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About History: Why should Turku be named Turku before it was officially named Turku, During the Swedish reign it should be named Åbo I think. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.231.0.70 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 29 September 2005 (UTC).
- That's the Swedish version of its name. In Finnish the city's name is (and has always been) Turku. - ulayiti (talk) 09:38, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Åbo Underrättelser a major newspaper?
Åbo Underrättelser, published in Turku, is one of Finland's two major Swedish-language newspapers (together with the Helsinki-based Hufvudstadsbladet).
This seems like a bit of an overstatement. ÅU has a circulation of 7,037. Vasabladet (25,225), Ålandstidningen (10,542), Jakobstads Tidning (12,137), Västra Nyland (10,851), Borgåbladet (8,282) and Nya Åland (7,234) all have higher circulation than ÅU. The newspaper does deserve inclusion in the article for another reason, though: it's the oldest newspaper in Finland. I'm altering the sentence in question accordingly. NordicStorm 17:17, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Capital?
As far as I know Turku was the capital of Finland only from 1809 to 1812. Before it was indeed the most important city, but that alone doesn't make it the capital. -84.169.106.66 16:25, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Conan O'Brien
Hey,
Why is there nothing here about Conan O'Brien and the video they sent to invinte him into finland due to it's resemblance to Tarja Halonen?
- Because it's pretty unencyclopedic. --TonyM ｷﾀ━( °∀° )━ｯ!! 11:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The origin of the name Turku
Hi! I have read the article but I could not find the origin of the name Turku! Where does the name Turku come from? Does it have any historical affiliation with Turks?
- According to the Finnish wikipedia article about Turku, the name comes from the ancient Russian word tǔrgǔ, which means "[city] square".--MoRsE 18:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
- Orginally the Russian word is the same as Finnish "tori", both derived from Norse "torg". --Drieakko 22:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
