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O man of the tree, what is your wisdom?
Don't get involved in a land war, in Asia.
Don't be a bystander in a land war, in Asia
Hard to find a proper house left when the Brit and Italian backed Greeks burn 40% of the country as "scorched earth policy" because they were so afraid that Turks would follow them beyond the Aegean sea.
One hopes that he found better fortunes in the post-war Turkish Republic! Even if it is a rather nice tree
I guess this is my life now.
Standing in solidarity as the grandchild of a turkish immigrant who has also had strangers decide my name inexplicably required a Q in it: this spelling. It hurts me. I was so bugged by it that I had to look up who could have done this, and of course it would be the french
French spelling is truly the most dastardly villain of them all
this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023
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