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  1. Ripley

    TR Casual Discussion Çay Bahçesi

    “The kanji (writing) all comes from Chinese, but this posed a problem given the agglutination in Japanese.” It was the similar case with Ottoman Turkish actually. The Arabic alphabet with a ton of consonants were not a good match for vowel rich Turkish. “You are going to have to tell me the...
  2. Ripley

    TR Casual Discussion Çay Bahçesi

    😂😂😂 You didn’t pay much attention when i said i was weaving a treacherous web all over your forum, didn’t you 😎
  3. Ripley

    TR Casual Discussion Çay Bahçesi

    I, for one, can testify that Japanese language consonant vowel harmony. I took Japanese course at Yıldız University with the Japanese Cultural initiate many moons ago. Ill give you a small example from a war movie and knowing that you’re a movie buff, you’ll right away know what movie it is...
  4. Ripley

    TR Casual Discussion Çay Bahçesi

    It’s due to so called vowel harmony of Turkic languages. There are technically no end to suffixes! Mind you, suffixes themselves should be harmonized as well. In your example of “nasılsınız”, as the last vowel of the word nasıl is ı (not i), the following suffix should also contain ı, hence the...
  5. Ripley

    TR Casual Discussion Çay Bahçesi

    Funny thing, being raised in Istanbul, by the sea, I always thought every other culture had a word for that phenomenon. “Yakamoz is the shimmering beautiful moonlight as it reflects on the water at night. It was voted the most beautiful word in the world and is used often in poetry for its...
  6. Ripley

    TR Casual Discussion Çay Bahçesi

    Yeah, we get linguistic training as well 🤫
  7. Ripley

    TR Casual Discussion Çay Bahçesi

    Ah, easy. Yakamoz I learned it from YouTube linguistics channels btw.
  8. Ripley

    TR Turkiye's F-35 Project and Discussions

    Honestly, I haven meant the tech side of it but have meant more as a political move which wouldn‘t put Turkey in a position against US when Europe is turning anti-US and pushing Turkey forward as the “major military power of Europe“! That might put Turkey in a direct collision line against US in...
  9. Ripley

    TR Turkiye's F-35 Project and Discussions

    After all that’s been said and done, we must also remember that this is mainly a political gesture not to alienate ourselves and take a confrontational stance against St. Citrus 🍊
  10. Ripley

    TR Navy Navy|News & Discussions

    I guess you’re right. There has to be a give and take between service budgets.
  11. Ripley

    TR UAV/UCAV Programs | Anka - series | Kızılelma | TB - series

    I wish, oh how I wish if they could take a shot behind the engine during take off so that we could’ve seen flame extending from AB! edit: I’m not challenging that it’s not an AB take off. No problem there
  12. Ripley

    Canada Air-Force RCAF Legacy Hornet replacement program

    https://theaviationist.com/2025/03/15/canada-reconsidering-f-35/ By David Cenciotti Looks like they are second in line dropping or considering cancelling F35 after Portugal. Theirs is not gonna be an easy task, however. Canada already paid for the first 16 planes and their air fleet lacking...
  13. Ripley

    TR Navy Navy|News & Discussions

    I really don’t know tbh. Seen him enthusiastically writing for the recent Italo - Turko approachment at X timeline since the Piaggio deal. He is giving quite the anti-EU vibe. Thats all I know.
  14. Ripley

    TR Foreign Policy & Geopolitics

    As they’re military secrets, I doubt they will ever reveal the nature of them.
  15. Ripley

    TR Navy Navy|News & Discussions

    Marco Florian Geo: “While the 🇪🇺 EU wastes time in useless discussions, those who really work, show results. First launch of an 🚀 ATMACA missile from a Turkish Navy 🇹🇷 submarine (TDK). Ankara is making great strides. What can I say? Compliments.” I never post empty pompous flatteries that...
  16. Ripley

    TR Casual Discussion Çay Bahçesi

    Looks like Portugal is the first NATO country to “see the light”. https://theaviationist.com/2025/03/13/portugal-f-35-plans/ https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-rules-out-buying-f-35s-because-of-trump/ Note to moderation: Couldnt find Portugal at nations and any relevant thread.
  17. Ripley

    Azerbaijan A Quick Fact-Check Of The Latest Karabakh Conflict

    Is this true or they’re just clickbaiting?
  18. Ripley

    TR Foreign Policy & Geopolitics

    And add to that you go dizzy 🥴 watching his head nonstop talk while he is hiking.
  19. Ripley

    TR UAV/UCAV Programs | Anka - series | Kızılelma | TB - series

    Well, a probable list of system were added at the post. These are options for European customers to choose from to be custom tailored for their needs, size of their check book. Baykar has been selling its products to more than thirty nations globally. Some customers used Turkish systems while...
  20. Ripley

    TR Navy Navy|News & Discussions

    It definitely meant that.

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