Cenk Uygur
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Talking Like A Bird? People Whistle As Everyday Language
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August 11, 2013
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4:30Now Playing"The name Kuşköy itself means 'bird village.' 'Come over here for some tea!' Ibrahim Kodalak calls to his neighbor as he stands outside his home, which clings to a sheer hillside far above a valley. The 45-year-old hazelnut farmer is 'speaking' in a series of earsplitting, warbling whistles that really do resemble bird song.
In fact, according to Kodalak, the melodies of local birds are often similar to kuş dili; a morning song of the blackbird is the same as a famous verse in the Quran, he claims. 'Electricity only came here in 1986, and before that it was hard to communicate over long distances; we really needed bird language,' Kodalak said, reverting to Turkish."*
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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