Capital of Turkey

[Jacobus Loki]

To remind us of our great history?

[Chrimigules]

This has got to be one of the most spastic things I've ever looked through.

[Gilrean Treebane]

that was awesome! mmmm gay pirate sex XD

[Jess]

Wtfness!

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

Capital of Turkey

I'm gonna make a bit of micronational fame by ending this thread once and for all by saying...

ANKARA

[Ari Rahikkala]

Nope, I'm pretty sure that wasn't the answer

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

True. Istanbul should be capital. Ankara's mind-numbingly dull unless you like Atatürk personality cults anyway...

[b3n|<3r|\|]

But who doesn't?

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

Honestly... I am quite dissappointed.
Uncyclopedia has no Atatürk article!

And their Turkey article is pathetic.

[b3n|<3r|\|]

Ah yes - actually you may be able to help me with this.

In HoI2 there's an event simulating Ataturk's death called "The Great Turk passes away" or something and it always bemused me - can't find any other references to Ataturk as "The Great Turk", I think maybe it might be a translation issue from Swedish intending to mean "Chief of the Turks" or something. But given the high standard of English Paradox maintain, I would find this hard to believe.

I remember questioning Scott about this when he was in Turkey and he couldn't help me, so I think maybe Paradox literally just made up that title.

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

You're talking to he who wrote the Tannu Tuva and Peruvian strategy for HoI2wiki, and author of the Anatolian Wars Mod!

Yeah, Atatürk means father Turk in Turkish, but a huge amount of HoI2 ministers are faulty... half the photos they use for some of the smaller nations like Sinkiang aren't even of who they're supposed to be...

[b3n|<3r|\|]

There's a Tannu Tuva strategy? I must see this.

[Jacobus Loki]

ANGORA

[Harvey Steffke]

Capital of Turkey

I'm gonna make a bit of micronational fame by ending this thread once and for all by saying...

ANKARA

Definately not. A few of us old timers actually know, but we've been sworn to secrecy.

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

Oooh... it's Afyon, isn't it?
Frequent visits to a city whose name means opium would certainly explain some of the crazy shit which goes down here...

[Malliki]

I say Constantinopel.

[Ari Rahikkala]

It makes me quite sad to be one of the old-timers who does *not* know the answer, by the way

[Kaiser Reynardine I]

I KNOW THE ANSWER!!!

HURRAY FOR #micronations!

[Ari Rahikkala]

... it was said on #micronations?

* scours logs *

06:01 < Bill3000> did erik ever tell what he put for the capital of turkey?
06:02 < Reynardine> LOL!
06:02 < Harvey> You don't know?
06:02 < Bill3000> do you know harvey?
06:02 < Harvey> I DO KNOW!!!
06:02 < Bill3000> ...
06:02 < Bill3000> ...
06:03 < Bill3000> TEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
06:03 < Harvey> You really don't?
06:03 < Bill3000> NO
06:03 < Harvey> I've known for years.
06:03 < Cathbhadh> I gotta hear this
06:03 < Harvey> Erik told... some ex-girlfriend of his, who told... someone else, who told Scott.
06:03 < Bill3000> WHAT IS IT
06:03 < Cathbhadh> yadda yadda yadda
06:03 < Harvey> And Scott told me when I in California for the first Shirecon
06:03 < Harvey> You ready for this?
06:03 < Cathbhadh> theres a Shirecon?
06:03 < Cathbhadh> wow
06:03 < Bill3000> YES
06:04 < Harvey> Here it is:

I SEEEEEEEE

... I'm not sure there's any point to keeping it secret anymore now that even random Tokians know the answer ... but I'll do it anyway.

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

This is quite bizarre.
Ankara, Ankara, Ankara. and a Shish Kebab.