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A map similar in spirit to this one but slightly different colouring http://i.imgur.com/Gag3bQG.png

Please fix this map its not true! The yellow part of Turkey is also Turkey. You can't show it like its another place. Its not Kurdistan.

Don't be a nationalistic drone. Turkey is properly marked on the map. Look at the lines that mark national borders. If you paid attention to what actually is going on there, you would have noticed that the colours don't match many countries. You would have noticed the yellow part of Spain, the green part of Romania, the green part of Belgium, the red part of Switzerland, the orange parts of the United Kindgom, the green part of Finland, and so on.

Why's that? Because people speak Basque in the yellow part of Spain, people speak Hungarian in the green part of Romania, people speak Flemish in the green part of Belgium, people speak French and Italian and Romansh in the red parts of Switzerland, people speak Scotish Gaelic and Welsh in the orange parts of the United Kingdom, and people speak Swedish in the green parts of Finland (and Sami and Russian in the grey parts).

And you know what else? People (yes, Kurds are people, too!) speak Kurdish in the yellow parts of Turkey. This map recognises the multicultural nations of Europe, and whether you want it to be or not, Turkey is undeniably a multicultural nation.

Don't be a nationalist drone that doesn't even know the people (remember, Kurds are people, too!) living in your own country.

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