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Turkish used to use the Arabic alphabet. The transition to the Latin alphabet took place on the mainland in 1928 with Ataturk's reforms. At that time, Turkish Cypriots were under British rule. However, today Turkish Cypriots write Turkish using the Latin alphabet. How did Turkish Cypriots adopt the Latin alphabet? Did they just follow suit when it was adopted on the mainland, or did it happen through a different process?

In Turkey's education system, the Cyprus War is taught as follows:

* The Republic of Cyprus was established in 1960 following the end of British colonial rule, under the guarantee of the UK, Greece, and Turkey.

* Since the 1960s, inter-communal conflicts had become widespread, and although the state in which Turks and Greeks lived together peacefully was enshrined in the founding treaty, it did not exist in practice.

* With the support of the then Greek military dictatorship, EOKA-B staged a coup. EOKA-B advocated for the unification of Cyprus with Greece and was anti-Turkish. If they were allowed to seize power, the Republic of Cyprus would cease to exist. Therefore, Turkey, as a guarantor state, had no choice but to intervene militarily.

Public perception:

* Almost everyone believes the first military action was legal and justified. A segment (probably not the majority) believes that while the first military intervention was justified, the second military action and the continued control of Northern Cyprus to this day are not legitimate.

* Most people probably think that Turkey's Cyprus policy is entirely justified, and that if the Turkish military completely withdraws from the island, there is a possibility of "the return of the conditions before 1974".

* Almost nobody thinks that all of the military operations, including the initial one, were unjustified.

But I also wanted to hear the other side of the coin. Do you think this narrative is entirely false or only partially false?

Despite being an EU country, very few people in Bulgaria support same-sex marriage in surveys. Why is this?

As far as I know, at least half of the "Greek Muslims" speak Turkish, right? Yes, the Treaty of Lausanne only recognizes religious groups, not ethnic ones. But by that logic, since the Treaty of Lausanne doesn't define a community called "Kurdish," couldn't we also say "there are no Kurds in Turkey"?

Now, EU membership means decades of negotiations.

I don't know if it's my algorithm, but I see this a lot in X.

This sounds absurd because:

1. No one denies that there may be genetic similarities between two populations that have lived in the same state for centuries.
2. DNA testing for ancestry is not as objective as a blood test to determine blood type or to check for the presence or absence of a gene that increases the risk of a particular disease. It completely depends on how the sample is compared to the reference data in the company's database. A company with a different reference data might produce different results. In fact, when MyHeritage updated its database, it started receiving far fewer cases of Turkish individuals with "Greek" ancestry.
3. Some people say "DNA tests are banned in Turkey because they don't want the public to know the truth," which is completely false. I know someone who had a DNA test done with MyHeritage in Turkey last year. Of course, I wouldn't do it myself because why would I send my DNA to a foreign company?

Why do so many Greeks say this about posts on social media regarding Turks? Like what even is the point?

If you have a UAE passport, you can enter all developed countries except the US and Australia without a visa.

Other GCC countries are different. Of the developed countries, you can only enter the UK and New Zealand; other developed countries require a visa.

Doesn't the UAE have a similar level of development to other GCC countries? Why is the UAE treated differently?

I'd like to ask something from Turkey. China has recently started granting visa-free access to many countries, some without reciprocity. Among them is Azerbaijan, which is very close to us.

However, while Chinese citizens can enter Turıey without a visa, China imposes a very strict visa regime on Turkish citizens, not even talking about visa-free access, but many say they find it more difficult to obtain visa than for Western countries.

I was curious about the reason for this. Because Turkish citizens generally don't tend to emigrate to countries outside of Western or Western Satellite countries. So, the likelihood of a short-term visitor visa causing illegal migration seems low to me. Turkish citizens who want to emigrate generally prefer Western countries, not China or Russia.

In European countries governed by civil law, identity cards have existed for many years without widespread opposition. However, in common law countries, the idea of ​​identity cards provokes much more resistance. Why is there this difference?

I really liked this browser, but I'd never heard of its developers before. That made me a little suspicious. Do you think this browser is secure enough to use as my main browser and handle private passwords, banking transactions, etc.?