Turkish-Greek Relations Just an Internet Meme or Reality?

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TheB1gV@reddit

Everything is Greek until proven to be Macedonian
oh wait

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Sad_Pickle8446@reddit

Lol. The people with minds on their own, we are friendly. On one online game I play I have a good friend Turk and we call each other brother.

But there are people who want to benefit for their own good and say bad words to the people about the other country.

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My experience in the U.S. was very different. Our relationship felt pretty cold and distant. There were four girls in one of my classes, we didn’t really talk much, but there wasn’t any conflict either. You could definitely feel that something was off.

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slysmile@reddit

Greek and Armenian diaspora in the US is extremely turcophobic, while we get along pretty well around the neighborhood here.

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lupi64@reddit

I've been seeing Armenians making fun of Greeks and Greeks not liking Armenians lately. But nothing against Turks. What's going on with Armenians and Greeks in Europe? In the US, they're usually close. Ex USSR effects?

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cenkxy@reddit

Competition in Turkish hate hahah

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lupi64@reddit

Oh wow, that's very interesting! Are you familiar with René Girard and mimetic theory? Thanks for answering!

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saddinosour@reddit

This behaviour (as diaspora) is so fucking strange to me. I remember growing up I didn’t even know what happened between Greece and Turkey, I actually learned from reddit and then googling it for myself.

I worked through those emotions pretty quickly and maybe it’s because I hang out here maybe it’s because I’m not deranged but I have nothing against normal* Turkish people if they’re not weird to me or other Greek people.

Also a related story to just exemplify the ridiculousness.

A girl at my school who was Macedonian diaspora hated me because I am Greek and once again I didn’t know the “beef”. Her hatred alerted me to the beef because I googled it. I thought it was ridiculous so I’d go out of my way to be really nice to her and force interactions to mess with her mind. 😭. If we happened to be somewhere alone in school I’d compliment her and be very bubbly.

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mantiklidusunenadam@reddit

Ahahahaha I LOVE IT!

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slysmile@reddit

You're a fantastic human being.

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FeelTheKetasy@reddit

To be fair the Greek diaspora is racist to even Greeks they’re just a special breed 💀

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Beedlam@reddit

Can't think why... /s

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Bilmemkineyapsam@reddit

Isn’t an excuse to be a bigot but anyways

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Beedlam@reddit

Can i have my grandfathers land in Girsun back then?

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slysmile@reddit

You probably could if you have a deed or any official document actually

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int23_t@reddit

Yeah you can come and buy it, if it's a large piece of land you'd probably even get citizenship from buying it.

If you expect it to be free, do know that population exchange came with property exchange, you expelled Turks and brought Greeks which lived where expelled Turks used to and vice versa. So if you want it for free give someone their great grandparent's land in Crete or something for free.

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slysmile@reddit

Not all population exchange came with property exchange. I know cases (on both sides) of the Turkish-Greek population exchange that have had legitimate claims to property ownership back at their home town and was accepted by both countries. Population exchange between our two countries was basically legitimized ethnic cleansing and both societies I think still feel the wounds.

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slysmile@reddit

Not what I'm talking about mate.

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CypriotGreek@reddit

You know what, man, I was gonna write a big reply about diaspora power dynamics, but you’ve got a whole different thing going on, I hope you got your wish.

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mantiklidusunenadam@reddit

NOW you got me curious

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No2Hypocrites@reddit

You should still do it lol

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zucciianucci@reddit

Sick Fcuk. I love it 🫡.

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Lotofagos_@reddit

hopefully she spitted in my baklava. 🤤🤤🤤

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MakingPie@reddit

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RealDreamTrade@reddit

😭😭😭

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Spineless74@reddit

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Spit in your baklava?

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Le_Fish_In_Lava@reddit

whatever gets you off lad

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Mysterious-Power6137@reddit

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Savings_Show_8499@reddit

I think Diaspora people are a little different.........greeks are my favorite nation, and I always had great experience with the greeks from greece & cyprus. one time i had weird experience was she was from germany - which i guess other fellow greeks would perhaps experience with a turk from outside

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Bugatsas11@reddit

90% of the diaspora Greeks I have met are like a parody of what Greece was in the 60s.

We also make fun of them

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PastMathematician470@reddit

How was greece in the 60s? Sorry i've never seen greeks in social media until few years.

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onomatophobia1@reddit

Haha literally turks as well

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Savings_Show_8499@reddit

well my friend...same situation for us lol...

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Savings_Show_8499@reddit

also greek food is fire

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Sasayego@reddit

Im a diaspora Turk, met many greeks also had a fellow student who was one. Never had any issues. So it really matters that bad people just excist.

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ria_89@reddit

I’m a diaspora Greek and same here. Perhaps it’s because my family came here more recently than the “60s” referenced above. But regardless, met many Turks in the US and never an issue. Cheers.

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terps_boy@reddit

All I can see is Stavvy

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Komursiyahcelik@reddit

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eXclurel@reddit

Selling out for a foreign woman is a long time Turkish custom.

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justachilldude97@reddit

Have a Greek gf right now. Everything is going great. Open to questions if there are any.

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PrimarchGuilliman@reddit

Turkish guy should wank and touch grass. His horny mind can't think straight. Post nut clarity is needed.

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Turkish baba and his Mongolian eyes can get it🤣🤣

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officer996@reddit

I dated a Greek girl a long time ago. We kind of loved each other and It was nice, but I didn’t continue because her family wouldn’t accept a strong masculine Turkish man like me 🤪

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Being too perfect is hard I know..... they got jealous

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit

Ahem... Forget about him. Lets go to Constantinople together 😂

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Constantinople.... You playing all your cards I see

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit

You know me... Maybe well even eat some Greek baklava together there 😏

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

You want me for EU citizenship I can tell....

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit

Actually I have a omanian passport right next to my turkish one.

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Commercial_Handle418@reddit

Ooh howd that happen

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit

My grandfathers were exiled from romania in 1938, and romania has now restored our citizenship.

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Commercial_Handle418@reddit

Oh

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A-ttila@reddit

She can teach you fishing..

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officer996@reddit

I didn’t know Greeks had such strong family ties. I learned it from her. Her mom said, “You can see him, but don’t get serious.” So I ended it right away. I didn’t want her to have to choose between me and her family. But we had created many spicy memories together🔥🌶️

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

I mean they are more open to dating foreigners here in Greece than in diaspora

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officer996@reddit

Yes, dating and sex are okay, but as far as I understand, they don’t want their daughters to marry a Turkish man.

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Young_Owl99@reddit

Turks and Greeks generally get along well in real life. I never met a Greek myself, except for a really brief English conversation in Serbia but from what I heard, people who went abroad for living or doing Erasmus often say Greeks and overall southern Europeans are best to get along.

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Bugatsas11@reddit

I have witnesses a number of romance between Greeks and Turks when students abroad. They rarely last but they are quite funny.

I have also had many good Turkish friends during my time in the Netherlands

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CypriotGreek@reddit

I used to date a Turkish girl. During the fires in Turkey a couple years ago she called me and blamed us for the fires while calling me a Greek dog. Good times.

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Young_Owl99@reddit

She just wanted to hear your voice again how lovely lol.

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CypriotGreek@reddit

What a beautiful way to express love. It’s up there with “orospu cocugu”

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Fiery_Flamingo@reddit

You made me think… I’m fairly certain the people who love me swear at me more than the people who hate me.

My grandpa used to call me “eşşoğlueşeğin evladı” when he got angry, which translates as “son of son of donkey”. I miss him…

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mantiklidusunenadam@reddit

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Young_Owl99@reddit

Oh fuck!

Ok she might have been an idiot. And she can be the only one that blame Greece for fires, everyone automatically blamed our greedy hotel industry. We know that they cause such fires for years.

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Separate-Worry7374@reddit

I'm a Turk living abroad and my closest friend here is an Italian so this checks out i guess :D

Unfortunately, there's only 1 Bulgarian and shit ton of Italians where I live but they're the only people where I can joke around freely as they won't get offended unlike most Americans I've met tbh.

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Optimal-Broccoli6063@reddit

Yeah as a turkish i date with greek woman it went all well tbh

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technotronica@reddit

I am Turkish gay I love greek men, very good lovers, big thick and love the skin roll up and down 🤤🍆

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Commercial_Handle418@reddit

🙏🙏🙏

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Never-don_anal69@reddit

Guys you can downvote me but from the outside Greeks look like Christian Turks and Turks look like Muslim Greeks

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dallyan@reddit

I’ve traveled a lot in Greece and spent a lot of time in Greek neighborhoods in the diaspora and never had a problem. Not ever. To the contrary.

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levenspiel_s@reddit

That's true for all nationalities, as far as my experience goes, but you bond much more easily with Balkan people. I am not sure exactly why, but you just enjoy each other's company better.

Maybe because we don't see each other as country flags or history books, but as persons. We definitely talk about tricky topics such as the history or the politics, but it's never heated (at least in my experience).

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Puppet_Fz@reddit

I had a Greek teacher while I was in Germany for language school. At the first day he said he was greek and he was my fav teacher there. We Turks were getting really well along in the class and he often made jokes abt saying “tamam”, “haydaa” and other Turkish words. I miss him so much but in general also in Greece Turks are mostly welcomed according to my experiences

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Savings_Show_8499@reddit

I agree on the first two sentences from him, baklava, not so much. I think it belongs to Arabs lmao

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mantiklidusunenadam@reddit

ananin ami

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Metrobuss@reddit

Orantısız zeka uygulaması

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trepasito16@reddit

the gonzo style comment is underrated, but honestly in my experience turks and greeks get along fine one on one. it’s the politicians and nationalists on both sides that keep the tension alive. regular people just want to eat baklava and argue about who makes better coffee, not fight a war over it

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Elbowed_In_The_Face@reddit

Hah, I love this one, it's been circulating on Instagram for a while 😄 They have a part 2 with a love letter.

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frOmohiOhuman@reddit

Tbh, half of the releationship of both sides are like ''Al gülüm ver gülüm'' remains is just love bomb. But I would like to enjoy both sides will end up in peace soon.

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Winter-Speech978@reddit

Link?

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Cute_Yesterday_2288@reddit

I like his Gonzo style

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howtobatman101@reddit

Hehe

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ImamTrump@reddit

Baris mancho ahh

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havengr@reddit

They included every stereotype well done!

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MetroidIWC@reddit

Really good sketch

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Natural_Scholar_1502@reddit

I met a Turkish girl in the US and we hooked up just to make our ancestors mad.

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Unique-Musician-1207@reddit

They haven't seen enslaved nation before. But they killed Turk families until there is no Turk remained on Peloponnese peninsula. Some resources say that they killed up to 50 k civilians. So f greek and their neighborhood.

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synthst3r@reddit

I had a situationship with a Greek guy for years, what can I say, political tension and centuries of vendetta can be hot.

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LittleWhiteSlug@reddit

Aren't Anatolian turks just turkefied Greeks and Armenians?

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Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit

But many Greek Lobby against the Turks

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Wikipedia-so-anti-Turkey

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lightning_pt@reddit

I laughed

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Jazzlike-Moose3123@reddit

I think it would be a very passionate relationship but a relationship hardly a two person thing in our cultures. The families, the burden, the past, the things going on now and future all will be a problem.

Women are always right, Turks are always wrong so a Turkish woman in such a relationship might cause system crash in balkans.

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Repulsive_Work_226@reddit

Mongolian eyes :D

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tekedagreek@reddit

That line alone made it worth watching lol

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Repulsive_Work_226@reddit

agree. he also said everything to please her. still.

also what is the actresses name?

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tekedagreek@reddit

She’s an instagram account @ariannapapalexopoulos

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Mos_Kovitz_Cantina@reddit

It’s not her. It’s Christina Mavronas.

https://www.instagram.com/christinamavronas?igsh=c291NmtqOHNpeDNt

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Repulsive_Work_226@reddit

yes thank you found her. very funny.

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Repulsive_Work_226@reddit

thank you. I have Mongolian eyes too :D

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tekedagreek@reddit

lol I wish you luck sliding into her DMs

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Repulsive_Work_226@reddit

not to DM. she is very funny

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tekedagreek@reddit

I was joking

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Repulsive_Work_226@reddit

it was not her it was CHRISTINA MAVRONAS

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Mos_Kovitz_Cantina@reddit

It’s Christina Mavronas

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Repulsive_Work_226@reddit

yes I found her thank you. very funny

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shockfella@reddit

For research huh

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Repulsive_Work_226@reddit

yes

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The_Booty_Spreader@reddit

He meant reclaim Constantinople

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit

Mongolian eyes LMAO

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BlokZNCR@reddit

Mango-liyan

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Creepy_Budget7192@reddit

Magnolia

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orkushun@reddit

100% accurate, married couple arguing with Cyprus as the conflicted child.

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commissaire-67@reddit

Η πικρή (?) αλήθεια είναι ότι Έλληνες Τούρκοι και Βούλγαροι έχουν πολλά κοινά εθνολογικά στοιχεία, π. χ. ο κύριος όγκος των Ρωμιών (οι ελληνόφωνες τότε) το "22 δεν άφησαν τις πατρογωνικές τους εστίες, και...... τουρκέψαν, που έλεγαν οι πόντιοι συγγενείς μου. Εμείς οι απλοί άνθρωποι μεταξύ μας δεν έχουμε πρόβλημα. Οι εξουσίες έχουν το πρόβλημα,

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JirayaSenpai4@reddit

As a Greek raised in Greece I have to say that my cousins outside the country like diaspora are very conservative and “proud Greeks” while here in Greece we have a big brother relationship with Turks

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QualityOdd1392@reddit

Baklava is greek

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Pamisos@reddit

Turkish baklava is better

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Le_Fish_In_Lava@reddit

now kiss

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EmreTaptukYunus@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aCHfMT0Btk0

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sapienskarahisari@reddit

Mongolian eyes :D

I have never seen anyone with "Mongol eyes" in Anatolia. Some Turks (Yörük and Turkmen) do have "slanted eyes" but not to the same extent as the Mongols.

But funny.

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EmreTaptukYunus@reddit

Whenever I feel down, I open this and laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PCZGbncIvI

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Aggressive_Lie_4446@reddit

hopefully she spitted in my baklava. 🤤🤤🤤

The. Emojis. Were. Completely. Unnecessary!!

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New-Quality-4374@reddit

As a an 1/2 greek 1/4 turkish that lived in both countrys i laughed so hard , watched it 4 times . Great job !

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Fit-Air-259@reddit

Good one good one.

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Yeagerss_@reddit

Im not understand

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Public-Finger@reddit

this is a work of art.

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Leather-Pass8172@reddit

When I was in primary school, the Greek kids would always make it very known that they didn’t like Türkiye and didn’t want to associate with me. So I think it definitely exists especially in the diaspora at some level

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Ok_Permit_8736@reddit

Best video I have seen in a long time

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Cold_Librarian_7703@reddit

My Greek co-worker here in Australia often comes up to me and says “tavuklara baktın mı?” As that the only sentence he knows. He’s a pretty chill guy and we’ve gotten along great for the last 8 years

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tres-vip@reddit

Omg, this was filmed at the Mediterranean Foods grocery store in Astoria, Queens, NYC!!!! I just bought feta, olives, and tahinopita from there, lol

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machinationstudio@reddit

So what you're saying is that any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental?

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Hungry_Battery_Eater@reddit

Yeah I think the whole Greek-Turk hate just exists among old people or very nationalist people, everyday interactions aren't hostile at all, they're quite friendly.

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Radiant_Put_3609@reddit

My ex girlfriend was from crete. she was hot af. I fucked her like there is no tomorrow. kalimera.

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bruhmanbruuh@reddit

In Erasmus we had a sweet Turkish guy from Aivali. So good fun, I almost lost the semester.

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thetrexyl@reddit

I love the turkish drama camera angles

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technotronica@reddit

Budweiser is Greek?

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Laranthir@reddit

I once had a really funny, jolly greek friend in a game called Lineage 2 on a private server. My hometown is also a port very close to Greece so I’ve always seen Greek people irl as well, sometimes even met them irl.

I learned that some Greeks hate us later when some Greek dude saw me typing in Turkish in a public chat and decided he doesn’t want to associate with me. He asked me where I am from when I asked for party invitation (or a trade) and when I said Turkey, he said “no thanks”, I was like “what? Why?” then I realised he is Greek. We also have such people, clinging to the past as if they lived back then and went through the horrors of war themselves.

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Alarmed-Artichoke238@reddit

0 accuracy

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JoeSatana@reddit

Let those mongolian eyes intoxicate you, Eleni!!!

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woodmiracle@reddit

What is her name? Trying to look up her skits on yt

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tkchrist@reddit

Christina Mavronas

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Jobsworth91@reddit

I've got on very well with every Turkish person I've met over several years of living abroad - both Turkish people from Turkey, as well as diaspora people of Turkish/Turkish Cypriot descent. Didn't feel any hostility when I visited Istanbul either.

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EarlGreyKv@reddit

And you never would. All politics aside, Greeks and Turks are the two nations that are closest to each other, but the governments act like bitter, jealous siblings all the time.

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bruhmanbruuh@reddit

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themaelstorm@reddit

I’ve made friends with literally all Greeks I met abroad. We always have to remember govts aren’t people

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Caged_Rage_@reddit

That russian slut isn’t even funny anymore. She’s overdone the same joke. Come drink çay everytime

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fancywipe@reddit

I love it!

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_EnterUsername_@reddit

😭😭

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Minimum_Owl_734@reddit

Nice Propaganda

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EnesAkhan@reddit

i mean .. is it wrong? xD

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Minimum_Owl_734@reddit

Yes, that's wrong; I don't know if you harassed someone abroad.

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SuperConcert8949@reddit

Yes, it is wrong: baklava is ukrainian/crimean tatar!

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BurgurluGenc031@reddit

NO BAKLAVA İS ANATOLİAN,SPEFİCALLY AS ASSRYİANS AND I DONT KNOW WHY I WRİTE İN CAP LOCKS OPEN İN KEYBOARD.

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SuperConcert8949@reddit

Isn't Assyria outside Anatolia?

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BurgurluGenc031@reddit

They re not fully at anatolia but they were been at south east part of it as ı know.

Also this is a map from wikipedia. As it seens they were mostly at south east anatolia and then expand their lands.

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SuperConcert8949@reddit

I was refering to people of Assyria, not the empire

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BurgurluGenc031@reddit

well still same since they re ethnic native to northern mesopotamia which is vey close border to anatolia.

Im not saying they re fully anatolian people but have anatolia part of it. So lets agree on Anatolia-Middle East for baklava.

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SuperConcert8949@reddit

So lets agree on Anatolia-Middle East for baklava.

Ok, I would agree to it, but only if you concede that best baklava is from region from Novi Pazar to Tutin!

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BurgurluGenc031@reddit

As long as it have good amount of sugar and crispy ım okay to every baklava

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SuperConcert8949@reddit

Then we have an agreement!

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Various_Flower9592@reddit

She was clear on what she prefers! She was clearly saying she doesn't like anal, like all turks do.

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Sad_Job_411@reddit

Wtf?

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Atlandios000@reddit

Political and historical differences aside.

I used to work in Tourism. I have to admit that Turkish were off the best clients.

Once I helped one find his grandpa's house who left for Turkey during the exchange of Populations.

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