# Turks don't like april?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turks-dont-like-april/414218>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turks-dont-like-april/414218 "2007-08-03T00:45:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turks-dont-like-april/414218/1 "2007-08-03T00:45:03Z")

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I’m not sure if this belongs here or elsewhere, mods, please move if GD is not appropriate.  
I was driving to work today and was stopped at a light in front of a van with a large bumper sticker that read: “Turks don’t like april”. It had me scratching my head. Could anyone shed some light on this? What does it mean?

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**Author:** ![Kingslayer\_Mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Kingslayer\_Mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingslayer_Mailman)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turks-dont-like-april/414218/2 "2007-08-03T01:17:19Z")

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April 24th is the date of remembering the Armenian Genocide, which Turkey pretty much denies happened. According to them 1.5 million people spontaneously went on vacation… or something.

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turks-dont-like-april/414218/3 "2007-08-03T03:59:50Z")

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April 25th is the date of the Gallipoli landing in 1915, which caused 250,000 Turkish casualties. Perhaps a combination of the two?

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turks-dont-like-april/414218/4 "2007-08-03T04:26:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Askance]  
April 25th is the date of the Gallipoli landing in 1915, which caused 250,000 Turkish casualties. Perhaps a combination of the two?  
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Yeah, but the Turks _won_ at Gallipoli. It’s the battle that really propelled Mustafa Kemal’s ( the future Ataturk ) career.

No, it’s almost certainly what **Kingslayer** indicated - a comment on the Armenian Genocide.