Turkey Works Better as an English Translation of a Place Name

Most english speakers need to dive deep into nested menus of special characters. This isn't too hard to day, but it was a big r problem in the days of typewriters. English speakers going back centuries referred to this area as some variation of turkey. And there's nothing wrong with an english translation of a place name. You don't hear italy insisting that we say italia, or germany complaining that we don't say duchland.

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