Turkish names for Turkish Provinces

[mir]

Merhaba, my fellow warmongers! (That's hello in Turkish)

As some of the regulars know, I'm playing the Turkish faction at the moment in my second run through the game. When I discovered we could rename our provinces, I, being a bit of a purist, I thought I'd rename my provinces to sound more Turkish/Middle Eastern.

So here I present the names for the provinces (which I've been able to find) for the pleasure of similar purists or fans like myself:

Original (in-game) Name > Turkish/Middle Eastern Name

Iconium > Konya
Caesarea > Kayseri
Antioch > Antakya
Acre > Akka
Constantinople > Istanbul
Nicaea > Iznik
Smyrna > Izmir
Trebizond > Trabzon
Nicosia > Lefkosa
Edessa > Şanlıurfa or simply Urfa
Tblisi > Tiflis
Rhodes > Rodos
Cairo > Al-Qahirah or Masr
Alexandria > Al-Iskandariya (Arabic) or Eskendereyya (Egyptian Arabic)
Damascus > Dimashq or ash-Sham
Baghdad > Baġdād

Adana, Aleppo, Mosul and Yerevan have retained their names despite the march of countless centuries and innumerable conquerors...

Appreciate some feedback on the names, I'm sure they've changed over the years. What's more, what the Turks called them then may not be the same as what the Arabs call them now...

Gule-gule, my friends!

-mir-

PS. Don't ask me anything else in Turkish please, I get by with Merhaba (hello), Gule-gule (goodbye), baclava (a dessert) and Sipahi (a Horse Archer unit). Incidentally, I believe most of the words used in M2TW are actually Arabic, not Turkish. For the sake of simplification and all, I suppose...

[Seyduna]

I would love to help as I can, dear mir.

Cairo > Kaire
Alexandria > Iskenderiye
Damascus > Şam or Sham(Either 'Dimashq' or 'ash-Sham' are Arabic, I think.)
Mosul > Musul
Adana > Adana
Aleppo > Halep
Yerevan > Erivan
and, baclava > baklava :P

Incidentally, I believe most of the words used in M2TW are actually Arabic, not Turkish.

Unfortunately, that's true and their culture are implemented as Arabs. Not to mention some regions in Asia Minor(Anatolia) are seen as desert in the game.

[Shahed]

Merhaba Dostum!

Very good. I do the same as well. Got all my names off wiki. It's good of you to post so others don't have to search. I name Damascus in Arabic regardless of the campaign, just sounds cooler to me.

BTW the mod Xenophonia is looking for Arabic and Turkish voice actors to replace the commands in M2:TW. Check their home base at twcenter.net if interested.

[mir]

Thanks Seyduna and Sinan! (I'd say that in Turkish but I get as far as "
Shukran Jazeela" in Arabic!)

Cool! More accurate names for my provinces!

Yes, I only found out about the existence of differences between the Turkish and Arab peoples/nations in university. And this is only because I met some Turkish students... Good thing I did too.

And such differences! Language, culture, customs! I had the chance to go on holiday to Turkey once a long time ago and enjoyed it a great deal. While I don't miss baklava (thanks again, Seyduna!) I find myself longing for a cup of hot apple tea... Sigh.

Anyway! Back to the game...

Now everytime I play I keep thinking that my troops should be addressing me as "Bey" or "Pasha". Not "Sayid"...

I'm looking forward to Broken Crescent even more now!

-mir-

PS. I agree with you Sinan, Dimashq does sound nicer than Sham.

[Shahed]

Apple tea is great ! Unfortunately BC won't have voiceovers in Arabic or Turkish, they will use standard vanilla voices as far as I know. Xenophonia, however, uses all the different languages (French for France, German for HRE etc..) but they're having trouble finding voice actors for the 2 main Eastern languages in game.

[Flavius Merobaudes]

Perhaps it might be possible to transfer the voice files into BC... just thinking.

What about Jerusalem? It's al-Quds in Arab, but in Turkish?

[phonicsmonkey]

Apple tea is great !

It goes particularly well, I find, with a large sheesha pipe and a game of backgammon.

My favourite spot was just below the Blue Mosque where they also had a delicious lentil soup.

ah Istanbul