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The animal name changes in Turkey campaign was an initiative by the Turkish government to replace non-Turkish animal names with new Turkified renditions. The replaced animal names were especially of Armenian or Kurdish origins.

History

The initiative was first launched by the Environment and Forestry Ministry of Turkey. According to a statement released by the Environment and Forestry Ministry of Turkey on March 4, 2005, the original names were divisive and contradicted "Turkish unity".

Unfortunately there are many other species in Turkey which were named this way with ill intentions. This ill intent is so obvious that even species only found in our country were given names against Turkey's unity.

Some Turkish officials have said that the original names is used as an argument to imply that Armenians and Kurds resided in the areas where the animals lived. Only the Latin names of the animals were changed.

Notable animals renamed

Animal Original name New name
Red Fox
 Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica Vulpes Vulpes
Wild sheep
 Ovis Armeniana Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus
Roe deer
 Capreolus Capreolus Armenus Capreolus Cuprelus Capreolus

See also

References

  1. ^ "Turkey renames 'divisive' animals". BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 March, 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Gunaysu, Ayse (March 4, 2009). "Learnings from the Sari Gelin Case". Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ^ Shahrzad: history. JRP Ringier. 2005. p. 97. Retrieved 26 January 2013. Turkey Renames Armenian Animals {{cite book}}: |first= missing |last= (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Grigoriadis, Ioannis N. (2009). Trials of Europeanization : Turkish political culture and the European Union (1st ed. ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230612150. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  5. Morris, Chris (2006). The new Turkey : the quiet revolution on the edge of Europe (Paperback ed. ed.). London: Granta Books. ISBN 9781862078659. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ Portoian, Sylva (2011). My Son-My Sun: Chants Ann, Obama's Mother: A Poetic Painful Story of a Man Named O.B. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781456845148.
  7. ^ MacDonald, David B. (2008). Identity politics in the age of genocide : the Holocaust and historical representation (1. publ. ed.). London: Routledge. p. 125-126. ISBN 9780415430616. Retrieved 26 January 2013. {{cite book}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
  8. Pyne, Solana (10 March 2005). "Taxonomy, Turkish style". Science Now. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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