know, the only cities CHP manages to win the elections in are the shore towns of Turkey, mainly in the Aegean region. These people are more liberal, they dance a lot, drink a lot, but unlike East Thrace they grow olive trees and various fruits. Sausages and geothermal stuff: (Afyon and Denizli) Everybody's least favorite part of the journey from Istanbul to one of the vacation spots in Southern Turkey. They make good spicy sausages, and have fucktons of hotels all promoting some geothermal pools they have. Good vacation spots (Mugla): Small beach towns with friendly suntanned people no tourists except for the British seem to have discovered. Turks usually prefer going here. Eh vacation spots (Antalya): A lot of tourists. In summer the population almost doubles, and a million people live here as it is. Shitty vacation spots (Alanya): Cheap Europeans and Russians go here. Known for awful nightclubs and young adults who can barely speak English looking for sex. Bananas (Mersin): They grow bananas, and they are strangely proud of it. No idea (Burdur/Isparta): I really don't know whether people live here or not. No idea/no idea also/nope (Some cities that probably don't have a collective population of 500000 people): Lots of small provinces in this region. No idea why they exist. Are we sure this place exists? (Karaman): I am born and raised in Turkey, and I just found out that this city exists. It's apparently pretty big. Going back to Istanbul jokes (Ankara): Second largest city in Turkey that is home to 5 million people and the government buildings. It is also exceptionally boring and it only gets worse when everybody makes the exact same joke about the place some literary person did a hundred years ago. They ask the guy his favorite thing about Ankara and he replies "The road back to Ankara." And now you can't mention Ankara and not see someone mention this joke like it's the most original joke in existence. Large (Konya): Conservative people who have literally nothing to do. Tourism (Nevsehir): Home to the world famous stone dicks of Turkey[2] . Heh (Yozgat): Yozgat is definitely the most irrelevant province of Turkey, pretty much a Turkish North Dakota. This is the reaction most people give when they hear the person they are talking to is from this place. Roasted chickpeas/Apples (Corum/Amasya): These are also cities. Relatively less entertaining fishermen (Western Black Sea): A cornerstone of Turkish humor is making fun of Eastern Black Sea fishermen who have large noses and funny accents, so these people are usually forgotten. I'm sure they are nice people though. Rivers (Ordu): There is a song about Ordu's rivers, and we know nothing else about them. Hazelnuts (Giresun): The least important city from the great Black Sea quartet. They grow hazelnuts. Football and dumb fishermen jokes (Trabzon): Extremely conservative group of people who happen to have a good football team. If you want to know if a person you are talking to is from here, don't worry, they already told you after telling you their name. Also the fishermen in the jokes I mentioned are all from here specifically. Tea (Rize): Some guy brought Indian tea here like 50 years ago, and now they do nothing else but grow tea. Georgia (Artvin): They mostly speak Georgian and are allowed to enter Georgia without a passport. Forests and waterfalls, generally a nice place. Also Large (Sivas): A large province only differing from the original large city Konya in the sense that it is colder (and home to one of the greatest tragedies in Turkish history[3] ). Cheap people (Kayseri): Frugal people nobody likes, and they don't like anybody in return. Kebabs (Adana): Home to the only Turkish stereotype everybody knows of. Diversity (Antakya): The city every politician points to when they are accused of favoring a certain ethnic group. Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Aramians, Muslims, Christians, Jews, they all live in harmony and eat kunefe[4] . Baklavas (Gaziantep): Amazing dessert, pretty irrelevant city. Mountains (Bingol and stuff): Many small provinces here with small populations and large mountains. Watermelons (Diyarbakir): Largest city with a significant Kurdish population, they grow watermelons. Less spicy kebabs (Urfa): Real kebabs are spicy, and kebabs without red pepper are called Urfa kebab. If you prefer this over Adana kebabs, stop being a pussy and learn to love the pain. Also diversity (Mardin): Amazing city where most street signs are in Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and Aramaic. So diversity. Na na na na (Batman): Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na BATMAAAN! Although seriously, we have a city called Batman[5] . Terrorism (Southeastern Anatolia): Predominantly Kurdish cities where the armed conflicts between the Turkish army and Kurdish separatist organizations happen. Best place to go to if you want to get a taste of the Middle Eastern experience where you can die from a rocket strike every step you take! Cold (Van): This place is cold, and they have a large lake they think is a sea. Colder (Erzurum/Kars): Really fucking cold. Unless you are there to ski, no reason to be there. [ Bericht 16% gewijzigd door expans op 04-09-2014 15:39:36 ]
Mathemaat	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 16:00
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 15:26 schreef Klinkerbotsing het volgende: [..] Mietje! Vandaag om 8:30 eerste les en daarna projectbespreking. En daarna kregen we een yogales van anderhalf uur. Zo leuk, dat yoga. Ik heb eergisteren 20 km gefietst en gewichten geheven. Gisteren heb ik 10 km gefietst, gewichten geheven, paar km gelopen, de was en afwas gedaan, en de keuken grotendeels schoongemaakt. En dan nog gaan socializen in een andere stad. Dus niet uitsloven, jij!
nektazje	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 16:06
	Arabieren welkom? Ik vind Turkse koeskoes lekkerder dan Marokkaanse koeskoes. Bullgur heet het of zo. Turkse pizza is lekkerder dan Italiaanse pizza. Ben ik turkwaardig?
Klinkerbotsing	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 16:09
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 16:00 schreef Mathemaat het volgende: [..] Ik heb eergisteren 20 km gefietst en gewichten geheven. Gisteren heb ik 10 km gefietst, gewichten geheven, paar km gelopen, de was en afwas gedaan, en de keuken grotendeels schoongemaakt. En dan nog gaan socializen in een andere stad. Dus niet uitsloven, jij! Whatever.
Stimorol-	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 16:40
	Er is er 1 jarig hoera hoera, dat kun je wel zien dat is .......
dvdfreak	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 17:44
	Zanzibar vakantie
WammesWaggel	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:01
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 16:40 schreef Stimorol- het volgende: Er is er 1 jarig hoera hoera, dat kun je wel zien dat is .......
Che_	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:04
	Klinkerbotsing, ken je sohan
Klinkerbotsing	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:11
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 16:40 schreef Stimorol- het volgende: Er is er 1 jarig hoera hoera, dat kun je wel zien dat is ....... Jij?! Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 18:04 schreef Che_ het volgende: Klinkerbotsing, ken je sohan Veel gezien in Iran, niet geproefd tho. Hoezo?
Peunage	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:12
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 18:11 schreef Klinkerbotsing het volgende: [..] Jij?! Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! [..] Veel gezien in Iran, niet geproefd tho. Hoezo? Je hebt nooit sohan geproefd?
Klinkerbotsing	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:12
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 18:12 schreef Peunage het volgende: [..] Je hebt nooit sohan geproefd? Vroeger, niet recentelijk nee. Wat een boer niet kent...
Peunage	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:12
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 16:06 schreef nektazje het volgende: Arabieren welkom? Ik vind Turkse koeskoes lekkerder dan Marokkaanse koeskoes. Bullgur heet het of zo. Turkse pizza is lekkerder dan Italiaanse pizza. Ben ik turkwaardig? Marokkanen zijn geen Arabieren.
WammesWaggel	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:16
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 18:12 schreef Peunage het volgende: [..] Je hebt nooit sohan geproefd? The Zohan
Peunage	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:17
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 18:12 schreef Klinkerbotsing het volgende: [..] Vroeger, niet recentelijk nee. Wat een boer niet kent... Oh maar je kent het wel. 1 keer sohan eten, wekenlang stukjes van je tanden af halen
AbdulMalik	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:25
	quote: Op donderdag 4 september 2014 16:00 schreef Mathemaat het volgende: [..] Ik heb eergisteren 20 km gefietst en gewichten geheven. Gisteren heb ik 10 km gefietst, gewichten geheven, paar km gelopen, de was en afwas gedaan, en de keuken grotendeels schoongemaakt. En dan nog gaan socializen in een andere stad. Dus niet uitsloven, jij! Ook gewerkt aan je bescheidenheid?
Stimorol-	donderdag 4 september 2014 @ 18:32
	Ik ben niet jarig. Iemand anders hier. De kapster heeft mn haar verneukt. Kut snol.