Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a country of Eurasia. It is bordered by Greece, Bulgaria, Armenia, Georgia, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
In December 2021, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for expanded official usage of Türkiye, saying that Türkiye "represents and expresses the culture, civilization, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way". In May 2022, the Turkish government requested the United Nations and other international organizations to use Türkiye officially in English; the UN agreed. It's also likely that they changed the name to avoid confusion with the turkey bird.
History[]
Turkey competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
Pirate Hans Sprungfeld had a silver tongue because his real tongue was bitten off by a Turk in a groghouse fight.[2]
While attempting to take the RV back to the dealership, Bart and Lisa accidentally landed on the Star of Ankara, a Turkish freighter about to return home.[3]
Moe convinced Helen Lovejoy to buy tickets for her and Reverend Lovejoy on the "world's most romantic train" the Turkish Express (a reference to the real life Orient Express) after Moe noticed troubles in the Lovejoys' marriage.[4]
Homer is showing off the electric organizer Bart got him to Lenny and Carl in the breakroom at work by getting it to say, "What's a-matter you" in Turkish.[5]
Homer tricks Mr. Burns into making him owner of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and then Homer fires Mr. Burns. Later Mr. Burns returns and when Homer asks about Smithers' whereabouts, Mr. Burns answers, "He's doing 80 years on an opium bust. I never saw a man take to a Turkish prison so quickly."[6]
Homer is complimenting the kebabs Chloe Talbot brought to dinner and she mentioned how she got the recipe in Istanbul.[7]
Kearney shouts out, "To Istanbul" in a hot air balloon after betting Jimbo he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. Jimbo shouts back, "Wrong way, dingus."[8]
Behind the Laughter[]
- Turkey is mentioned in an advertisement, for "The Clogger" in the Turkish dub, of The Simpsons Movie.[9]
- The Simpsons has been censored or faced controversy on Turkish television:
- The episode "Mobile Homer" is unavailable on the Turkish version of Disney+, due to the unflatting misrepresentation of Turks, the country's ethnic people.
- CNBC-e, the show's broadcaster, was fined 52,951 lira (around $1,461.30) by the Radio and Television Supreme Council. The fine had been levied due to a scene in "Treehouse of Horror XXII" where the Devil orders God a coffee, thus CNBC-e was "making fun of God".
Appearances[]
Episode – "Lisa's First Word" - Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Brother's Little Helper"
Episode – "C.E. D'oh" (Smithers goes to a Turkish prison)- Episode – "Mobile Homer" (Turkish freighter)
- Episode – "She Used to Be My Girl" (Istanbul mentioned)
- Episode – "My Fair Laddy" (Istanbul mentioned)
- Episode – "Moe Letter Blues" (poster)
- Comic story – Sandwiches Are Forever
Citations[]
- ↑ Lisa's First Word
- ↑ Lisa the Iconoclast
- ↑ Mobile Homer
- ↑ "Moe Letter Blues"
- ↑ "Brother's Little Helper"
- ↑ "C.E. D'oh"
- ↑ "She Used to Be My Girl"
- ↑ "My Fair Laddy"
- ↑ The Simpsons Movie (Turkish dub only)