• Jumi@lemmy.world
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    The Turks did more for Germany than any US-American so good choice

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        I would be surprised if they didn’t already done that, seeing how prolific is their movie production series

        (Since a couple years TV channels in my European country are broadcasting dozens and dozens Turkish tv series dubbed in local language, and my country has no ties with Turkey, only 0.3% of the immigrants are Turkish)

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      Turkiye also has a large military industry looking to sell to the EU, a large military, and wants control over the black sea (which involves weakening Russia), and wants to be as friendly to the EU as possible to eventually get that coveted EU membership.

      Yeah, an opportunistic authoritarian, but a useful one in this dire emergency.

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        So you’re fine when authoritarianism benefits you ?? I am learning more & more

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          Yes, we do, as does anyone who lives in the real world.

          I would like to see everyone stop eating anything Italian just because we have a literal fascist running the government.

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      Virtually no one here likes Erdogan whatsoever, but our interests in relation to Ukraine and weakening USA/Russia aligns in this particular case. Turkey is a large country that actually borders the EU and has the largest non-European diaspora living here; keeping somwhat cood relations makes sense, even if I’d never want to see them join the Union and know we can never fully trust them.

      As we lost our biggest ally, trading with another large country with a significant military makes perfect sense. Besides, Turkish food is actually great, especially compared to murican trash

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      1. He is a million times better than Trump and has far far less blood on his hands than either Trump or Biden
      2. Turkiye isn’t engaging in economic warfare against Europe
      3. Turkiye welcomed Syrian and Ukrainian refugees escaping the wars
      4. Turkiye supports Ukraine in various ways such as drones

      Turkiye is a Muslim country as well as a European country, so it is in an odd place to be but also bridges both worlds.

      Edit: I know about the Kurds, I am from the Middle East. Turkiye had a history of racist nationalism that Erdogan actually campaigns against. Turkiye and Erdogan are not angels or innocent but are a far lesser evil than many others.

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        ITT: people ignoring the genocides they’ve committed, while pointing out other’s

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        I’m sorry but all the campaigning in the world doesn’t matter when he can’t stop the oppression of Kurds as the leader of his country.

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        He literally blocks all new NATO membership and you claim he has no blood on his hands?

        Edit: and I assume he has finally taken action towards earthquake building safety? Or is that still just god’s will?

        Edit2: funny that you have time to talk to me about cookie flavors but pretend these questions don’t exist

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        You didn’t mention the Kurds. Turkey’s action towards Kurds is one of the main reasons to dislike Turkey.

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          It’s not making headlines but Kurds and Turkiye stroke the biggest peace deal over the last month. PKK agreed to dissolve itself.

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            I’ve seen a headline about this but then again we seem to be living in a very busy time for the headlines industry

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        also, turkiye seems to be on the verge of working things out with ocalan and the kurds, which is impressive

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        maybe even certainly healthier.

        Fixed that for you. Anything is healthier than American “food”. Even British foods, possibly.

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          As an American, British food is healthier, yes. Most of the time I’m eating import food because of how gross American products are.

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        It’s hard to make out but this all looks like (very dry) buiscuits. If they’re really Turkish I can’t recommend them (at least not without chai and you want sugar with that, so not really very healthy).

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    as a trump-hating american i am just kinda happy that turkiye gets to be fully counted as european now

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    11 hours ago

    Ha yeah ‘American food’ - like who needs marshmallows and Pop Tarts anyway?

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      The marshmallows are there for the same reason as canned pumpkin and cranberry sauce: 🦃 Thanksgiving. There’s no excuse for Poptarts.

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          They go on top of the sweet potatoes/yams.

          1.Roast or boil your yams/sweet potatoes until soft. If you buy canned, they’ll already be very sweet, so taste before you add anything.

          2.Discard the skins, and chop/mash the insides with butter, salt, pepper, brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange juice or milk (not both!) until you like the texture and taste.

          3.Spread the mixture in a flattish oven-safe serving dish and arrange marshmallows on top. It can now go into the fridge until the turkey is out of the oven.

          4.Before serving, put into a hot oven until they’re hot and the marshmallows are puffed and toasted.

          You CAN obviously make them without the marshmallows, but then it’s just a vegetable, not a festive treat of childhood memories.