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{{short description|Taxonomic policy of government of Turkey}}
The '''animal name changes in Turkey''' was an initiative by the Turkish government to replace ] animal names with new renditions.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Turkey renames 'divisive' animals|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4328285.stm|accessdate=26 January 2013|newspaper=BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation|date=8 March, 2005}}</ref><ref name="Sari Gelin Case">{{cite news|last=Gunaysu|first=Ayse|title=Learnings from the Sari Gelin Case|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2009/03/04/learnings-from-the-sari-gelin-case/|accessdate=26 January 2013|newspaper=Armenian Weekly|date=March 4, 2009}}</ref><ref name=Shahrzad>{{cite book|first=Shirana Shahbazi, Rachid Tehrani, Tirdad Zolghadr, Emily Cone-Miller, Shahrzad (Artists' group)|title=Shahrzad: history|year=2005|publisher=JRP Ringier|pages=320|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8WBQAAAAMAAJ&q|accessdate=26 January 2013|page=97|quote=Turkey Renames Armenian Animals}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Grigoriadis|first=Ioannis N.|title=Trials of Europeanization : Turkish political culture and the European Union|year=2009|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=9780230612150|edition=1st ed.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Morris|first=Chris|title=The new Turkey : the quiet revolution on the edge of Europe|year=2006|publisher=Granta Books|location=London|isbn=9781862078659|edition=Paperback ed.}}</ref><ref name=obama>{{cite book|last=Portoian|first=Sylva|title=My Son-My Sun: Chants Ann, Obama's Mother: A Poetic Painful Story of a Man Named O.B|year=2011|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=9781456845148|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9RY_OsY1oVYC}}</ref><ref name=MacDonald>{{cite book|last=MacDonald|first=David B.|title=Identity politics in the age of genocide : the Holocaust and historical representation|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=9780415430616|pages=261|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SBmGWaK-PfoC|edition=1. publ.|accessdate=26 January 2013|page=125-126}}</ref> The replaced animal names were also Latin.<ref name=BBC /><ref name="Sari Gelin Case" /><ref name=Shahrzad /><ref name=obama /><ref name=MacDonald /> The '''animal name changes in Turkey''' is the revision of taxonomic nomenclature of three ] by the ]. The name changes removed references to ] and ] in the ] nomenclature of subspecies of each animal.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Turkey renames 'divisive' animals|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4328285.stm|accessdate=26 January 2013|newspaper=BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation|date=8 March 2005}}</ref><ref name="Sari Gelin Case">{{cite news|last=Gunaysu|first=Ayse|title=Learnings from the Sari Gelin Case|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2009/03/04/learnings-from-the-sari-gelin-case/|accessdate=26 January 2013|newspaper=Armenian Weekly|date=March 4, 2009}}</ref><ref name=Shahrzad>{{cite book|first1=Shirana |last1=Shahbazi |first2=Rachid |last2=Tehrani |first3=Tirdad |last3=Zolghadr |first4=Emily |last4=Cone-Miller |last5=Shahrzad (Artists' group)|title=Shahrzad: history |year=2005|publisher=JRP Ringier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WBQAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=26 January 2013|page=97|isbn=9783905701500 |quote=Turkey Renames Armenian Animals}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Grigoriadis|first=Ioannis N.|title=Trials of Europeanization : Turkish political culture and the European Union|year=2009|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=9780230612150|edition=1st}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Morris|first=Chris|title=The new Turkey : the quiet revolution on the edge of Europe|year=2006|publisher=Granta Books|location=London|isbn=9781862078659|edition=Paperback|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/newturkeyquietre0000morr_l7s3}} "A species of red fox known as Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica will henceforth be plain Vulpes Vulpes, while a species of wild sheep called Ovis Armeniana has been renamed Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus. Foreign scientists, the Ministry noted.. "</ref><ref>] 2006 "L'espèce de moutons appelée Ovis armeniana a été renommée Ovis orientalis anatolicus. De même, le chevreuil dit Capreolus caprelus armenius a été rebaptisé Capreolus caprelus capreolus. « Les noms de ces espèces animales auraient ..." "</ref><ref>] Numéros 393 à 398 Société d'éditions scientifiques (Paris, France) - 2006 - Page 96 "Ovis Armeniana devient Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus, Capreolus Capreolus Armenius se transforme en Capreolus Caprelus Capreolus, et Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanicum, le renard roux du Kurdistan, s'appelle désormais en Turquie Vulpes ..."</ref><ref name=MacDonald>{{cite book|last=MacDonald|first=David B.|title=Identity politics in the age of genocide : the Holocaust and historical representation|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=9780415430616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBmGWaK-PfoC|edition=1. publ.|accessdate=26 January 2013|pages=125–126, 261}} "The Ovis Armeniana (wild sheep) is now the Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus, while the roe deer, formerly known as Capreolus Capreolus Armenus, has become Capreolus Cuprelus Capreolus. These previous names have disappeared thanks to ..."</ref>


==History== ==History and reaction==
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".<ref name=BBC /><ref name=Taxonomy>{{cite news|last=Pyne|first=Solana|title=Taxonomy, Turkish style|url=http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2005/03/10-03.html|accessdate=26 January 2013|newspaper=Science Now|date=10 March 2005}}</ref> The declared taxonomic nomenclature for the three subspecies is effective for the Turkish Environment and Forestry Ministry. According to a statement released by the same ministry on March 4, 2005, the original names were divisive and contradicted "Turkish unity".<ref name=NTV>{{cite news|title=Çevre Bakanlığı'nın üniter hassasiyeti|url=http://arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com/news/312364.asp|accessdate=29 December 2014|newspaper=NTV:NTV|date=4 March 2005}}</ref><ref name=BBC /><ref name=Taxonomy>{{cite news|last=Pyne|first=Solana|title=Taxonomy, Turkish style|url=http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2005/03/10-03.html|accessdate=26 January 2013|newspaper=Science Now |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701073833/http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2005/03/10-03.html |archivedate=1 July 2013}}</ref>
{{cquote |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.}} {{cquote |Unfortunately there are many other ] 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.<ref name=BBC /> Only the ] names of the animals were changed.<ref name=BBC /> Some Turkish officials have said that the original taxonomic nomenclature was intended in bad faith to imply that Armenians and Kurds resided in the areas where the animals lived.<ref name=BBC /> However, only the scientific names of the animals were changed.<ref name=BBC />
], the executive secretary of the ], the organization responsible for establishing species naming conventions, has said in an interview<ref name=Taxonomy /> that acceptance of the revised names would depend upon article publications in ]s, but that they were otherwise acceptable from a scientific viewpoint.

==Revised taxonomic nomenclature==
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==Notable animals renamed==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|-
! scope="col" | Animal ! scope="col" | Animal
! scope="col" | Original name ! scope="col" | Scientific name
! scope="col" | New name ! scope="col" | Proposed new name
|- |-
|<center>]</center><center>]</center>|| Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica|| Vulpes Vulpes |]{{center|]}}|| ''Vulpes vulpes kurdistanica''|| ''Vulpes vulpes''
|- |-
| <center>Wild sheep</center>|| Ovis Armeniana|| Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus |]{{center|]}}|| ''Ovis armeniana''|| ''Ovis orientalis anatolicus''
|- |-
|]<center>]</center>|| Capreolus Capreolus Armenus|| Capreolus Cuprelus Capreolus |]{{center|]}}|| ''Capreolus capreolus armenius''|| ''Capreolus capreolus capreolus''
|} |}

These changes currently{{when|date=November 2020}} affect only official taxonomic nomenclature usage by the Turkish government.


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Latest revision as of 10:10, 17 December 2024

Taxonomic policy of government of Turkey

The animal name changes in Turkey is the revision of taxonomic nomenclature of three subspecies by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The name changes removed references to Armenia and Kurdistan in the taxonomic nomenclature of subspecies of each animal.

History and reaction

The declared taxonomic nomenclature for the three subspecies is effective for the Turkish Environment and Forestry Ministry. According to a statement released by the same ministry 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 taxonomic nomenclature was intended in bad faith to imply that Armenians and Kurds resided in the areas where the animals lived. However, only the scientific names of the animals were changed.

Andrew Polaszek, the executive secretary of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, the organization responsible for establishing species naming conventions, has said in an interview that acceptance of the revised names would depend upon article publications in scientific journals, but that they were otherwise acceptable from a scientific viewpoint.

Revised taxonomic nomenclature

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
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Animal Scientific name Proposed new name
Kurdistan red fox		 Vulpes vulpes kurdistanica Vulpes vulpes
Wild sheep		 Ovis armeniana Ovis orientalis anatolicus
Roe deer		 Capreolus capreolus armenius Capreolus capreolus capreolus

These changes currently affect only official taxonomic nomenclature usage by the Turkish government.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Turkey renames 'divisive' animals". BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 March 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. Gunaysu, Ayse (March 4, 2009). "Learnings from the Sari Gelin Case". Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. Shahbazi, Shirana; Tehrani, Rachid; Zolghadr, Tirdad; Cone-Miller, Emily; Shahrzad (Artists' group) (2005). Shahrzad: history. JRP Ringier. p. 97. ISBN 9783905701500. Retrieved 26 January 2013. Turkey Renames Armenian Animals
  4. Grigoriadis, Ioannis N. (2009). Trials of Europeanization : Turkish political culture and the European Union (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230612150.
  5. Morris, Chris (2006). The new Turkey : the quiet revolution on the edge of Europe (Paperback ed.). London: Granta Books. ISBN 9781862078659. "A species of red fox known as Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica will henceforth be plain Vulpes Vulpes, while a species of wild sheep called Ovis Armeniana has been renamed Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus. Foreign scientists, the Ministry noted.. "
  6. Revue des deux mondes 2006 "L'espèce de moutons appelée Ovis armeniana a été renommée Ovis orientalis anatolicus. De même, le chevreuil dit Capreolus caprelus armenius a été rebaptisé Capreolus caprelus capreolus. « Les noms de ces espèces animales auraient ..." "
  7. La Recherche Numéros 393 à 398 Société d'éditions scientifiques (Paris, France) - 2006 - Page 96 "Ovis Armeniana devient Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus, Capreolus Capreolus Armenius se transforme en Capreolus Caprelus Capreolus, et Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanicum, le renard roux du Kurdistan, s'appelle désormais en Turquie Vulpes ..."
  8. MacDonald, David B. (2008). Identity politics in the age of genocide : the Holocaust and historical representation (1. publ. ed.). London: Routledge. pp. 125–126, 261. ISBN 9780415430616. Retrieved 26 January 2013. "The Ovis Armeniana (wild sheep) is now the Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus, while the roe deer, formerly known as Capreolus Capreolus Armenus, has become Capreolus Cuprelus Capreolus. These previous names have disappeared thanks to ..."
  9. "Çevre Bakanlığı'nın üniter hassasiyeti". NTV:NTV. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  10. ^ Pyne, Solana. "Taxonomy, Turkish style". Science Now. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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