The name Türkiye in the Turkish language is divided into two words: Türk, which means "Strong" in Old Turkic and usually signifying the inhabitants of Turkey or a member of the Turkic people or Turkish, a later form of "Tu–kin", a name given by the Chinese to the people living south of the Altay Mountains of Central Asia as early as 177 BCE; and the abstract suffix –iye is derived from the Arabic suffix –iyya, but also associated with Medieval Latin suffix –ia in Turchia, and the Medieval Greek suffix –ίαin Τουρκία, which means related to.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sisters from Sivas, Turkey
The name Türkiye in the Turkish language is divided into two words: Türk, which means "Strong" in Old Turkic and usually signifying the inhabitants of Turkey or a member of the Turkic people or Turkish, a later form of "Tu–kin", a name given by the Chinese to the people living south of the Altay Mountains of Central Asia as early as 177 BCE; and the abstract suffix –iye is derived from the Arabic suffix –iyya, but also associated with Medieval Latin suffix –ia in Turchia, and the Medieval Greek suffix –ίαin Τουρκία, which means related to.
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