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Re:Dam Project Threatens to Submerge Thousands of Years of T... by mr_pink on Saturday September 03, 2016 @11:36PM (#12422551)
Hate to be that guy, but saying "thousands of years of Turkish history" is exactly as ignorant as saying "thousands of years of American history"
Re:Dam Project Threatens to Submerge Thousands of Years of T... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday September 04, 2016 @04:49AM (#12423423)
America is a group of continents that's been around for many thousands of years, Turkey is a country that hasn't.

Perhaps you meant USA. Calling people out as ignorant is always dicey IME.

Personally I don't mind the titling of historical situations using modern geographical designation as long as the head of the section tells me the historic context.

Re:Dam Project Threatens to Submerge Thousands of Years of T... by astrodust on Sunday September 04, 2016 @02:07AM (#12422988)
Turkey the modern political entity has control over these lands. Whatever political entity controlled them long ago is no longer relevant unless you want to get painstakingly academic.

The same goes for America where there are historical sites dating back thousands of years. America is the steward now, and it's part of the collective history of the country.