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scot47



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:15 pm    Post subject: TEK DIN ! Reply with quote

OK, who can enlighten me ?

I saw this graffito on my into Sirkeci Gar the othger week

"TEK DIN
TEK BAYRAK
TEK VATAN"

"Din" and "Vatan" are the same as in Arabic (Faith and Nation), but what is ""Bayrak"

I assume this is a nationalist slogan like the ancient Bulgarian one

EDIN NAROD, EDIN EZIK, EDNA VYARA" (One people, one language, one faith)
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whynotme



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bayrak is flag


they mean one religion ( islam), one flag ( no federation , a kurdish or another separate country), one motherland
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks.
So who is behind this slogan ?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nationalists. there are so many different kind of nationalists in Turkey

1. They live in Anatolia, very faithful,pray 5 times a day and love their country. usually vote for B.B.P some for MHP
2. The ones in big cities not very faithful and being a Turk is more important than being a Muslim.
3. The ones between the first two groups, but they became nationalistic after PKK b*stards.
4. Born from a nationalistic family and have never thought why they are like this.
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dmb



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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OK, who can enlighten me ?

I saw this graffito
graffito or graffitti? My Latin is a bit rusty. or is it so rusty it was a typo?
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scot47



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is Italian not Latin.
Grafito is singular
Grafitti is plural

Not sure if it is with single t or double t
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

double f , one t
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