The real crisis in Turkey

[Banquo's Ghost]

Someone get LEN out of the building before Mithrandir and Martok find him.

Turkish Airlines get the hump.

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A job well done is worth celebrating, but Turkish Airlines say staff went too far when they sacrificed a camel.

To mark the last delivery of 100 aircraft, maintenance workers clubbed together to buy the beast - and then consume it.

The sacrifice took place at Istanbul international airport.

"They didn't ask permission," a spokeswoman for the airline told the BBC, adding that the boss of the offending staff had been suspended.

He will remain off work while the incident is investigated.

Camel is eaten in Turkey, while the sacrifice of animals - usually sheep - is performed during the Festival of Sacrifice, marking the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to.

"But it wasn't anything to do with that," said Belgin Alisan of Turkish Airlines, which was last week accepted into the Lufthansa-led Star Alliance.

"They went too far. We are really quite shocked."

Top-selling daily Hurriyet said 700kg of camel meat had been distributed among the workers.

Run, run for your lives...

[Ianofsmeg16]

Hmmm interesting...so Ritual Sacrifice is allowed in Turkey? Whats going to happen to the people that did it? and finally.......what does camel taste like?

[doc_bean]

What the... ?


Next they're going to tell me I can't sacrifice goats anymore ! Where will this end ? We must stop the madness !

[Andres]

what does camel taste like?

Even if it tastes half as bad as a living camel smells, it must be

[LeftEyeNine]

Wrong news there.

Turkish Airlines had purchased RJ 100 planes in 1992. One crashed taking 75 lives away and two planes got badly damaged. And the celebration of the sending back of the last one was a bit exaggerated by sacrificing a camel in the airport's apron by the order of the Plane Maintenance chief Şükrü Can. He was eventually sacked.

I'm disgusted the way the news is presented, let alone its fallacy. Nose-up Western way of attitude again.

[The_Doctor]

Interesting.

My uncle once ran over a camel, the locals weren't too happy about it, nor where the guys in the backseats of the car...

[Hosakawa Tito]

Hmmm interesting...so Ritual Sacrifice is allowed in Turkey? Whats going to happen to the people that did it? and finally.......what does camel taste like?

Probably tastes like....chicken.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Wrong news there.

Turkish Airlines had purchased RJ 100 planes in 1992. One crashed taking 75 lives away and two planes got badly damaged. And the celebration of the sending back of the last one was a bit exaggerated by sacrificing a camel in the airport's apron by the order of the Plane Maintenance chief Şükrü Can. He was eventually sacked.

I'm disgusted the way the news is presented, let alone its fallacy. Nose-up Western way of attitude again.

Come on, LEN, spare us the details and tell what the beast tastes liked roasted...

[Lemur]

I had roasted camel snout while traveling in north Africa. It tasted as bad as you would imagine. But I'd be the rest of the camel was great ...

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

hmmm interesting. does it taste like goat? new (only ) reason to go to turkey: taste camel!!!! mash that up good "how to cook camel" mmmm mmmmm

OK that was weird

[Kralizec]

Odd news

*lights a camel*

[LeftEyeNine]

Camel is a common animal of sacrifice. Though camels' habitat is not really Turkey and they are rarely sacrificed to such circumstances, Islam allows sacrificing camels.

And I didn't ever taste it.

[KukriKhan]

Come on, LEN, spare us the details and tell what the beast tastes liked roasted...

According to this Wiki article, it tastes something like beef:

...The brisket, ribs and loin are some of the preferred parts of the animal, however it is the hump that is considered a delicacy and most favored. It is reported that camel meat tastes like coarse beef ...

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

Camel is a common animal of sacrifice. Though camels' habitat is not really Turkey and they are rarely sacrificed to such circumstances, Islam allows sacrificing camels.

And I didn't ever taste it.

Common western stereotype is that Turkey is like Arabia, sand camels and nomads. Now I never knew Islam allowed the sacrificing of camels, would you mid telling us what it symbolises, LEN?

[Lemur]

Update on the poor sod who sacrificed the camel:

The image of an airport worker raising a large piece of bloodied camel meat on the tarmac on Tuesday adorned the front pages of several newspapers, drawing the wrath of transportation authorities, who promptly sacked the a senior technician on Wednesday.

Under pressure from the European Union, Turkey has introduced fines for those who slaughter animals outside special facilities. The sacrificing of a camel at Turkey's busiest airport was regarded as a disgrace.

[Mooks]

I dont see what is wrong with it...

So you want to sacrifice something valuable to your god, nothing wrong there.

[GoreBag]

I'm all for it. If I ever set up an airline, this guy is getting a job. Maybe two.

[LeftEyeNine]

Common western stereotype is that Turkey is like Arabia, sand camels and nomads. Now I never knew Islam allowed the sacrificing of camels, would you mid telling us what it symbolises, LEN?

Common western way of attitude is medieval hypocrisy.

We have a sacrifice fest, a religious one dictated by Koran which especially aims at helping the poor. Cattles, sheeps and camels are counted suitable to sacrifice. You take one third of it for yourself, give out one third to your relatives and neighbors and one third to a poor family. Also you help the poor by helping with money, clothes etc. (=zekat). It is all about that. (This year the fest just clashes with the new year's day. Gah!)

[Husar]

Common western way of attitude is medieval hypocrisy.

Not surprising, last time I wanted to visit Vienna, I couldn't get in because you were besieging it...
LEN, I have a question, is there even a single person in Turkey who owns a computer? Does Internet exist in Turkey?
Answer me quick or feel my sword, Muselmann.

[Vladimir]

Not surprising, last time I wanted to visit Vienna, I couldn't get in because you were besieging it...

Oh great, bring THAT up again. ( )

[Louis VI the Fat]

...The brisket, ribs and loin are some of the preferred parts of the animal, however it is the hump that is considered a delicacy and most favored. It is reported that camel meat tastes like coarse beef ...

That should be great with a strong-flavoured Châteauneuf-du-pape then. Or, God forbid I should sink that low though, an intense Italian Barbaresco.

* heads off to the nearest zoo *

[LeftEyeNine]

Not surprising, last time I wanted to visit Vienna, I couldn't get in because you were besieging it...
LEN, I have a question, is there even a single person in Turkey who owns a computer? Does Internet exist in Turkey?
Answer me quick or feel my sword, Muselmann.

*sfort!*

[KukriKhan]

That should be great with a strong-flavoured Châteauneuf-du-pape then. Or, God forbid I should sink that low though, an intense Italian Barbaresco.

* heads off to the nearest zoo *

Perhaps. Although I admire the Papal appellation of Châteauneuf-du-pape , I feel strongly that a spicey/spikey Pinot Gris from Napa Valley (in the arrogant new world) would be just the thing to bring the beast to its knees and make it behave on the platter, as well as the palate.

Barbaresco would be bludgeonly barbaric. No sense killing both the dinner and the diner, in my humble opinion.

That said: side dish suggestions? Couscous? Or shall we simply whack off a chunk with our Jambiya, then drink from the bottle?

[Louis VI the Fat]

side dish suggestions?

Yep, another Turkish delight:

LEN recommends...

[Redleg]

Yep, another Turkish delight:

LEN recommends...

That only good if its shredded and used for the filling for Tamales. All one needs for that is a shot of Mescal. No need for wine.

[GoreBag]

Yep, another Turkish delight:

LEN recommends...

Meat with a side of meat? Turkey rules.

[ZombieFriedNuts]

I don’t see anything wrong with sacrificing a camel I think they are trying to hard to be accepted

[LeftEyeNine]

I don’t see anything wrong with sacrificing a camel I think they are trying to hard to be accepted

W-wha ?

[doc_bean]

W-wha ?

Don't be so intolerant LEN

[Hepcat]

To me camel seems more normal to eat than snails or frogs legs. After all, people eat horse meat, goat meat, steak and pork so what is overly wrong with camel meat?