i think Erkan might also be from Arabic إركان 'trust, confidence'masako wrote:The names I highlighted in green are Turkish versions of Arabic names...Cihan is from Persian.sirdanilot wrote:You are aware that Turkish people are a very large minority in Holland, right...? The same goes forMorrocanMoroccan people.
I grew up in a neighbourhood with a lot of Turkish people. But I am not sure if I can spell their names right. But if your name is Meltem, Hasan, Sefika, Erkan, Özmel, Cihan, Ahmad, Hatice or something like that you definitely have much less odds to get a job in Holland than if you had a typically Dutch name.
There are many examples in the news of people applying for a job with a Turkish name and getting negative response, then sending the exact same letter with a Dutch name and getting a veryenthousiastenthusiastic response.
what is sefika supposedly from? شفيقة?