About the Battle for the Bosporus trailer

[destroy3r]

First of all, hello, I'm sorry if I opened the subject in the wrong section.

The reason I opened this topic is related to the video you posted. Turkish soldiers have beards in the video, and this is not true. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was allowed to grow a mustache in the Turkish Army, but it was strictly forbidden to grow a beard. Growing a mustache has also been banned since the 1960s, and growing both a beard and a mustache is strictly forbidden in the Turkish Army today. I think this error in the video should be fixed. Such a successful game should not act against a historical reality. Thanks in advance.

Edit: I typed this text on Google translate, if there are any mistakes, I apologize.

 

[Liquid Ghost]

I suspect those sailors are representing a revived Ottoman Navy, so the republican rules for the armed forces wouldn't apply for them.

 

[destroy3r]

I suspect those sailors are representing a revived Ottoman Navy, so the republican rules for the armed forces wouldn't apply for them.

The uniforms of the officer and sailors in the video are republic uniforms, and that's the irony, and another irony is that the sailor officer wears a land officer uniform.

 

[DystopianAlphaOmega]

Not entirely sure how much the trailer is meant to be history or ahistorical possibility (like with many of the other trailers), but a decent chance it represents a non-Kemalist Turkey (the dev diary has shown several non-Kemalist paths for the nation).

 

[him_15]

A rather minor issue TBF.

 

[Duke_Dave]

Yeah it can be quite annoying but I presume the team making it was just told to make them look as Middle Eastern as possible, most Turkish people I know struggle with growing a beard even close to what we see in the trailer but when people think of Middle-Easteerners they think of dark skinned bearded guys.

I would have went with Sabiha flying over Turkish armies advancing on the battlefields of world war 1.

 

[ruzen]

Well that and the music isnt well...
But i give them a pass since its done by the marketing team.

Because of the perception of many westerners is this.

Gameplay content is whar matters to me.

 

[destroy3r]

A rather minor issue TBF.

My friend, I don't know where you live, but you probably don't live in the Middle East. Our country is the number one stronghold of secularism in this geography, there have been many military coups in our country for secularism and to protect Atatürk's revolutions. Growing a beard in our army is a show of strength against secularism and Atatürk's revolutions, and this is a great crime.

 

[keyframer]

but a decent chance it represents a non-Kemalist Turkey (the dev diary has shown several non-Kemalist paths for the nation).

Would not change the fact of Turkish Military Tradition that Beards was never allowed independently of which path you will choose or follow your Ideology of choice.

 

[Dalnar]

To be honest, is really anyone expecting they will make a new trailer just to remove beards? It's wrong yes, I guess the one who made the trailer didn't think about all historical nuances, but let's be honest...is it really that important? I mean, when they released Czechoslovakia in DOD they made a private doing mandatory service - one of the generals and noone really cared. Everyone just cared that he has eye patch...he lost that eye on eastern front and he wasn't general back then...

 

[keyframer]

To be honest, is really anyone expecting they will make a new trailer just to remove beards? It's wrong yes, I guess the one who made the trailer didn't think about all historical nuances, but let's be honest...is it really that important?

Not really but we still not got any walkthrough of the Turkish Navy will be composed and here got Mr. Huseyin Rauf Orbay



I mean he is having a moustache but not that long like in the Video

 

[ThaHoward]

I am 100% certain Paradox will now pull back this video and spend money to create a new one. It is of no consequence.

Also beards in general are not allowed in militaries, however prolonged battle and field operations tend to neglect such standards.

 

[him_15]

TBF all of the HOI DLC trailer / loading screen are all fictitious, Rommel on Tiger I? A Hungarian Panther tank? All fake, so no need to bother too much with Turkish soldiers having beard or not.

 

[safe-keeper]

This is the video game that portrays a second American civil war, complete with one side flying confederate flags, the rebirth of various anachronistic empires that died out centuries ago, and any country in the world potentially changing from one political direction to another practically overnight. Turks with beards is pretty minor in that context. But thanks for the historical lesson .

 

[Duke_Dave]

TBF all of the HOI DLC trailer / loading screen are all fictitious, Rommel on Tiger I? A Hungarian Panther tank? All fake, so no need to bother too much with Turkish soldiers having beard or not.

Isn't that a 44M TAS?

 

[Zauberelefant]

Isn't that a 44M TAS?

Panther, look at the wheels.

 

[pheonicia]

Anti-beard discrimination in national militaries! Beards of the world rise up and unite!

 

[Duke_Dave]

Panther, look at the wheels.

Ah yes.

 

[Fahap]

I suspect those sailors are representing a revived Ottoman Navy, so the republican rules for the armed forces wouldn't apply for them.

Well, in the late ottoman era soldiers can not have a beard.Its forbidden. Same for the republic.

 

[Harin]

First of all, hello, I'm sorry if I opened the subject in the wrong section.

The reason I opened this topic is related to the video you posted. Turkish soldiers have beards in the video, and this is not true. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was allowed to grow a mustache in the Turkish Army, but it was strictly forbidden to grow a beard. Growing a mustache has also been banned since the 1960s, and growing both a beard and a mustache is strictly forbidden in the Turkish Army today. I think this error in the video should be fixed. Such a successful game should not act against a historical reality. Thanks in advance.

Edit: I typed this text on Google translate, if there are any mistakes, I apologize.

Thanks for the heads up. I enjoy learning unexpected things during the day.