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Beasts of Burden
Negar Azimi
It seems that the sweeping tides of benevolent
political correctness missed Turkey entirely on their
passage though the Mediterranean. Go figure. A recent press
release from the Environment and Forestry Ministry
announced that Turkey will rename three animals whose
scientific designations include references to Kurds and
Armenians—historically shafted minority communities
within greater Anatolia.
Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica, a species of red fox, will now
be referred to as just Vulpes Vulpes. A species of wild
sheep called Ovis Armeniana has been changed to Ovis
Orientalis Anatolicus, while a variety of deer known as
Capreolus Capreolus Armenus will be rechristened Capreolus
Cuprelus Capreolus.
“Unfortunately, foreign scientists, who for many
years re-searched Turkey’s flora and fauna, named
plant and animal species that they had never come across
be-fore with a prejudiced mind-set,” the Ministry
statement read. Prejudiced indeed, let the purging of the
lexicon begin.
