Talk:Turkey

The article is too long
It's currently 13,585 words or 87kb. Will aim for under 9k words per Article_size and Peer_review/Turkey/archive3. That means multiple sections will need to be trimmed. Although some areas need expansion. For example, coverage of earthquakes, faultlines etc are ridiculously short. Bogazicili (talk) 20:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Trimming is certainly a good thing, but you should ensure first that the child articles are in an appropriate shape. E.g., Turkey is much better writen than History_of_Turkey; the latter trails off into a mere timeline (but then child-child article History of the Republic of Turkey is looks better). This is relevant because History of Turkey in its entirety is the child article of Turkey. So anyonw jumping straight from the section Turkey to History of Turkey will have – as of now – a worse reading experience at the bottom of the latter than at the bottom of the Turkey. I only mention this because I have seen cases trimming of main articles without brushing up the child articles. I think @CMD can be of much help in the challenge of how to create best structure and best content in article hierarchies. –Austronesier (talk) 09:26, 9 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Trimmed lengthy part about branches of government. This is already in Government of Turkey. Bogazicili (talk) 19:36, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * After 13.5k, the article is finally 11,518 words. Bogazicili (talk) 22:23, 31 May 2024 (UTC) Bump Bogazicili (talk) 12:10, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Ethnicity
@Bogazicili Two things before we get to the material discussed. Please do not re-revert when your change away from the stable version has been reverted. Secondly, the template you have given me for 'not providing a valid reason in the edit summary' is wholly inappropriate; I explained my reasoning quite clearly in an edit summary.

As for the content dispute; I disagree with you on multiple counts.

1) I disagree with the comment made by the peer reviewer; all citizens are Turkey are not by definition Turkish -- at least not by most definitions. Turkish as an identity covering all citizens is virtually never cited as an ethnic definition, but rather a legal term, because it was created as such and is generally not used by ethnically non-Turkish citizens as a pan-ethnicity. Our article on Turkish people makes this distinction:

While the legal use of the term Turkish as it pertains to a citizen of Turkey is different from the term's ethnic definition, the majority of the Turkish population (an estimated 70 to 75 percent) are of Turkish ethnicity.

Here, as in most WP:RS, a simple distinction is drawn; there is the ethnic definition of Turkish, covering three-fourths of the Turkey's population, and the legal definition, which is contrasted with the ethnic definition, and includes nearly everyone. The latter does not belong in the ethnic groups section, because it is not referred to, in WP:RS, as an ethnicity. (See the sources given from my quote)

2) There is, indeed, another ideological stance that knowingly conflates the legal term with the ethnic term. This should be considered WP:FRINGE, however, as I have never seen WP:RS that defends a Turkish origin for the Kurds, for example. That much is pseudo-science from the 1980 military junta. So if this second position is what you are referring to as ethnicity, then it would be WP:POV to use it here.

3) Yes, German can have a citizenship-based definition, but the context and the politics surrounding that are entirely different, and the German infobox has no "ethnic groups" section.

Long story short, the definition you are providing is not thought of as an ethnic one in mainstream scholarship, and therefore should not go into the ethnic groups section. Uness232 (talk) 22:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Your revert was inappropriate because all the footnotes and reliably sourced information within was deleted without a proper reason. You didn't just remove the parts you objected to, like the percentages.
 * As for the content issue, the footnotes make it clear. For example, there are people who identify as both a Turk and Kurd in Turkey. For example, Hülya Avşar: "hem Kürdüm hem Türküm" . You do not get to say she is not a Turk, but just a Kurd. You also do not get to say she is not a Kurd, but just a Turk.
 * This is the footnote: "Turkish constitution defines all citizens as “Turks”.[6] In surveys, when asked about their ethnic background, people may self-report different answers.[7] Some people have multiple ethnic identities.[8][9]" Everything in the footnote is WP:RS
 * It makes the legal definition clear. It makes it clear people may self-identify in different ways. It also makes it clear some people like Hülya Avşar have multiple ethnic identities. And the infobox gives percentages based on both definitions.
 * Pages like Germans, French people just give the citizenship numbers. Germany doesn't have ethnicity info in the infobox. But Turkey does. So just giving the one, single-choice (adds up to 100%) definition, while ignoring the citizenship definition (or ignoring people who identify as both Turk and Kurd etc) is biased (against WP:NPOV). Turkish people should also give the numbers for both. Maybe the only thing I can add is to give examples in the footnote: "people may self-report different answers, such as Kurd or Arab"
 * I forgot to add. Giving the legal definition does not mean suggesting "Turkish origin for the Kurds". That is ridiculous. Bogazicili (talk) 23:19, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bogazicili People might indeed have multiple ethnic identities. However, unlike Hülya Avşar's case, some people may also identify as both Kurd and Zaza, or might identify with two other non-Turkish ethnicities. The citizenship definition does not get rid of this problem; to say it does would be assuming that everyone who identifies with multiple ethnic groups are by definition identifying with "Turk" along with a non-Turkish identity, which is not the case. If there is a problem here, it is with the people making these surveys; that is not our problem to fix.
 * Moving past that, my initial problem with this edit is simple: the legal/citizenship-based definition of "Turk" is not considered an ethnic one by WP:RS. The citizenship definition therefore should be excluded from the "ethnic groups" section of the infobox. Placing it somewhere else might be perfectly acceptable, but not there. If you are bothered by people with multiple identities not being represented, I believe some surveys include multiple answers for self-identification; I would be perfectly fine with the inclusion of such a source.
 * Also, I did not mean to say that you specifically were suggesting a Turkish origin for the Kurds. I am simply saying that that is the only way the citizenship definition of Turk can be viewed as an ethnic grouping. Uness232 (talk) 23:51, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Again, see WP:NPOV. There is no single definition of "ethnicity". There is no single definition of "Turk". If there is going to be an infobox, it should include multiple definitions. The alternative is omitting percentages in the infobox (like Germany). However, the footnote should stay after this line "most are ethnic Turks, while ethnic Kurds are the largest ethnic minority.[b][4]" in the lead. The footnote after population number "85,372,377[a][5]" should stay.
 * Also, the infobox was clear
 * "By citizenship:[a][5]
 * 98% Turks
 * 2% Others" Bogazicili (talk) 00:10, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bogazicili I have read WP:NPOV before, thank you. There may be no single definition of ethnicity, but in its Turkish context, citizenship is never equated with ethnic categorization in mainstream scholarship; if you can find me examples of this being done (specifically the 98% number being used as an ethnic qualifier; i.e. something like "Turkey's population is 98% Turkish") in reputable academic journals, I will concede this point.
 * The information given in the infobox might have been clear, but because of the previous point, it should not be in the ethnic groups section.
 * All that being said, I see which footnotes you were talking about now; I have no objections to those two, and sorry for reverting them along with what I objected to. Uness232 (talk) 00:23, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * , citizenship is not equated with ethnic categorization. I put it in the ethnicity field, because I couldn't find a way to add a custom field into the infobox template. I'd have renamed it as "ethnicity/citizenship". That's why the clarification was to the right ("By ethnic background", "By citizenship"). Bogazicili (talk) 23:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That 98% of residents of Turkey have Turkish citizenships is not sufficiently notable to include in the Infobox, and is a factoid that is rarely included in country infoboxes. DeCausa (talk) 23:57, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * , sorry for random ping but we are discussing the issue you raised here Peer_review/Turkey/archive3, care to comment? Bogazicili (talk) 00:14, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It is absolutely wrong for Bogazicili to make this edit without consensus, it constantly violates WP:WAR policy. 176.55.188.95 (talk) 00:23, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The infobox is now a mess and filling all these parameters makes it not necessarily better. Shadow4dark (talk) 01:02, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Looking back at that PR and the article state at the time, my comment referred to specific phrasing in the lead which has been improved since then. This dispute seems to be about the infobox, which is a bit more tricky as there isn't really room to craft words that provide nuance. There probably isn't a perfect solution that fits all perspectives, especially considering this is a prominent page in an international encyclopaedia that will be read by many people with no background knowledge of Turkish demographics. CMD (talk) 02:23, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Just stepping back from the detail, or at least the politics, and think about what readers might need or want. As a general statement, I don't think including the proportion of non-citizen residents of Turkey is a useful or interesting piece of information - at least for the Infobox. Except for countries like Saudi, it's not really a key aspect. One would expect to see the vast majority to be citizens. I'm not saying it couldn't be covered in the article text, but for the Infobox it needs to hit significant info only. DeCausa (talk) 10:27, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding citizenship is useless, since wiki template uses ethnic groups, not citizenship. All those discussion about citizenship is purposeless. No reason for adding citizenship. And I do not even think tüik report of 98% Turkish citizens is a true number with all those refugees, etc. Beshogur (talk) 12:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * i agree. Lionel Cristiano? 22:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Syrians under temporary protection is not included in TUIK population stats, it's in the footnote. Bogazicili (talk) 23:56, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

, should we keep ethnicity stats in the infobox given that "Turk" also has citizenship meaning? As previously mentioned, many countries do not have ethnicity stats in the infobox. Bogazicili (talk) 00:00, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I would say yes - the ethnic make up of the country is a significant issue that global readership would expect to have info on given the longstanding coverage and controversy around the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency. That's the usual case where there is ethnic conflict - see for example Cyprus, Nigeria etc DeCausa (talk) 00:05, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * This doesn't explain why you removed reliably sourced footnotes. User readability is a nonsensical excuse.
 * Also, looking to the Cyprus page, their demonym is "Cypriot", so saying Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots etc works.
 * Same for Nigeria. It doesn't say 70% Nigerian, 30% Hausa. Bogazicili (talk) 00:39, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Your post doesn't make much sense. We have an article called Turkish Cypriots and an article called Kurds in Turkey. The Infoboxes would just reflect that standard nomenclature. Nigeria is different. There is no Nigerian identity separate from the component ethnicities. That's a different scenario. The point is ethinicity not citizenship is dealt with in both Infoboxes because it reflects a real world controversy. They're tailored to reflect the actualities of those contries. that's standard for country Infoboxes - Turkey should have the same treatment. You seem to be tie ing yourself in knots over something that is actually quite simple. (Removing the footnotes isn't directly related to this thread. We've discussed your POV pushing on my talk page which is a different issue.) DeCausa (talk) 00:53, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * You seemed pretty hostile in your talk page and didn't provide adequate explanation. And, no, I'm not "POV pushing". You seem to not understand there is a difference between "Turk" and "ethnic Turk". Bogazicili (talk) 01:12, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * There is a difference between a Turkish citizen and an ethnic Turk. Is that what you are trying to say? Of course I understand that. The point is that the stats of the former are of no interest for the purposes of the Infobox whereas the stats of the latter would be of interest to a global readership. This latter point is what you seem not to get. DeCausa (talk) 01:21, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * 1) Do you still maintain the nonsensical excuse that footnotes that are currently in the article impair user readability? Should I expect further reverts from you from the current version of the article?
 * 2) Do you understand the word "Turk" is a Homonym? Indeed it does ALSO mean "Turkish citizen". Bogazicili (talk) 01:24, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * WTF?? How has that got any bearing on what we are talking about? DeCausa (talk) 01:30, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * See below. Bogazicili (talk) 01:37, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bogazicili When we are talking about ethnicity, the word 'Turk' never means 'Turkish citizen'; which is what the infobox section is about. Uness232 (talk) 01:52, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * This an assumption. This is an encyclopedia, some people will know nothing about Turkey. And again, many countries tie ethnicity to citizenship. Bogazicili (talk) 01:57, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Have to agree with DeCausa here. Uness232 (talk) 00:11, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * so you want to keep using single choice CIA stats as if there are no one who's both ethnic Kurd and ethnic Turk. Bogazicili (talk) 00:38, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily; I'm sure there are surveys with multiple ethnicities as a possible answer. I remember seeing one back in 2022. However, if that solution is not possible, I would want the ethnicities to stay. I am also not particularly opposed to one concise footnote explaining how the ethnic definition is not the same as the legal term and demonym. Uness232 (talk) 00:46, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'd also prefer qualifiers such as ethnic Turks, ethnic Kurds, other ethnic backgrounds, not just Turks, Kurds etc. Bogazicili (talk) 01:18, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ah. If somehow "ethnic Kurd" is better for you than "Kurd" then let's go with that. (It's a misconception that it makes a difference in the English language but if it resolves this for you, then no problem.) DeCausa (talk) 01:27, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * 1) Great. And, of course it does make a difference. Many countries tie ethnicity to citizenship. Germans, French people etc just give citizenship numbers, and ethnicity was omitted in their country articles. So saying 70% German, 30% X can mean 70% German citizen and 30% foreign citizens. Saying 70% "ethnic German" is completely different.
 * 2) And I'm asking again: "Do you still maintain the nonsensical excuse that footnotes that are currently in the article impair user readability? Should I expect further reverts from you from the current version of the article?" I'm trying to improve the article and I don't want to deal with nonsensical time-consuming full reverts. Bogazicili (talk) 01:36, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * 1) It doesn't make a difference because the parameter in the Infobox is "Ethnic group". You've completely misunderstood the situation. Neither France nor Germany have the Ethnic group parameter completed in their infoboxes - which doesn't surprise me as the ethnic grouping doesn't have the same significance in those countries as in Turkey. Anyway, it doesn't matter now if you're happy with that wording. (just so you know, someone will rightly say that referencing "ethnic Turk" under a heading of "ethnic groups" is a redundancy.)
 * 2) I couldn't give a shit. It's unnecessary clutter and better out than in but it wasn't the target of my revert which was the even worse clutter of the citizenship info that you put in. Just collateral damage but i wasn't sorry to see it go. If you want to keep that sort of pointlessness in i'm certainly not going to waste time removing it. DeCausa (talk) 01:51, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * 1) Not redundant for previously explained reasons.
 * 2) Great, we established you don't "give a shit" and make full reverts, and you don't care about "collateral damage". Hopefully this won't repeat in the future. The article is currently in a bad shape and requires lots of work. I just don't want to waste too much time to nonsensical time-consuming full reverts. Bogazicili (talk) 02:00, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not letting that go. It is utterly redundant. Uness232 has just made the exact same point to you. You don't seem to understand that under the heading "ethic groups" the only criteria for inclusion is ethnicity not citizenship. It's irrelevant how the country in question defines citizenship. This has become so tedious I'm ok with you adding the word "ethnic" in but i would say it's an almost a near certainty that someone will take it out because it's redundant. And as far as your second point is concerned, yes i will make a "full" revert when you make a poor quality edit even when some of your edit is marginally less poor quality than other aspects. None of your nedit was worthwhile or improved the article. DeCausa (talk) 02:11, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * And, again, some countries do tie ethnicity to citizenship, whereas other countries officially collect ethnicity/race stats. This issue was also commented in Peer_review/Turkey/archive3 Bogazicili (talk) 02:17, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * So what? That's not the point. I give up. Seriously. DeCausa (talk) 02:21, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The point that approx 4 million Syrians under temp protection is not included in the official population number of ~85 million is also important and was in the footnote. But I'm sure you don't "give a shit" either. Bogazicili (talk) 02:29, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bogazicili Countries do not tie ethnicity to citizenship. Many countries are named after a single, usually majority ethnic group, causing their demonyms to be used in two different senses: one ethnic, and the other legal. Turkey is one of these countries. Some nationalist political movements in Turkey might try to impose a top-down 'fusion' of those two senses aiming for the assimilation of other ethnic groups, but those two senses remain separate in WP:RS, with only one being referred to as ethnicity.
 * And by the way, calling people "ethnic X" in an infobox section called "ethnic groups" is a redundancy at best. Uness232 (talk) 02:34, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

This started to become like a grandpa/uncle debate (this makes more sense in Turkish). No one is saying Kurdish ethnicity doesn't exist. You are arguing against a point I didn't make. Btw, there are also "nationalist political movements", or far right movements, that think ethnicity is all about "blood" in the world. My issue is with the oversimplification in the infobox. And this is WP:RS. Kirişci, Kemal; Winrow, Gareth M. (1997). The Kurdish Question and Turkey: An Example of a Trans-state Ethnic Conflict, p. 121:


 * It can also be written in other sections other than the information box. Lionel Cristiano? 00:27, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That's the point. The country infobox is very rigid by consensus, and well-defined parameters should not be hijacked for information that is misplaced under that header (unless there a good reason and local consensus for it). I deliberately say "hijacked" because citizenship is not ethnicity. This is also the case when a term is used at different levels with different meanings. Turkey is no different from many other countries in this respect. There was a time when the national/citizenship definition was considered exclusive, and merely assertively self-identifying as anything else but Turkish was considered high treason at some point in the dark history of late 20th-century Turkey (at least for certain ethnic groups). But that doesn't mean that the Turkish constitution defines "Ethnicity" at any point–it deliberately doesn't do so to emphasize national unity over ethnic diversity.
 * The label "Ethnic groups" makes it inappropriate per se to include citizenship data within it. And our standard country infobox doesn't give room for the latter data. Even in extreme cases like the UAE with a very high proportion of non-citizen residents, we don't have citizenship stats in the infobox.
 * As for the same data (notes + sources) in the lede, I have no objection to their inclusion, although I don't consider them super-relevant here unless you also mention the negative impact that enforcement of this definition on Turkish citizens from a non-Turkish ethnic background has had in course of modern Turkish history. NB that's me; Uness232 and DeCausa might see things differently, so I'd advise not to restore anything. I have restored the stable version, since you have completely ignored the objections by two other editors in an ongoing discussion. –Austronesier (talk) 08:41, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * are you even aware what you reverted? Look at the previous version again. Bogazicili (talk) 08:44, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Very much so: The misplaced sentence Turkish constitution defines all citizens as “Turks” in the note in the infobox "Ethic groups", and the trivial statement that Turkish citizens self-identify ethnically the way they like. –Austronesier (talk) 08:52, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * As mentioned, no one including Uness232 and DeCausa objected to the footnotes. You also deleted the following footnote:
 * "Total Population: 85,372,377
 * Foreign Population: 1,570,543 (excludes "Syrians under temporary protection" and "foreigners holding visas or residence permits shorter than 90 days")
 * Turkish citizens: 83,801,834"
 * I guess the fact that almost 4 million Syrians under temporary protection is not included in official population number of ~85 million is also "trivial".
 * So let me ask again, are you even aware what you reverted? Bogazicili (talk) 08:56, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * And you are aware that the figure of 1,570,543 is not mentioned elsewhere in the article? For the implications of this, I count on your awareness of WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE. –Austronesier (talk) 09:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm slowly improving the article from top to bottom. I would have gotten to it when I come to the demography section. But again, no one is objecting to footnotes. You deleted reliably sourced information for no reason. Bogazicili (talk) 09:10, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * None, except for the very substantial ones above. –Austronesier (talk) 09:19, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Which is what exactly? Do you object to the footnotes? You yourself said you have no objection. Bogazicili (talk) 09:31, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bogazicili This excerpt in no way supports your claim. In fact it draws the same distinction between the ethnic and civic-national definitions of "Turk" that I did. Nowhere in this source is the "Turkish" part of the "Turkish Kurd" is an ethnicity; in fact it points out how it is otherwise: Therefore someone like Hikmet Çetin would consider himself an ethnic Kurd of Turkish nationality (citizenship). See how the distinction is being made? There is a way in which people identify their roots and/or cultural affiliations (which is called ethnicity in this text, and can also include multiplicity), and their citizenship (which is called nationality).
 * I understand that you are trying to capture a complexity here; some people identify with two ethnic identities as well. However, Hikmet Çetin is not one of these people; he is ethnically just a Kurd, and by nationality a Turk. That is not the same as multiple parts of a family identifying themselves ethnically as Turks or Kurds. Uness232 (talk) 09:00, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That's indeed the point. The ethnic and civic-national definitions of "Turk". Now if you just say 70-75% Turk, 20% Kurd in the infobox, without any footnotes or qualifiers such as "ethnic Turk", how accurate and complete were you? Bogazicili (talk) 09:04, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Very, considering the section is called "ethnic groups", not "demographics"; though one concise footnote can be added to the section about the two definitions of Turk if deemed strictly necessary. You do not seem to understand that ethnic group refers specifically to people's sense of ethnic belonging; a "Kurd of Turkish nationality/Turkish Kurd" is, in the context of an "ethnic groups" section, a Kurd. And indeed some people might define themselves as both a Turk and a Kurd, and mean both in an ethnic sense, but you can not measure that with citizenship data. Uness232 (talk) 09:10, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * We can also add a nationality field like Spain. Right now the infobox is just giving the ethnic definition of "Turk", and ignoring the "civic-national" definition as you called it. I recently realised nationality was also an option in country infobox. They also completely ignored ethnicity in Spain article, even though there is Catalan independence movement. Bogazicili (talk) 09:19, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Exactly!!!! This is an ethnicity parameter not a nationality parameter, which is what I, Uness232, and Austronesier have been trying to get you to understand for hours. The only relevance the info you want to put in is the little used nationality parameter. (France is a rare example). But there is no pint adding yet more clutter to the box so I'm against that. It's an incredibly uninteresting parameter and little used for good reason. DeCausa (talk) 09:24, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I had already said if I could create a custom parameter, I would have renamed it ethnicity/citizenship. What you fail to understand "for hours" is just what I said. Giving the ethnic definition of "Turk" while ignoring the "civic-national" definition of "Turk" in the infobox. Bogazicili (talk) 09:28, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It's not about ignoring it. It's about not needing it there. –Austronesier (talk) 09:33, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

This has become boring and too time consuming. Just trying to assess if we need Dispute_resolution. ,, , do you object to 1) footnotes removed by Austronesier being added back? 2) object to saying "ethnic Turk", "ethnic Kurd" "other ethnic backgrounds" in the infobox, where it currently says Turk, Kurd, others? Bogazicili (talk) 09:39, 9 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm neutral on 1, I oppose 2 (i.e. I would want the terms Turk, Kurd etc. to stay as is). Uness232 (talk) 09:51, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If you want something "boring and too time consuming", then Dispute_resolution is it. Add perfunctory, and you'll have the full definition :)
 * @DeCausa at some exasperated moment above already has granted you "ethnic Turk", "ethnic Kurd" etc. OTOH, I think it looks silly under " Ethnic groups".
 * Another point is however the applicability of "ethnicity" to the entire population of Turkey. Many Turks that are not of non-Turkish ethnic background do not self-identify in ethnic terms. They mostly self-identify as Turkish by nationality alone; ethnicity is for the "other", so to speak. This is not Turkey-specific, but also applies to many other countries like Germany, Morocco (see discussion there about the proper ethnic labelling of the non-Berber majority population) or Japan. Most reliable sources use the "ethnicity" label for miniorites, but rarely for the "Turkish Turkish" majority. It is not a coincidence that in many articles, we find CIA factbook as the only source for the ethnic composition of countries. Better sources address this complex matter in a different way. Instances of the term "ethnic Turks" in reliable sources mostly appear in the context of Turkish minorities outside of Turkey. –Austronesier (talk) 10:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Can you answer to 1 and 2 similar to Uness232? You made a revert, but you refuse to answer simple questions. "Ethnic Turk" is used in the sources I have btw. Bogazicili (talk) 10:13, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * My answers don't meet your expectations or don't come in the shape you want to have them; you should accept that. Calling this "refus[ing] to answer simple questions" is very much your perspecitve.
 * Repetition is boring and time consuming, but here we go: 1. oppose the note in "Ethnic groups" in the infobox (for reasons stated above), but weak oppose the note in "Population"; 2. oppose for reasons stated above. –Austronesier (talk) 10:33, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Great thanks. Conciseness is appreciated in talk pages Talk_page_guidelines. Bogazicili (talk) 10:42, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and created a request in Dispute resolution noticeboard. Bogazicili (talk) 10:54, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * This is a WP:1AM situation. Where I'm on this: (1) I'm now opposed to your footnote. Apart from anything else it's too reliant on WP:PRIMARY. I have a counter-proposal as a footnote, which is as follows: Turkish law does not recognise minority ethnicities. All Turkish citizens are deemed to have the legal status of "Turk", which is not considered to indicate membership of an ethnic grouping This would be cited to (2) I'm opposed to add the word "ethnic" being add to each of the groupings. It's unnecessary and redundant as the heading of the parameter is "Ethnic groups". DeCausa (talk) 11:01, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @DeCausa: anticipating a "friendly" reminder by @Bogazicili: what's your take on the note in "Population"? Oh, and I have rejected to continue at DRN, 1) because it's 1AM situation, and 2) because I don't see that the current handling of DRNs is done in an acceptable way. I haven't seen a place in WP where editors are treated more condescendingly. –Austronesier (talk) 11:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Here's a secondary source:


 * Heper, M. (2007). The State and Kurds in Turkey. p. 91


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"On the other hand, the 1924 Constitution took the Turkish nation as an entity made up of all disparate elements, that is, both ethnic Turks and nonethnic Turks as well as both Muslim Turks and non-Muslim Turks. Initially, some deputies met with consternation the Article 88, which read, ‘The people of Turkey, regardless of their religion and race, are Turks’. One such deputy, Celal Nuri from Gelibolu, expressed his concerns as follows: ‘We formerly used the adjective “Ottoman”, and this applied to all the people.. Now we are deleting it. … All the people of Turkey are not Turkish and Muslim. What shall we call these? If we do use the adjective “Turkish” not in respect to them, how else can we refer to them?’ As a response to this query, it was suggested that from the point of view of citizenship, all of the people were going to be considered as Turks. This formulation was adopted, and the draft Article 88 was amended to read, ‘The people of Turkey, regardless of religion and race, are Turks as regards citizenship’.46 The makers of the 1961 and 1982 Constitutions, too, adopted this formulation."
 * }
 * Bogazicili (talk) 11:11, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That's a non-sequitur. I've already given you the secondary source I'm proposing to be used and the text that should go with it. Can you address that first please. DeCausa (talk) 11:14, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Your text is incorrect. There are official minorities recognized. Bogazicili (talk) 11:25, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If that were the case (in the context of ethnic groups), then there would be no need for a footnote at all. DeCausa (talk) 11:30, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The footnote and qualifiers is there because you were against adding nationality field like in Spain or France.
 * Recognized minorities are already in the article and seems well sourced: "According to the Constitutional Court, there are only four officially recognized minorities in Turkey: the three "non-Muslim" minorities recognized in the Treaty of Lausanne (Armenians, Greeks, and Jews) and the Bulgarians," Bogazicili (talk) 11:34, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Your statement that the "footnote and qualifiers is there because you were against adding nationality field" is patently untrue. You were pushing both well before you raised or even became aware of the nationality parameter. The Lausanne minorities are a complicated issue - the recognition is arguably about religion etc. But see my broader response below. DeCausa (talk) 21:07, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I support DeCausa's note. It covers the citizenship aspect, but its focus is explicitly on ethnicity and the way it is official handled in Turkey. –Austronesier (talk) 11:21, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm withdrawing my footnote proposal. On reflection, the Turkish state's attitude to the recognition of ethnic minorities is far too complicated to cover in a footnote. See for example Prof Arndt Künnecke's paper here on the complexities of the issue. That was 2013, and it's got even more idiosyncratic since then with some of the developments on the attitude to the Kurds. It needs an article to cover it not a footnote - and our Minorities in Turkey does a poor job of it as far as I can see. The Infobox needs to stick to simple positions. The RS given a consistent view of the ethnic groups of Turkey which is what we have in the Infobox. The twists and turns of the Turkish legal and governmental position is too idiosyncratic and too much of an outlier to attempt to address in the Infobox. DeCausa (talk) 21:07, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, complexity is a good reason for treating things not as infobox matter. Lack of robustness of data is another one. How consistient really are RS about figures for ethnic minorites? The only consistency I can find is that all good sources agree that most ethnic figures are based on "intuitive guesses" (per Kirisci & Winrow (2013), The Kurdish Question and Turkey: An Example of a Trans-state Ethnic Conflict). However, the entry for Kurds (19%) based on CIA factbook feigns a precision that is in sharp constrast to what reliable scholarly sources say. I don't want to remove the ethnic composition from the infobox, but this is actually a clear case of bcn. –Austronesier (talk) 21:38, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It seems like a reasonable number but I doubt they have that precision. Even some publicly available data is incorrect in the The World Factbook by the way, such as fertility rate. Bogazicili (talk) 19:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC) Bump Bogazicili (talk) 14:56, 10 May 2024 (UTC) Bump Bogazicili (talk) 12:37, 19 June 2024 (UTC) Bump Bogazicili (talk) 12:10, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Culture section needs a re-write
It's a mess. I'll return to it later. There might be lump edits, rather than the incremental ones I've been doing. The article is also still too long. I'll probably condense and merge "Visual arts" and "Literature and theatre" sections into an Arts section. Bogazicili (talk) 15:39, 22 May 2024 (UTC) Bump Bogazicili (talk) 12:13, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Classical antiquity
and, this article is part of Wikipedia Core Contest. Would you mind discussing your edits here so the article doesn't get locked?

First of all, there are waves of Greek settlement: 3 or 4 settlements before 1200 BC, around 1000 BC, and in 750–480 BC. With the way you are adding your sentences, it is not inline with the chronology. Also the paragraph is 157 words now. Bogazicili (talk) 18:11, 26 May 2024 (UTC)


 * This sentence is unnecessarily long: These eastern Greek settlements played a vital role in shaping the Archaic Greek civilization; important cities included Miletus, Ephesus, Smyrna (now İzmir) and Byzantium (now Istanbul), the latter founded by Greek colonists from Megara in the seventh century BCE. Why repeat Greek settlements and Greek colonists? Megara is also mentioned in the paragraph. Bogazicili (talk) 18:13, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * "important" in "important cities" is unnecessary per MOS:PEACOCK Bogazicili (talk) 18:17, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Miletus is also repeated twice, why? Before 1200 BC, there were four Greek-speaking settlements in Anatolia, including Miletus. Around 1000 BC, Greeks started migrating to the west coast of Anatolia. These eastern Greek settlements played a vital role in shaping the Archaic Greek civilization; important cities included Miletus... Bogazicili (talk) 18:29, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * WP:FIXIT. And I hit the road until the contest is over. –Austronesier (talk) 18:35, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * All of this is fixable. The sentences Before 1200 BC, there were four Greek-speaking settlements in Anatolia, including Miletus., Greeks colonists mixed with native Anatolians... and Influence of Greek communities were mostly limited to western coast of Anatolia... are all non-essential and can easily be removed. The last is not even strictly true, since a large number of colonies were founded by Miletus on the Black Sea coast and by several other city states on the southern coast well before Alexander. For the purposes of the history of Turkey, the main points are that a) There were several waves of Greek settlement, first by the Myceneans, then the main wave in 1000 BC following the Mycenean collapse, and then the 750-480 BC wave, that b) Numerous important cities were founded by these colonies, especially Smyrna/Izmir and Byzantium/Istanbul, and c) Miletus played an outsize role in philosophy, d) the two wonders of the world. I will draft something in the talkpage shortly. Khirurg (talk) 23:27, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Beginning in the Mycenean period, there were several waves of Greek settlement on the coast of Anatolia, with a major wave around 1000 BC. The settled regions were named Aeolis, Ionia, and Doris, after the specific Greek groups that settled them. Numerous important cities were founded by these colonists, such as Miletus, Ephesus, Halicarnassus, Smyrna (now İzmir) and Byzantium (now Istanbul), the latter founded by Greek colonists from Megara in c. 667 BC. Some of these cities, in particular Miletus, went on to found numerous colonies of their own on the coasts of the Black Sea starting 750 BC. Miletus was also home to the Ionian school of philosophy, and many of the most prominent pre-Socratic philosophers lived in Miletus. Two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, were located in these cities. Khirurg (talk) 23:34, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Proposal


 * That is OR, so wouldn't work. Bogazicili (talk) 03:17, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Which part is OR? Khirurg (talk) 03:53, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It doesn't begin in Mycenean period and there was no "major wave" around 1000 BC. The balance in the rest is also off.
 * We can simply switch to The History of Turkey by Douglas Howard, and just condense the first paragraph to what is covered in that source. We'd also reduce the length of the article. I had used Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia only because there was additional information there before I edited. Bogazicili (talk) 04:06, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Actually if this issue is that confusing, we should definitely make this clear. p. 369
 * So we have 3 or 4 (Encyclopedia Britannica source) Mycenean era settlements in Anatolia. Bogazicili (talk) 06:07, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment It seems like the above proposed wording is based on this quote from the Britannica source:, which is followed by (referring to the Dark Ages 1200-1000 BC) . Piccco (talk) 11:19, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Correct, thank you Piccco for pointing that out. While the Mycenean settlement is definitely limited compared to subsequent waves, it is well documented. Khirurg (talk) 15:46, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Britannica is a tertiary source. WP:RS: Wikipedia articles should be based mainly on reliable secondary sources, i.e., a document or recording that relates to or discusses information originally presented elsewhere.
 * Encyclopedia Britannica also says this: Before the Greek migrations that followed the end of the Bronze Age (c. 1200 BCE), probably the only Greek-speaking communities on the west coast of Anatolia were Mycenaean settlements at Iasus and Müskebi on the Halicarnassus peninsula and walled Mycenaean colonies at Miletus and Colophon.
 * This is already in this article. More sources:
 * In the river valleys of the Aegean shores, Greek migrations had begun around 1000 BCE. At first, these settlements were poor agricultural villages with singleroom, mud-brick houses. By the seventh century, these eastern Greek settlements grew more prosperous, expanding northward along the coast, and took the lead in building a powerful Greek civilization in the Aegean. p. 27 (Author: https://calvin.edu/directory/people/douglas-howard)
 * The above quote from Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia is also clear.
 * As such, the wording proposed above is OR. Given this issue seems to confuse even experienced editors, it should be mentioned clearly. There were only 3 or 4 Mycenaean settlements. And that is what this article should say. Bogazicili (talk) 18:13, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Unless there is a source that contradicts above of course. and, if you have sources that contradict above, can you please provide them with page numbers and quotes? Bogazicili (talk) 19:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Even if we agree that there were only 4 settlements, those still count and indicate Mycenan presence in Anatolia. So it is correct to state that Beginning in the Mycenean period... Unless of course you are trying to argue that the presence of Mycenean settlements in Anatolia contradicts Mycenean presence in Anatolia. The other source you are quoting is a generalist history of modern Turkey, not a source that focuses on Anatolia. It is better to use academic sources that specialize on Anatolia, e.g. the Oxford Handbook of Anatolia, p. 753 By 900 b.c.e., Greek settlements stretched from the entrances of the Hellespont to the peninsula of Knidos. Aeolian speakers possessed the shores of the Troad, Aeolis, and the island of Lesbos. Many of the communities of the southern Troad or Aeolis were dependent territories ( peraea ) of either Mytilene or Methymna on the island of Lesbos. Ionians settled thickly on the shores from Phocaea to Miletos and on the two great islands Chios and Samos; Dorians settled the shores between the two southern peninsulae of Halicarnassus and Knidos, and the islands of Kos and Rhodes.. But in any case it doesn't contradict the fact that there was a major migration of Greeks to Anatolia around 1000 BC, something which is well documented. Khirurg (talk) 19:23, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Why say "Beginning in the Mycenean period", when you can say there were 3 or 4 settlements before 1200? It seems unnecessarily misleading. And the point seems to confuse even experienced editors like yourself.
 * Also given what Howard says above, it would not be in line with WP:NPOV
 * For the "major wave", we've been over that already . If the source says It is impossible to estimate the scale of Greek migrations after the collapse of the Mycenaean kingdoms (and that is from Oxford Handbook of Anatolia you recommended above), you can't add "large scale" or "major wave". Do you have any source for the "major wave" part? Can you please provide it with page number and quote? Bogazicili (talk) 19:33, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Here's the full quote pp. 752-753: Bogazicili (talk) 19:48, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Here's another 2020 source in :

Again, 12th century BC and diverse population are noted above. This is in line with what we have in this article. Bogazicili (talk) 20:30, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Arbitrary break
Proposal by Khirurg copied from above: Beginning in the Mycenean period, there were several waves of Greek settlement on the coast of Anatolia, with a major wave around 1000 BC. The settled regions were named Aeolis, Ionia, and Doris, after the specific Greek groups that settled them. Numerous important cities were founded by these colonists, such as Miletus, Ephesus, Halicarnassus, Smyrna (now İzmir) and Byzantium (now Istanbul), the latter founded by Greek colonists from Megara in c. 667 BC. Some of these cities, in particular Miletus, went on to found numerous colonies of their own on the coasts of the Black Sea starting 750 BC. Miletus was also home to the Ionian school of philosophy, and many of the most prominent pre-Socratic philosophers lived in Miletus. Two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, were located in these cities.

Proposal by Bogazicili:


 * Bogazicili, thank you for responding. Before I begin, I wanted to clarify that I quoted from the Britannica source because you had previously used it in the article yourself. I also wanted to say that reading the above discussion I have the impression that there isn't really a significant disagreement between us three. With good-faith I don't think it'll be hard to iron this out.
 * For example, what Khirurg proposed isn't really contradicted by the information that you presented: it is true that there is Mycenean presence in the coast of Anatolia which occurs in the late Bronze Age.  It is also true, as you said, that these settlements are not yet as many and are restricted in the west coast.  Yet, this presence is already notable enough to be documented in many Hittite records (sf. Involvement in Anatolia). The following quotes seem to summarize and confirm the previous statements p.194  ; p.192
 * So there's no contradiction or OR in saying that the earliest presence/waves etc. begin in the Mycenean period or something similar. Tbh, I don't really have strong opinions about the exact wordings, as long as the fact itself is mentioned, but in this case I do think that attempting to number the Greek settlements (3, 4 etc.) is very close to being OR. Most sources don't even attempt to do that; instead they just broadly mention "colonies", "settlements", "communities", "footholds" etc. and just go on to name a few, mostly Miletus. I don't think it's possible for us wikipedia editors to accurately count them.
 * Now regarding the word "major" for the following migrations, Imo it is accurate, but as I said, I don't have very strong opinion about specific words. The current version doesn't mention it and it's still okay. If anything though, the subsequent Iron Age wave is definitelly "larger" than the older Bronze Age one. Piccco (talk) 00:57, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I updated my proposal (and also created a new section). It's pretty much the same with the current text. I dropped to 3 or 4 in case a source contradicts it. "Major" seems contradictory to me per above sources. We should also try to avoid MOS:PEACOCK. For your first point, the above source is very vague: Continuity of occupation from the Late Bronze Age and into the Early Iron Age is hinted....These are scarce finds, often associated with areas that experienced prolonged contact with Mycenaean Greece, perhaps suggestive of maintained and complex east–west exchanges Bogazicili (talk) 01:36, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There is too much detail that is not relevant to the history of Turkey in your proposal. I also recall you complaining that the current paragraph is too long, and yet what you are proposing is just as long. The sentences Greek colonists... and These Eastern Greek settlements should be removed for brevity. Your proposal also contradicts itself, given that it states that there were Greek settlements before 1200 BC and then that "Greeks started migrating around 1000 BC". If they only started migrating around 1000 Bc, how did those settlements from before 1000 BC come about? Lastly, how is the influence of Greek communities limited to western Anatolia if multiple colonies were established in the northern and southern coasts as well? You proposal is not much of a proposal, it's just basically identical to what is in the article already. See below for a counter-proposal. Khirurg (talk) 14:22, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * My own version was quite concise before additions. Lastly, how is the influence of Greek communities limited to western Anatolia if multiple colonies were established in the northern and southern coasts as wel: They must have small towns compared to the population in other areas? Source says "largely (although not exclusively) limited" and text says "mostly limited". The explanation for pre-1200 BC is in the above source. Agreed about "These Eastern Greek settlements". We also don't need "after the specific Greek groups that settled them" due to previous sentence. Updated proposal 14:50, 28 May 2024 (UTC) Bogazicili (talk) 14:50, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Your version is factually incorrect. The large number of colonies established on the Black Sea coast clearly contradicts the assertion that Greek influence was restricted to the west coast. Virtually all major Turkish cities on the Black Sea coast started as Greek colonies: Trabzon, Samsun, Sinop, to name just a few. The wording after the specific Greek groups that settled them is necessary as an explanation to readers, otherwise the sentence makes no sense. Readers will be left to wonder why these regions were names as such. Khirurg (talk) 15:40, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That's from the Oxford Handbook of Anatolia. You yourself said above: It is better to use academic sources that specialize on Anatolia, e.g. the Oxford Handbook of Anatolia? Bogazicili (talk) 16:09, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That does not answer my question. Encyclopedias are not written by finding a source that favors one's particular POV and sticking with it no matter what. Not only do you completely fail to address my point about the Black Sea colonies, but the same is true of the southern coast: Pamphylia, for example, was heavily settled by Greeks longs before Alexander. Colvin, Stephen (2013). A Brief History of Ancient Greek. John Wiley & Sons. p. 84. "Herodotus and Strabo record the story that the Pamphylians were the descendants of Greeks who arrived with the seers Calchas and Amphilochos after the Trojan War.", John D. Grainger, The cities of Pamphylia, Oxbow Books, 2009, p.5 The settlement of Greeks in Pamphylia is traditionally dated to the post Bronze-Age migrations. While it is true that Greek penetration into the interior of Anatolia was limited prior to Alexander, the same is not true of the southern and northern coasts. There were multiple Greek cities on the northern, western, and southern coasts of Anatolia long before Alexander, and the sources are all there. Khirurg (talk) 19:36, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * None of what you quoted conflicts with "mostly limited to western coast of Anatolia". Mostly doesn't mean exclusively. Bogazicili (talk) 19:54, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Of course it conflicts. I have no patience for word games ("mostly does not mean exclusively"). Multiple cities on both the northern and southern coasts. "Mostly" is doing a lot of work here, misleading our readers by presenting a "mostly" false impression of the picture at the time. Khirurg (talk) 20:01, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't think so, but we can ask in Neutral point of view/Noticeboard Bogazicili (talk) 20:12, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, we can do that. But your version contradicts even itself. If Further Greek colonization in Anatolia was led by Miletus and Megara in 750–480 BC; cities such as Byzantion were settled, where did this colonization take place? The Propontis and Black Sea Coast, i.e. not western Anatolia. When did this take place? Before Alexander. At a minimum, the article should not contradict itself. Khirurg (talk) 21:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

'''Several Greek settlements existed in western Anatolia before 1200 BC, leading to interactions between Mycenaean Greeks and Anatolian peoples. Around 1000 BC, more Greeks migrated to the west coast of Anatolia. The settled regions were named Aeolis, Ionia, and Doris, after the specific Greek groups that settled them. Numerous important cities were founded by these colonists, such as Miletus, Ephesus, Halicarnassus, Smyrna (now İzmir) and Byzantium (now Istanbul), the latter founded by Greek colonists from Megara in c. 667 BC. Some of these cities, in particular Miletus, went on to found numerous colonies of their own on the coasts of the Black Sea coast of Anatolia starting around 750 BC. Miletus was also home to the Ionian school of philosophy, and many of the most prominent pre-Socratic philosophers lived there. Two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, were located in these cities.'''
 * New proposal

This factual, concise, on topic, NPOV, and grammatically correct. As you can see I have adopted some of your verbiage. Khirurg (talk) 14:32, 28 May 2024 (UTC)


 * The fact that these areas are diverse are mentioned several times in Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia:
 * Bogazicili (talk) 14:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built under Persian rule, that's why that whole part is in the end of section. Bogazicili (talk) 15:00, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * So what? What does that have to do with the history of Turkey? Virtually all your edits and proposals are intended to minimize and dilute anything related to Greek settlement in Anatolia. Halicarnassus was a Greek city and the architects who designed it and built it were Greek, not Persian. The temple of Artemis was built long before Persian rule. Khirurg (talk) 15:35, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * My intention wasn't "to minimize and dilute". I'm going by the sources. Why do you want to ignore the diversity in Western Anatolia? Bogazicili (talk) 16:04, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I will comment based on the two new proposals I've read:
 * The first sentence seems okay in both versions, Khirurg seems to also include the Mycenean-Anatolian peoples interraction; information which I believe Bogazicili wanted somewhere in the paragraph. I can see this fitting here, given the well-documented and extensive Mycenean-Hittite/Anatolian interactions. Indeed, "started" appears a bit contradictory, so a wording that doesn't contradict the previous sentence (or even simply "Around 1000 BC Greeks migrated...") might be better.
 * I won't lie, a big sentence being about the "mix" of the imigrants who settle with the locals seems a bit weird to me; When talking about the movements of ancient populations, a degree of "mixing" (as in blood-mixing e.g. by intermarriages) is a natural process; I'm not sure why this is notable enough and what exactly it adds specifically here, and not in any other paragraph and other populations. A word like "intermingled" or "interacted" might be better too.
 * Perhaps the significance of the concept of the polis might be worth the mention? Btw, Bogazicili, I wouldn't say that the diversity of Anatolia is ignored in this article at all, as all the paragraphs that precede this one discuss exclusively the various Anatolian peoples. Only this paragraph seems to focus more on the ancient Greek component and influence in the region.
 * Regarding the "prior to Alexander" sentence, I kind of understand both sides: the "mostly limited" is in line with the given source, yet it appears as if it ignores the important colonies on the northern and southern Anatolian coast. Lastly, perhaps mentioning the school of philosophy, as Khirurg did, and a few notable examples, as Bogazicili did, might be better? I don't have a very strong opinion about the two wonders of the world; they fit in both places. Piccco (talk) 18:42, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * 3) This article is about Turkey. Carians were a population in Turkey. They were entirely in modern-day Turkey. So the fact that Greeks mixed with them is relevant. It's mentioned both in Oxford Handbook of Anatolia and A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World. My original wording was this: Greeks mixed with native Anatolians and city-states developed. This is concise, accurate and on-topic. I don't know why this information is trying to be supressed. Borrowing the term used above, are you trying to portray Greek settlements in Anatolia as "undiluted"? And similar information is actually already in other paragraphs.
 * 4) It's what the source says. Our job is to follow sources, not to critique them. You are free to email the authors of the book and ask them. Bogazicili (talk) 18:55, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I updated my proposal above. Bogazicili (talk) 18:58, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Your updated proposal is worse than before. Regarding the sentence Greeks mixed with native Anatolians... you even removed the part but maintained ties with their kin in mainland Greece and differentiated themselves from Anatolians, whom they regarded as barbarians, through the concept of the polis., even though is in the source. Quoting sources selectively is intellectually dishonest. Important cities such as Miletus, Ephesus, Smyrna and Halicarnassus should be mentioned. And the link between Smyrna and Izmir and Byzantion and Istanbul should be stated explicitly, not hidden from readers. The factually incorrect and contradictory sentence about Greek influence being limited to the west coast until the arrival of Alexander (despite the presence of multiple Greek cities on the northern and southern coast) needs to go as well. The sentence Thales and Anaximander from Miletus are also thought of first Western philosophers. is grammatically awful and non-sequitur, and my sentence about the pre-Socratics is broader in scope. Khirurg (talk) 19:43, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, the interaction between Greeks and Anatolians should be mentioned in the first sentence as in my proposal, there is no need to repeat it again with a new sentence about Greeks mixed with Anatolians.... Khirurg (talk) 19:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's selective or intellectually dishonest. I had reverted to my original wording, since you also mostly reverted to your initial suggestion. Interaction may mean trade relationship, whereas Oxford Handbook of Anatolia specifically mentions "ethnic mix". I'd be ok with "but maintained ties with their kin in mainland Greece and differentiated themselves from Anatolians, whom they regarded as barbarians, through the concept of the polis". Bogazicili (talk) 19:50, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Again with the exact wording of the Oxford Handbook. WP:CLOP. You also did not address any of my other points. Khirurg (talk) 20:02, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * No, it doesn't have the exact wording. You are welcome to give the page numbers and quotes above in Copyright problems and ask if the current text is Close paraphrasing. Bogazicili (talk) 20:11, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Not only that, but "mixed" has a very narrow meaning, whereas "interacted" or "intermingled" as suggested by Picco has a broader, more inclusive meaning, and includes other types of interactions, such as trade, cultural exchanges, etc. Khirurg (talk) 21:47, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I still don't know how to feel about the the "mixing" part. Did the rest of the various and distinct Anatolian peoples not mix with each other? Why don't we mention this? Is this a unique incidence in history? Is there any particular reason why information about "mixing" is exceptionally notable in this specific pararaph but not in any other? This information appears to be WP:UNDUE and insisting on "ethnic mix" in particular is very close to being interpreted as POV. The 'renewed' (older) version is, in fact, not an improvement, because it was simply misleading. The source says that city states distinguished Greeks from the Anatolian people, they didn't appear as a result of their "mixing".
 * If we really are to keep this sentence though (part of which could actually be notable, like the city-states), an alternative NPOV wording like 'interacted' or 'intermingled' would be needed.
 * It is a fact that many colonies existed outside of the western coast (northern and southern coast). If we are to say that they were "mostly limited" in the west coast, then the former might also need to be mentioned somehow?
 * note I want to focus only on these two at the moment, because they seem to be most important issues. I think that if a consensus is reached on these two, the rest (e.g. the exact wording about the philosophers) will be much easier to agree on.
 * The most important colonies, e.g. Ephesus, Smyrna etc., of course, deserve to be mentioned. Piccco (talk) 23:06, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Excellent point about the "mixing" Picco. It seems some "mixings" are of particular interest to some people and need to be highlighted, while others...less so. I am now firmly against this "mixing" wording on the grounds of WP:UNDUE and WP:POV. Khirurg (talk) 00:27, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Now that I've looked into it more (and will continue), the sentence about Influence of Greek communities were mostly limited to western coast of Anatolia until the time of Alexander the Great. also cannot stand for the same reasons. From the Oxford Handbook of Anatolia, p. 29 The Midas of Herodotus’s narrative is the first non-Greek to dedicate offerings at Delphi (1.14),indicating how far Greek influence had penetrated into the interior of Anatolia by the early seventh century b.c.e.. This directly contradicts the narrative of Greek influence being limited to the west coast. The sentence is also undue and POV, in that again only the Greek colonies are singled out for "limited" influence. Was Persian influence limited? Was Roman influence limited? Why is it always the same culture that is "mixed" and "limited", but none of the others? It would be helpful if people actually read the source the used instead of cherry-picking those pieces that fit their POV narrative. Khirurg (talk) 01:11, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Excellent point about the "mixing" Picco. It seems some "mixings" are of particular interest to some people and need to be highlighted, while others...less so. I am now firmly against this "mixing" wording on the grounds of WP:UNDUE and WP:POV. Khirurg (talk) 00:27, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Now that I've looked into it more (and will continue), the sentence about Influence of Greek communities were mostly limited to western coast of Anatolia until the time of Alexander the Great. also cannot stand for the same reasons. From the Oxford Handbook of Anatolia, p. 29 The Midas of Herodotus’s narrative is the first non-Greek to dedicate offerings at Delphi (1.14),indicating how far Greek influence had penetrated into the interior of Anatolia by the early seventh century b.c.e.. This directly contradicts the narrative of Greek influence being limited to the west coast. The sentence is also undue and POV, in that again only the Greek colonies are singled out for "limited" influence. Was Persian influence limited? Was Roman influence limited? Why is it always the same culture that is "mixed" and "limited", but none of the others? It would be helpful if people actually read the source the used instead of cherry-picking those pieces that fit their POV narrative. Khirurg (talk) 01:11, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Influence in that offerings in Delphi is different than Greek language and settlements reaching the interior. I was referring to Hellenization. See below.

As for mixings, see the article: For Romans and Persians: I hadn't done the Roman part yet. I wrote the Persian part from Howard 2016, which is more concise. I offered same option about this paragraph ("We can simply switch to The History of Turkey by Douglas Howard, and just condense the first paragraph to what is covered in that source"), you refused. Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans etc also have maps which show maximum extent.
 * They mixed with Iranic-speaking groups in the area and converted to Islam
 * Turkification continued as Ottomans mixed with various indigenous people in Anatolia and the Balkans
 * there were Turkic/Turkish migrations, intermarriages, and conversions into Islam

As such, all implications above are baseless. See: Casting aspersions This article is subject to 3 Contentious topics Bogazicili (talk) 22:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC)


 * With behavior like this, it is impossible to reach an understanding. The text you have been edit-warring to insert was Influence of Greek communities were mostly limited to western coast of Anatolia Remember? Now that I am showing you a source (your own source) that shows Greek influence clearly penetrated to the interior, you are changing it to be about: Greek language and settlements reaching the interior. That's called shifting of the goalposts and is highly dishonest. As for the "mixing", the source only refers to the Ionians, nothing about the Aeolians and Dorians. So you can't use it to apply to the Greeks as a whole. Khirurg (talk) 02:17, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Arbitrary break 2
, I'm honestly very surprised this ethnic mix issue has become so major. It's part of human history and happens now. There is nothing wrong with interethnic relationships.

However, if it's such a taboo, we can drop it. I don't care if Greeks mixed or not. I just thought it was a concise way to refer to diversity in the area in that time period. ("Greeks mixed with native Anatolians" is only 5 words.) Unless you noticed, I'm paying close attention to the word count. We can have a longer sentence about other people in the area. (see below: "Anatolian populations of Phrygia, Lydia, Lycia, and Caria")

For influence, see sources below. We can have a sentence such as "In addition to settlements such as ... [1 or 2 examples in Med or Black sea?], influence of Greek communities were mostly limited to western coast of Anatolia until the time of Alexander the Great"

Chapter 11 Anatolia chapter summary, page 221:

Influence: p 500

pp 778–779

For other issues, I'll respond later. I might take a wiki break. Bogazicili (talk) 22:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC)


 * No one is arguing that there were Greek cities in the Anatolian interior prior to Alexander, and nothing in the article even implies that. The insistence on the need to explicitly state this is bizarre and I do not agree with it. You keep repeating throughout the article that Greek influence was limited in the interior, even into the Byzantine period. For someone so concerned on brevity, this is odd. Khirurg (talk) 02:25, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello Bogacizili. Regarding the mixings, as I mentioned, this was mostly a matter of undue weight, among others, but as you said, we can drop this, so there's no need to go deeper now. Reading this paragraph after a few days, I think it might be okay, given that it tries to summarize a long period from the Late Bronze Age to the middle of the 1st millenium BC. It seems to be condensed, including the most notable events/facts without much digressing. Piccco (talk) 22:25, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Bump Bogazicili (talk) 12:11, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

The name--saw something yesterday
OK, to be perfectly clear, I am NOT looking to reopen the controversy about renaming this article. In fact, I have zero opinion on the matter.

But I saw something, yesterday.

I went onto an official U.S. Government website having to do with international travel. In doing my business there, I had to list countries visited. There was a dropdown, but of course, it was very long. But there was the facility to start typing the name of a country into a space, and countries would start appearing. I tried typing "Turkey," and it had no listing for that. So I just went to the T's and looked.

And in the list, it was shown as "Türkiye." Uporządnicki (talk) 14:16, 10 June 2024 (UTC)


 * "official U.S. Government" is not the same as "a significant majority of independent, reliable, English-language sources". --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 14:31, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes the official name Republic of Türkiye is already on the lead as used by the UN/UK/US, but Turkey remains the common usage. See WP:COMMONNAME. Beshogur (talk) 16:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * User:Khajidha Agreed Uporządnicki (talk) 23:34, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * User:Beshogur Agreed Uporządnicki (talk) 23:34, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Fox Sports is now using the name Türkiye for their Euro 2024 coverage. One of the biggest media platforms which displays foreign country names. They also tend to "Americanize" soccer coverage in the USA, so them using Türkiye I think brings it a step closer to being common usage. SamLongboard (talk) 20:06, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * You said you weren't posting here for the purpose of influencing the title of the article; you didn't say anything about the state of the article; yet this talk page is for use only for discussing such things. I'm afraid your post is off-topic. Largoplazo (talk) 23:32, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Review of images in the article
We have too many Istanbul images. Per MOS:Images, we need to have a variety of images. Bogazicili (talk) 15:35, 11 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Given lack of responses recently, I'll make further changes directly in the main page. We can switch to talk page again if there is an issue. Bogazicili (talk) 22:58, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Media and cinema
I think the current 3 (Fatma Girik, Filiz Akın and Hülya Koçyiğit) best represent Turkish cinema. Any other suggestions? Bogazicili (talk) 15:41, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Maybe some contemporary figure like Cem Yılmaz. Beshogur (talk) 19:36, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Cüneyt Arkın and Cem Yılmaz. Lionel Cristiano? 02:54, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Where are the images? You will need to give links to Wikimedia Commons images. There is no image in Cüneyt Arkın and we have this for Cem Yılmaz with the letters under the image.
 * But if you want someone contemporary, we can have Beren Saat and Nuri Bilge Ceylan  in addition to Türkan Şoray. So we would have representation for cinema, TV, and a director. Bogazicili (talk) 12:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Lionel Cristiano? 11:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It doesn't have acceptable Creative Commons licence. Bogazicili (talk) 20:00, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Changes have been made. Bogazicili (talk) 12:11, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Music and dance
Based on this, we should have Ezhel. As a second image, maybe we can get İbrahim Tatlıses (based on, although most sold albums statistic is from 2017) or maybe Sezen Aksu Bogazicili (talk) 13:01, 19 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Actually, Ezel doesn't seem to live in Turkey anymore. I'll make another suggestion after I'm done re-writing this section. I'm leaning towards Sezen Aksu and İbrahim Tatlıses. Bogazicili (talk) 12:12, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Geography
In this image, it's not apparent that there's an earthquake risk in the Aegean area. This image is more relevant to the text. Bogazicili (talk) 15:41, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This picture only shows the earthquakes that occurred in Turkey between 1900-2023. This picture is more descriptive as it shows the earthquake fault line. Lionel Cristiano? 17:38, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This one doesn't show Aegean region can have earthquakes. If you want, you can request  and  to be merged in Graphics Lab Bogazicili (talk) 12:45, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * , going forward, can you not change any images without discussing here first? Bogazicili (talk) 11:49, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I forgot to write, thanks. Lionel Cristiano? 11:53, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * , why do you keep removing this picture ?? Bogazicili (talk) 12:40, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * There is nothing but dots on the map, the other map is more detailed. Lionel Cristiano? 13:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This one doesn't show Aegean region can have earthquakes. It is now shown on the new map. Lionel Cristiano? 13:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The one you are adding has crappy quality, doesn't even show eastern Turkey, and doesn't show all the fault lines in Turkey Bogazicili (talk) 13:36, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This is the map of all fault lines in Turkey  Bogazicili (talk) 13:38, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Please gain consensus for this change on the talk page Was there consensus before making this change? Can you explain? Lionel Cristiano? 13:44, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Because I can't see the discussion. Lionel Cristiano? 13:50, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That is why I started this discussion in the talk page. This is the discussion. Bogazicili (talk) 13:51, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * But when you added that map, there was no consensus. Lionel Cristiano? 19:45, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, I changed several images. And you also changed several images, such as images of İstanbul, architecture, schools etc. I did not revert all of them. But this doesn't work anymore. All future changes should be discussed here first. Bogazicili (talk) 19:55, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok. Lionel Cristiano? 19:57, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This map is better than the other one. Lionel Cristiano? 19:45, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Not sure why you are so against dot maps. These are used often, such as in Earthquake . But if you are insisting on a line map, this looks low quality and is old (from 2003). There has been lots of research since then, and it doesn't show all the fault lines.
 * If you are insisting on fault lines, we should use this . It's much newer and higher in quality. Bogazicili (talk) 19:59, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * tamam reis, bu harita efso. Lionel Cristiano? 20:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Great, I made the change Bogazicili (talk) 21:19, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Religion and Architecture
They are all İstanbul images.
 * For religion, I suggest: Çamlıca Mosque (cropped version of this image ) and Mor Gabriel Monastery . Çamlıca Mosque was designed by two female architects, whereas only interior design of Şakirin Mosque seems to have been done by a woman. Mor Gabriel Monastery is not in İstanbul.


 * For architecture, I suggest: Selimiye Mosque, Edirne, and . These are from different architectural styles and different cities. Selimiye Mosque is not in İstanbul. We can then have a third image not in İstanbul. It could be a modern building such as or something such as this  Bogazicili (talk) 12:31, 3 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm leaning towards traditional houses as the third image, since skyscrapers are too generic and can be found everywhere in the world. Bogazicili (talk) 12:44, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Changes have been made. I have used Mor Hananyo Monastery instead of Mor Gabriel Monastery. Bogazicili (talk) 22:44, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 June 2024
At the very end of the 'name' section it says that the UN agreed to use Türkiye instead of Turkey and still the name of the article is Turkey and not Türkiye. Please change this. 178.200.236.26 (talk) 10:19, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: See the FAQ on top of this page.   [[User:CanonNi ]]  (talk • contribs) 11:58, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 June 2024
It's important to know that Turks are not the native people of the land. The land was native to many such as the Greeks,Armenians, Assyrians and Kurds 69.156.126.160 (talk) 03:19, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.   [[User:CanonNi ]]  (talk • contribs) 03:30, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Türkiye had change the name?
Long time ago Türkiye changed its own name with the original name. All around the world, formal government bodies recongnised and changed it, except you. When do you think to change that wrong name with the correct one as Türkiye? Thank you very much. I look forward to hearing from you soon. 82.34.156.105 (talk) 13:49, 26 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Please see the numerous previous discussions on this subject and the applicable guidelines at WP:COMMONNAME. Largoplazo (talk) 13:51, 26 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Hey!! Did anybody reading this know that Wikipedia is a formal government body? Uporządnicki (talk) 16:28, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 2 July 2024
GDP per capita says "71th" Should say 71st 73.218.200.207 (talk) 15:42, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done by . Favonian (talk) 15:58, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 July 2024
The title is Turkey but according to law Turkey’s name has change to Türkiye now please change the title so the mistakes and misinformation can be prevented Curious2023 (talk) 19:44, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Please read the FAQ at the top of this page  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 19:47, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 July 2024
Change Turkey to Türkiye 68.131.29.89 (talk) 19:36, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this has been discussed multiple times. See the header at the top with "This article has previously been nominated to be moved" for prior discussions, and consider if new information has been published that would change the conclusion. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 19:48, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

genocide was against Turks
Must correct that they were genociding Turks. Turks defended themselves. 72.66.6.17 (talk) 03:31, 8 July 2024 (UTC)