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[โ€“] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 103 points 2 months ago (1 children)

good, probably much tastier too

[โ€“] DmMacniel 72 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] Anarch157a@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

~~maybe even~~ certainly healthier.

Fixed that for you. Anything is healthier than American "food". Even British foods, possibly.

[โ€“] aiden@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

As an American, British food is healthier, yes. Most of the time I'm eating import food because of how gross American products are.

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[โ€“] bramkaandorp@lemmy.world 72 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Wait until they hear about Erdogan.

[โ€“] KumaSudosa@feddit.dk 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Virtually no one here likes Erdogan whatsoever, but our interests in relation to Ukraine and weakening USA/Russia aligns in this particular case. Turkey is a large country that actually borders the EU and has the largest non-European diaspora living here; keeping somwhat cood relations makes sense, even if I'd never want to see them join the Union and know we can never fully trust them.

As we lost our biggest ally, trading with another large country with a significant military makes perfect sense. Besides, Turkish food is actually great, especially compared to murican trash

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[โ€“] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Pretty ironic, considering that Turkey under Erdogan is just as close to dictatorship as the US under Trump...

[โ€“] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

Turkiye also has a large military industry looking to sell to the EU, a large military, and wants control over the black sea (which involves weakening Russia), and wants to be as friendly to the EU as possible to eventually get that coveted EU membership.

Yeah, an opportunistic authoritarian, but a useful one in this dire emergency.

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[โ€“] Vermingot@jlai.lu 8 points 2 months ago

There is a huge Turkish population in Germany, that seems to be the most probable reason.

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[โ€“] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm scared of the spin angle from a Turkish knockoff The Boys.

It might unironically be more in line with the comics though.

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[โ€“] joel1974@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I would have replaced it with a Mexican food aisle

[โ€“] Agent641@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mexican on the bottom half of shelves, Canadian on the top half of shelves.

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[โ€“] PanArab@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago

Turkiye makes better quality food at a lower price.

[โ€“] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 22 points 2 months ago

One pseudo democracy or the other... Doesn't matter...

[โ€“] HawlSera@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (6 children)

What is it called when you're actually proud of seeing your country exposed as the tyrannical monster you've always known it to be, are happy to see other nations no longer kissing its ass, and desire nothing more than for the rulers of the nation to fall and suffer as you have?

It's this weird Reverse Patriotism I'm filled with

[โ€“] Jonnynny@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Turks products:

80% sunflower seeds

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[โ€“] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago

There should be far more coffee and cigarettes, but a nice spread overall!

[โ€“] samus12345@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why did American stuff get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks!

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[โ€“] Jumi@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The Turks did more for Germany than any US-American so good choice

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[โ€“] makyo@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Ha yeah 'American food' - like who needs marshmallows and Pop Tarts anyway?

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[โ€“] Elkot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Good upgrade honestly

[โ€“] drspod@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)
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[โ€“] match@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

as a trump-hating american i am just kinda happy that turkiye gets to be fully counted as european now

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Weird, most Americans would not spell it that way.

[โ€“] match@pawb.social 11 points 2 months ago

yeah but i read wikipedia a lot

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[โ€“] UltraBudgieZero@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Iโ€™d say while itโ€™s a fine sentiment, Turkey isnโ€™t really the best choice as far as being a hybrid regime ruled by the same guy for decades. Good food though.

[โ€“] Litebit@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Krasnov Trump American isle was removed.

[โ€“] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

I see Turkish products are a LOT cheaper than the American stuff.

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