[WikiEN-l] Run that by me, one more time?

Sun Apr 23 18:05:09 UTC 2006

On 4/23/06, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Today's featured article (Main Page, 23rd April 2006)
>
> "Turkish literature is the literature written in the Turkish
> language....."

While it sounds a little bit silly, it appears to be a valid and dignificant
assertion.  The article isn't just about the literature of Turkey (a
post-1919 state) nor is it the entire literature of the Ottoman Empire
(which was a multi-national empire).  It's also not the literature of
Anatolia - Anatolia was not Turkish until about 500-800 years ago, and the
Turks were not originally Anatolian.

Ian