PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 days agoJohn Turkiye, founder of Turkiyeimagemessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down14
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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·2 days agoExplanation: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is widely considered the founder of modern Turkiye - certainly the founder of the Turkish Republic. “Ataturk” literally means “Father of the Turks”, though, to be fair, the name was bestowed on him AFTER he founded the republic.
minus-squareRolivers@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoOooooh. For a moment I thought it’s because he did a good job and then people said Ataturk!
minus-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoAlso, he had an entire menagerie called Abdul.
Explanation: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is widely considered the founder of modern Turkiye - certainly the founder of the Turkish Republic.
“Ataturk” literally means “Father of the Turks”, though, to be fair, the name was bestowed on him AFTER he founded the republic.
Now 'at a turk!
Oooooh. For a moment I thought it’s because he did a good job and then people said Ataturk!
Also, he had an entire menagerie called Abdul.
A rare Python reference!