Darwin Jones
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Hi, I leave here this picture in which you can find signs written in Turkish from Iskenderun Train Station during the shooting of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:
Archaeos, you're just a fountain of interesting information! I remember when Canada went metric and it was a pain the tukas. Decades later, there are still people who resist using the system so I can imagine how frustrating it would've been to have a whole new language thrust upon the nation.Archaeos said:Just imagine if someone today would introduce a new language reform, requiring a new script to learn by everybody immediately. The relatively marginal German orthography reform of 1996 generated quite a brouhaha back then. And here in Britain/England, people already revolt over the thought of metric as International System of Units...
Stoo said:Nice going, Darwin! I love stuff like this. Just goes to show how much work went into decorating the set in Spain for such a short scene.
Do you speak Turkish?
It is difficult to read the signs of the images I have. It is possible that these ads have written what you say. Maybe when the Bluray was be released could be clarify these words!Archaeos said:By the way: the correct spelling would be 'Kahvehane', not 'Kahyehane', meaning "café" or "coffee house (in the French or Austrian sense) rather than "tea-shop" (which is much more an English concept than a Turkish one).
I cannot make out of the writing on that sign well enough. It does look like a Y (which would be incorrect), but could be a very narrow V.
'Çayhane' should not be mistaken with tea-shop, as this means the distinct Turkish tea as a drink itself. And 'Kahvesi' on the side arch of the wooden porch means the original Turkish coffee brew.
Both delicious, btw.
Darwin Jones said:I´m Sorry, I don´t speak Turkish. I'm just a fan of that movie, and I was curious to know all those signs.
Stoo said:Archaeos, you're just a fountain of interesting information!
Stoo said:Wasn't it Atatürk who also made it illegal to wear a fez in Turkey? Therefore, Sallah shouldn't be wearing one in 1938?
Darwin Jones said:It is difficult to read the signs of the images I have. It is possible that these ads have written what you say. Maybe when the Bluray was be released could be clarify these words!
Thanks Archaeos, you know that is written in the Iskenderun street-teahouse of the last photo?Archaeos said:Grandiose, Darwin!
Ha, Stoo will be overcome with joy. That's the third mention of Ankara hunted down!
Darwin Jones said:In this picture you can see another poster in Turkish appears to be in the same wooden building that was on the platform of the station. Is it the same tea-shop?
Darwin Jones said:HANH AYAD? What do you think?
It's actually the 5th if we count the VHS box for "Temple of Doom"!Archaeos said:Ha, Stoo will be overcome with joy. That's the fourth mention of Ankara hunted down!
[Edit: originally typed 'third mention', of course it's the fourth mention within "Indiana Jones" films/episodes]
Very interesting, Darwin. This tells us that Sallah's brother-in-law must have lived in the Province of Ankara (and perhaps even within the city, itself).Darwin Jones said:Look at the license plate: "Ankara H-472"
The influx of fun facts just keeps on coming!WilliamBoyd8 said:Ankara used to be named Angora and that is where Angora wool came from.
WilliamBoyd8 said:Ankara used to be named Angora and that is where Angora wool came from.
Angora was a small Turkish town when the capital was moved there in 1923.