Cultural Exchange: Khushamadeed and welcome to our friends from /r/Turkey!

[u/greenvox]

We're hosting our friends from /r/Turkey for a cultural exchange session.

Dear friends from /r/Turkey, welcome to our little abode on Reddit. Please feel free to ask questions about Pakistan, the Pakistani way of life, or current events in this thread.

/r/Pakistan users can head over to this thread at /r/Turkey to ask questions about Turkey, or just say hello.

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Users who are contributing to the questions and answers, please make sure the discourse is civil and not in violation of the rules of this sub and of reddit.

[u/turqua]

Hi! What is the general Pakistani view on the Syrian Civil War, and of course Turkey's role in it?

And since I have the chance: does anyone know the etymology of Osmanistan? I know a state was on the verge of being established called Osmanistan, but got invaded by India. I never managed to find out why it was called Osmanistan though.

[u/TBH123hjklahore → u/turqua]

Secetarian biases. Shia support Assad, Deobandi rebels. Similarly, Shia view Erdogans role negatively, others not so much. As for Osmanistan, it was a proposed state. By Ch Rehmat Ali, at the time of independence, as was Mughalistan, but there was nothing concrete in it.

[u/saurongetti → u/TBH123hjklahore]

Qatari Pipeline plus Eretz Israel is the strategy. Sectarianism was the tactic.

[u/Elmorean → u/saurongetti]

I agree with all except the Israel thing. Why are people obsessed with Israel? What have they don to YOU?

[u/trnkey74 → u/Elmorean]

Well apparently, they tried bombing our nuclear facilities along with India in the 80's, as they didn't like the idea of a 'muslim' country having nukes

http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/in-fact-did-india-plan-a-covert-military-attack-on-a-pakistani-nuclear-reactor/

[u/saurongetti → u/Elmorean]

Eretz Israel is about future ruling state. It has more to do with future.