• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    I’m surprised that italy counts as making fun of itself but not turkey.

    I read a shitload of turkish joke books growing up, and the most prominent type of joke is about people from the north (Laz Jokes). I don’t remember any greek jokes.

    Here’s a sample.

    Dursun goes to the US. He gets rich. He calls his friend Temel , and says “oooooh man, you need to come here. even if you just pick up the money on the pavement, you’ll be rich!” . Temel goes to the US, and as soon as he steps out the airport, he sees a quarter on the ground. He exclaims “I’ve only been here 2 minutes and I already found my first job!”

    Temel and Dursun are stock characters from the north.